I always liked Dana Andrews. I love the way he hoisted himself into the fuselage hole and the effortless and nimble way he did it. I wondered if he had been working out at the gym, but people didn't work out in those days as they do today.
I love men to whom I can relate and whom I admire and respect--in the movies and in real life. We all do. I still love Johnny Weismuller--the real Tarzan--whom I idolized as a child. At play with my friends, I always wanted to be Tarzan. Men love being men, just as women love being women, and we love other men whom we admire and respect.
Another bright shining star in the movie is gorgeous Virginia Mayo, another of my favorites. Someone here on Free Republic who knew her personally said that in real life she was a lovely, beautiful, gracious, and kind as came across in her movies (the unlikeable character she played in The Best Years of Our Lives notwithstanding).
Two other good movies in which Dana Andrews triumphed are The Purple Heart (1944) and State Fair, another of my favorites, with beautiful, wonderful Jeanne Crain, who's up there with Virginia Mayo in my admiration.
“”I love the way he hoisted himself into the fuselage hole and the effortless and nimble way he did it.””
So true...like second nature to him.
About Virginia Mayo, I wrote her many times as an autograph collector and she was very nice about signing stuff.
I really hated her in this movie. She played the part well.
I had absolutely the same impression of Dana Andrews hoisting himself into that plane...I have no doubt he consulted guys who knew just how to do that!
I love the female casting in the move-all of them, but most of all, Myrna Loy seemed perfectly cast for the wife of Frederick March’s character. The daughter was quite attractive as well.’’
Virginia Mayo’s character was not at all likable, and I tip my hat to her for playing it so well.