THE SKY RAIDERS (1931) is a low-budget filmo from Columbia that stars Lloyd Hughes as a pilot who is responsible for cracking up a transport plane. He bails for Mexico and gets involved with gangsters and eventually returns to redeem himself. Lots of aerial stuff supposedly filmed over the desert around Barstow, CA, but one airport building says it's Saugus (now Santa Clarita). Of interest to see Marceline Day in an early talkie. The film also has Wheeler Oakman as the baddie. Hughes, Day, and Oakman had all been silent film stars; none of them had much success in talkies.
No great shakes, but the aerial shots keep it interesting.
No great shakes, but the aerial shots keep it interesting.
