In fact, much of this Z-grade Columbia programmer seems to be in that mentality. It focuses on Gloria Henry, a young woman who has never ever been on a plane before who decides after several failed careers and living with a possessive aunt to go to stewardess school. She undergoes a breakdown when her sister, an experienced stewardess, is killed in a plane crash. It takes her instructors, fellow students (including the glamorous Audrey Long) and wisecracking pilot Ross Ford through lots of tough love to get her to continue on, but it will be a miracle if he audience is able to make it through this hour-long mess.
There is absolutely no sparkle in this film, surprising from one of the A studios to release something that would make Monogram shake its head in disgust. a few sequences show what could have been, especially a skydiving sequence where Henry loses the courage to jump and must face her fears in order to try it again. There is absolutely no humor, and many of their performances seem like the actors were reading off of very large cue cards. The difference between Columbia's A films and this is like comparing a 747 to a sardine can puddle jumper that can only fly short distances. This ran out of gas long before it even took flight.
There is absolutely no sparkle in this film, surprising from one of the A studios to release something that would make Monogram shake its head in disgust. a few sequences show what could have been, especially a skydiving sequence where Henry loses the courage to jump and must face her fears in order to try it again. There is absolutely no humor, and many of their performances seem like the actors were reading off of very large cue cards. The difference between Columbia's A films and this is like comparing a 747 to a sardine can puddle jumper that can only fly short distances. This ran out of gas long before it even took flight.