“Planes, Motors, Schedules”: Night Flight and the Modernity of John Barrymore

“All you care about is planes, motors, schedules,” cries Helen Hayes in the aviation melodrama Night Flight (1933), condemning John Barrymore’s airline director for the dispassion he shows towards his pilots. Through a mise-en-scène analysis of the director’s office, in conjunction with an analysis...

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Published inHamlet Lives in Hollywood
Main Author Scheibel, Will
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Edinburgh University Press 01.10.2017
Subjects
film performance
John Barrymore
masculinity
modernity
Night Flight
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Summary:“All you care about is planes, motors, schedules,” cries Helen Hayes in the aviation melodrama Night Flight (1933), condemning John Barrymore’s airline director for the dispassion he shows towards his pilots. Through a mise-en-scène analysis of the director’s office, in conjunction with an analysis of Barrymore’s work, this essay looks at the gendering of an industrial and managerial modernity articulated by Barrymore’s performance and masculine characterization.
ISBN:1474411398
9781474411394
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474411394.003.0013