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Only Angels Have Wings

Movie (1939)

Geoff Carter (Carey Grant) is the head of a crumbling air freight service in desperate need of a replacement pilot. He is forced to hire a descredited aviator (Richard Barthelmess) who arrives with his wife (Rita Hayworth), Carter's ex-lover. Meanwhile, traveler Bonnie Lee (Jean Arthur) tries to get close to the emotionally closed-off Carter. The film received two Academy Award nominations.

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Released:	Jan 1st, 1939
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Only Angels Have Wings Main Cast

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Cary Grant
plays Geoff Carter

Jean Arthur
plays Bonnie Lee

Richard Barthelmess
plays Bat Mac Pherson

Rita Hayworth
plays Judy MacPherson

Thomas Mitchell
plays Kid Dabb

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Near the end of the film, Bonnie (Jean Arthur) says to Geoff (Cary Grant), "I'm hard to get, Geoff, all you have to do is ask me." This line would, of course, be more famously re-utilized by director Howard Hawks and screenwriter Jules Furthman in their later film, To Have and Have Not (1944), spoken this time by Slim (Lauren Bacall) to Steve (Humphrey Bogart).
Howard Hawks had known a real-life flier who once parachuted from a burning plane. His copilot died in the ensuing crash and his fellow pilots shunned him for the rest of his life.
Richard Barthelmess had deep scars that resulted from an infection due to plastic surgery. The only way to cover them up was with heavy make-up, but Howard Hawks convinced him to leave them the way they were because "those scars tell the story and are important to your character." Hawks also removed planks to make Barthelmess appear taller, to reflect his character's inferiority among his fellow pilots.
The Kid mentions that there are no bananas, parodying the novelty song, "Yes! We Have No Bananas" written by Frank Silver (III) and Irving Cohn.

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