by Nicole Gagne
synopsis
Producer/director William A. Wellman also co-scripted this biopic devoted to John J. Montgomery (Glenn Ford), the unsung 19th-century innovator of glider design. Montgomery's invention of a gold separator proves lucrative, but he pours its profits into financing his legal battles over patent infringement. The gliders created by Montgomery attract attention but no money, and he begins a relationship with Regina Cleary (Janet Blair), which helps sustain him. But when Montgomery becomes afflicted with vertigo and can no longer fly, he sickens and dies.
characteristics
- Barnstormer
- Aerobatics
- Barnstorming
- Infamous
- Infamy
- Help
- Hard-times
- Invention
- Hardships
- Jesuit
- Loot
- Vertigo
- Lawsuit
- Journey
- Gold
