by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The original British title of this wartime musical farce was George Takes The Air. George is George Formby, the toothy little chappy with the ukulele whose films made oodles of money in the 1930s and 1940s. This time, Formby is an 'umble Army private mistaken for a dashing RAF pilot. Had their not been a slapstick airborne finale, audiences might have grown violent. Manning the cameras in It's in the Air was future director Ronald Neame.
characteristics
- Danger
- Jeopardy
- Risk
- War
- Mistaken-identity
- Impersonation
- Barnstormer
- Barnstorming
- Aerobatics
