{"id":73159,"date":"2021-06-20T21:45:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T04:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73159"},"modified":"2021-06-20T21:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T04:45:39","slug":"flight-for-freedom-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73159","title":{"rendered":"Flight for Freedom (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;re a great guy &#8212; about all the woman there is.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Poster-192x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-73160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Poster-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Poster-656x1024.png 656w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Poster-173x270.png 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Poster.png 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen an aviatrix (Rosalind Russell) falls for a dashing pilot (Fred MacMurray) who refuses to settle down, she decides to continue her own career and becomes world-famous &#8212; but after getting engaged to her devoted flight instructor (Herbert Marshall), Tonie (Russell) must decide whether to help out with a potentially lethal mission of worldwide significance.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Airplanes and Pilots<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Fred MacMurray Films<\/li>\n<li>Herbert Marshall Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Rosalind Russell Films<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis heavily fictionalized imagining of what might have happened to Amelia Earhart (i.e., perhaps she was helping to spy on Japan) gave Rosalind Russell a chance to shine in one of her numerous &#8220;strong female&#8221; roles &#8212; in this case, an intrepid pilot who refuses to let her love for a man get in the way of her love of competitive aviation. The love triangle aspect of the film (which takes up far too much script time) is its weakest:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle-1024x746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle-1024x746.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle-371x270.png 371w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Triangle.png 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What we&#8217;re really waiting for is more evidence of Russell&#8217;s derring-do and patriotism. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-1024x746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-1024x746.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-370x270.png 370w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell.png 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism-1024x734.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism-1024x734.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism-377x270.png 377w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell-Patriotism.png 1407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Lee Garmes&#8217; cinematography makes the entire affair enjoyably atmospheric to watch. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2-1024x740.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2-1024x740.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2-768x555.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2-374x270.png 374w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Cinematography2.png 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be forewarned that, given the time it was released, this propaganda film posits the Japanese as sneaky and evil. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese-1024x731.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese-378x270.png 378w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Japanese.png 1413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rosalind Russell as Tonie Carter<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3-1024x752.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3-1024x752.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Russell3.png 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lee Garmes&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3-1024x731.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3-378x270.png 378w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flight-for-Freedom-Still3.png 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look if you&#8217;re curious. Listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035888\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1943\/04\/16\/archives\/flight-for-freedom-a-film-speculation-on-fate-of-woman-flier-with.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/flight-for-freedom\/review\/2000031266\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com\/2015\/05\/tonights-movie-flight-for-freedom-1943.html\">Laura&#8217;s Musings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re a great guy &#8212; about all the woman there is.&#8221; Synopsis: When an aviatrix (Rosalind Russell) falls for a dashing pilot (Fred MacMurray) who refuses to settle down, she decides to continue her own career and becomes world-famous &#8212; but after getting engaged to her devoted flight instructor (Herbert Marshall), Tonie (Russell) must decide whether to help out with a potentially lethal mission of worldwide significance. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Airplanes and Pilots Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues Fred&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73159\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73159"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73176,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73159\/revisions\/73176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}