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FLY BOYS

Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Films was Howard Hawks'

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Donald Barthelmes, and the film debut of Rita Hayworth as 'the other woman'.

This is about men who fly the mail over the Andes. Melodrama.

On the other hand, it has some great characters and a lot of man on man love—buddy love—the kind of thing that Hawks excelled at. Friendship.

The women are not incidental but clearly do not share the bonds of the fly-guys.

The story is not too predictable. There are twists and turns so to speak.

The flying scenes are a bit gut wrenching; this, of course, without digital interference. All real, even the model planes.

I liked it a lot.

It is nice to see Grant in a non-comedy role. He works out just fine.

I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5; not great, but good.