Watched Only Angels Have Wings with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth (in what has been called her "breakthrough role".)
Worth a watch, though slow at times. Strangely, my Bones book (Video Golden Retriever) rates it higher than Red Dust, which in my mind had a somewhat similar plot and feel but which I liked better. Angels does get the edge on cast, though, slightly trumping Gable and Harlowe.
Grant and Hayworth are true stars, even if Hayworth is a bit young in this offering--she's still mouth-watering. Arthur has the bigger role and starts out plucky, but her character becomes pretty thankless and wearing as the film continues.
One particularly screwball plot fact we have to accept: Hayworth ditched Grant previous to the start of the movie because Grant's life as a 1930s pilot in the Andes was just too wearing on her nerves. Yet she then winds up with pilot Richard Barthelmess.
Cary Grant v. Richard Barthelmess. Yeah, that's a choice alright.
If you like oldies, see it, but if you don't, it won't change your attitude, as it shows some age. I think flying buffs ought to be interested in the early aviation aspects of it.
Directed by Howard Hawks.
