Ace of Aces

Oct 20, 1933

1h 16m

★ 5.3

A Woman's Love Made Him Forget His Fears!

Overview

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Rex 'Rocky' Thorne

Richard Dix

Nancy Adams

Elizabeth Allan

Captain Blake

Ralph Bellamy

Foster 'Froggy' Kelley

Theodore Newton

Mrs. Adams

Nella Walker

Tim 'Tombstone' Terry

Anderson Lawler

Wentworth

Frank Conroy

Captain Daly

Joe Sawyer

James 'Jenny' Lind

Art Jarrett

Tommy Gray

Claude Gillingwater Jr.

Billy Winstead

Clarence Stroud

Carroll Winstead

Claude Stroud

A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.

6.0

The Mad Parade

Sep 18, 1931

The story of eight women and how they served their country during World War I.

4.1

Command Performance

Jan 19, 1931

Prince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor Peter Fedor conveniently bears a striking resemblance to the prince. The King and Queen hatch a plan to force the prince to do his duty.

6.7

The Miracle Woman

Jul 17, 1931

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?

0.0

National Red Cross Pageant

Dec 1, 1917

The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involvement in World War I.

6.1

The Man Who Saved Christmas

Dec 15, 2002

Alfred Carlton Gilbert invented the Erector Set and is trying to get it onto the toy shelves of the country. A.C. is startled to be summoned to the White House, where top officials ask him to convert the toy factory into a weapons manufacturing company for the duration of the war. "No" is really not an option, for fear of being labeled unpatriotic so the switch is made. Later, government officials ask A.C. to be their spokesman for a campaign to avoid "toy giving" for the coming holidays and buy war bonds instead. With a young son himself, who looks forward to Christmas like any other child, what will A.C. do this time?

6.7

Pack Up Your Troubles

Sep 16, 1932

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

6.0

The Way to the Stars

Jun 16, 1945

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.

6.1

Tomorrow Is Forever

Feb 20, 1946

In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.

6.0

Cleopatra

Oct 5, 1934

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

6.5

Of Human Bondage

Jul 20, 1934

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

6.4

The History of Sound

Sep 12, 2025

In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over a mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song-collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

4.6

The Scarlet Letter

Sep 18, 1934

In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.

6.0

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Sep 21, 1934

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

6.9

Sadie McKee

May 9, 1934

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

5.5

Emperor Jones

Sep 29, 1933

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

6.1

Ladies They Talk About

Feb 4, 1933

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

6.1

Employees' Entrance

Feb 11, 1933

Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her "career move."

5.5

Ann Vickers

Sep 26, 1933

After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.

5.2

She Had to Say Yes

Jul 15, 1933

Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have been using professional female entertainers to keep their clients very happy, but the clients are getting bored of them. Tommy convinces management to replace the professionals with "volunteers" from the pool of stenographers. Inevitably some clients expectations are greater than their "dates", boyfriends become unhappy, and the "voluntary" duty becomes less so over time. At first, Tommy prevents Florence from being a volunteer, but eventually the prospect of a bonus becomes too great and he encourages her to volunteer. Afterwards, Tommy considers Florence a loose woman.