The Sky Skidder

Inventor Al Simpkins develops a new airplane fuel, “Economo,” which he claims gets a thousand miles to the pint.

Inventor Al Simpkins develops a new airplane fuel, “Economo,” which he claims gets a thousand miles to the pint.

A Ray Taylor film directed by , released in 1929.

A Robert G. Vignola film directed by , released in 1929.

A William James Craft film directed by , released in 1929.

A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.

Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress Olga Baclanova (Freaks) on the eve of the big fight.

French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious “Red…

Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.

When a bank executive disappears, he is accused of stealing a fortune from the bank. But his daughter and her criminologist friend set out to find her father and clear his name.

Released in both a silent and a sound version: Mitch Moran, a veteran WWI pilot and now a commercial pilot, takes his young irresponsible brother, Steve, under his guidance. Steve heeds little of what Mitch is selling but does find…