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 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.

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

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…