LOST IN THE STRATOSPHERE, a lively comedy of jealousy, amorous rivalry and feminine duplicity, is known a bit because of one of the Cagney brothers, namely William, who's a handsome air—pilot in this light comedy. The title sounds great, with a surrealist twist—like for a Sci—Fi pioneering thriller or a slapstick comedy; it has only the vaguest relation to what the movie's about.
James, Jeanne, William were all in the movies—a hoard of Cagneys. William was a bit more handsome, I believe, than James; perhaps taller also. All these three Cagney brothers resembled much each other—the Cagney forehead, the Cagney chin.
W. Cagney is the cocksure army pilot Soapy Cooper in this '34 comedy; he beats the milkman by 5 minutes. His pal is Woody Wood, played by who else than Nugent. The two are some cocksure womanizing pranksters. Like his brother, W. Cagney was a sort of living cartoon; he looks like an anachronistic J. Cagney impersonator.
Hattie McDaniel plays the racial stereotype 'Ida Johnson'.
June Collyer, a hot babe, is Evelyn Worthington, a beautiful stranger met by 'Soapy'; this unfaithful broad promised herself to Wood but offers herself to Cooper.
James, Jeanne, William were all in the movies—a hoard of Cagneys. William was a bit more handsome, I believe, than James; perhaps taller also. All these three Cagney brothers resembled much each other—the Cagney forehead, the Cagney chin.
W. Cagney is the cocksure army pilot Soapy Cooper in this '34 comedy; he beats the milkman by 5 minutes. His pal is Woody Wood, played by who else than Nugent. The two are some cocksure womanizing pranksters. Like his brother, W. Cagney was a sort of living cartoon; he looks like an anachronistic J. Cagney impersonator.
Hattie McDaniel plays the racial stereotype 'Ida Johnson'.
June Collyer, a hot babe, is Evelyn Worthington, a beautiful stranger met by 'Soapy'; this unfaithful broad promised herself to Wood but offers herself to Cooper.