Howard Hughes was notorious for delays and holdups on his productions and in this case an attempt to recycle some of the appeal of his epic Hell's Angels was stalled by a shutdown of the original filming done by Edward Sedgwick from May 19th to June 12th of 1931, featuring Lola Lane and Sidney Toler in the cast. The production would start up again in the fall, September 2nd to early October, now in the hands of Edward Sutherland. Lane was replaced by Ann Dvorak and Toler by William Boyd.
The comedy here involving lifeguards who can't swim and pilots who can't fly is not especially memorable but there are some pre Code moments.
Review of Sky Devils
