Universal Weekly (1933-1935)

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April 22, 1933 Carl L aemmle’s 27th Anniversary Celebration —■■■ 15 OF THE AIR’’ PACKS THRILLS euvers. One of the remarkable scenes in "Phantom of the Air" is a phantom airplane operated by remote control, engaged in a terrific battle with another plane operated by smugglers. The end of this battle is a collision, both planes falling and bursting into flames. Colonel Turner, air speed champion of the United States, who plays an important role in “Phantom of the Air,” using the plane in which he broke the east-west air flight record. The Air Pirates The inventor is William Desmond, whose daughter, Gloria Shea, is an air enthusiast. Her air tutor is Leroy Mason. All unknown to her, he is the head of the ring of air pirates whose daring plan is to secure control of the air not only in the United States but all over the world. It is Gloria herself who unwittingly tips off Mason to the wonderful invention which her father has patented. Mason witnesses an exhibition of her racing maneuvers in the air as Desmond pilots a driverless plane controlling it by his new invention, the Contragrav, from a little laboratory on the ground. No wonder he is filled with envy, greed and a relentless determination to secure this invention. It is the one thing his crowd needs to complete its secretly planned control of the air. A Phantom Airplane During the course of the serial, there are many of these astounding man Bill Desmond demonstrates the Contragrav to Tom Tyler and Gloria Shea. The Contragrav is an apparatus which overcomes the law of gravity. It is the invention which is the bone of contention in this fifth Adventure Pictures serial for 1932-33. Thrills in Episodes In another episode, the hero, a captive in a speed boat, grasps a rope ladder dangling from a rescuing plane and swoops overhead to safety at one hundred miles an hour. In the same episode, Tyler drops from this rope ladder into automobile in which his sweetheart is being off by the pirates of the air. A stunt which is very seldom tried is transferring a man from one airship to another in mid-air. This is one of the feats which will be attempted by Tom Tyler in this serial. As an added thrill, when Tyler gets into the second plane, he finds in it a time bomb which has been left by the air pilot who bailed out. Another stunt which will be tried is fitting a new wheel to an under-carriage which has been damaged in a take-off. All of which go to show that Hugh Enfield, Universal’s latest candidate for fame, plays his first Universal role in the Adventure Serial, “Phantom of the Air.” "Phantom of the Air" is likely to set a new standard for thrills. Fastest Airman