Wings for the Eagle (Warner Bros.) (1942)

=—=— == — ANN DENNIS==== SHERIDAN MORGAN A Warner Bros.-First National Picture. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Original Screen Play by Byron Morgan and B. H. Orkow. Additional Dialogue by Richard Macaulay. CAST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS Roma Maple. .ANN SHERIDAN Brad Maple Jack Carson Corky Jones. DENNIS MORGAN Jake Hanso....-. George Tobias Serialized by Harry Lee CHAPTER I é ide CAPITOL DOME—vast and challenging—loomed in the morning light beyond the windows of the government office where, about a long council table, a company of men listened to an impassioned speaker : “Gentlemen, this is an emergency unprecedented in the history of our nation. Our present efforts, great as they are, are not enough. We must have more ships, more tanks, more guns, more of everything, and especially, more planes. And we cannot win this Battle of Production without men and still more men—workers to man the ramparts of our factories!” He paused momentarily. road. Suddenly a delightfully feminine voice called: “May I park here, Mister, if I buy a couple gallons of gas?” Corky, looking over his shoulder, stopped dead in his tracks. The dame was a knockout—redheaded, grey-eyed, slim, boy oh boy! The urge of conquest was on him again! He glanced toward the rear of the station, saw that the boys, the boss, and the cop, were still occupied, and “From every corner of the nalion they must come—an army stepped up to the strange car with his most devastating grin. soldiers without uniforms— little men, individually unim» portant, perhaps—but collectively, this country’s first line of defense. With the skill of their hands they will make the tgols to finish the job.” “Regular, lady—or ethyl?” If the young lady was irked by the freshness of the stranger she gave no evidence of the fact. “] only want to park for a few minutes,” she said sweetly, “just “J want a parking place—not an escort!” His lowered voice took on a more ominous note. “And. .gentlemen, unless this job is finished in victory, all of us sitting here—and every citizen of the continent—had better start looking around for a hole to crawl into!” At the moment—three thousand miles across the continent— the siren over the Lockheed Airplane Factory was announcing the mid-afternoon change of shift when the army of the dayforce knocks off work, and the incoming horde of the swingshift checks in to pick up the tools the others have but just dropped. A milling’ stampede ensued, thousands coming, thousands going, overflowing, packing the streets, stalling traffic; the factory parking acreage shrouded in dust and smoke, motorcycle officers and uniformed guards, trying desperately +o restore some serghegmmgc of, vne long enough to see someone in Lockheed. I’ve been so many laps around the block looking for a place to park, that I feel as if I’ve been on a merry-g0round!” “]’]] be delighted, Miss, to accommodate you!” “Thanks! Where shall I leave ite?” “Why...” said Corky, taking another check-up glance, “just back in there by the fence! And _. forget the gas!” As the girl shifted the gears, he stepped onto the runningpoard, ostensibly to guide her, and put an arm half around the back of her seat to hold on. “J think you misunderstood me! I want a parking place, not an escort!” “But it’s my policy to provide the extra service! Nothing, you see, is too good for the customers! That is.. .if they look anything like you!” She backed the car abruptly, -7:+ sharply, and jammed 4. brelre obviously ‘MOVIE-OF-THE-WEEK’ Here’s the first behind-the-sentr of America’s “Heroes in Overelle. Uncle Sam’‘s rolling Bomber-lines that are backing up the battle-lines! Galley proofs and mats of type and art are available FREE on order by newspaper editors to Warner Bros. Campaign Plan Editor, 321 West 44 St., N. Y. C. THIS STARTS YOU OFF IN NEWSPAPERS The timeliest story of the . year — America’s victory on the production front—deserves big-time, big-scale newsvals ee The 6-day serialization is geared to give you the right kind of send-off. Follow through with the followi i cachet ye ollowing, each detailed on FULL PAGE SUNDAY FEATURE......... Page 6 CARTOON STRIP ........ P S rere eect ee . .Page MODEL PLANE CONTEST. . TEASER FEATURE ........ “The Stunt of the Weeks’: CITYWIDE ‘BUY A BOMBER’ NEWSPAPER CAMPAIGN. . . price a: Wings for the Eagle . . . dollars into bonds... o bombers ... bombers for Victory! That’s the dramatic 9 timely angle to sell . your sh ute ; it works: owing—and help America! Here’s how Your most aggressive | ocal newspaper anHemneeS a “Wings For The Eagle—Buy a Bomber’’ pret a ie ‘Bor . ec“e of the campaign is to sell enough war bonds in one week to | chase a new Lockheed Bomber for the Air Force ie Each day’s pro [ [ gress in bond sales is recorded o n Bomb “‘lighti up’ anew “bomb burst” on an Axis ob fis Pe tee Your Day-to-Day Set-up: 1. Newspaper sets u i : p a committee of prominent “war bond ’ handle details. Campaign is officially announced as “Win a salesmen” to Buy a Bomber” Campaign. ss or The Eagle 2. Newspaper enlists Junior “Wi : ings For The Eagle’ C . Each member receives a “Wings For The Eeate” billion ta to obtain pledges. complete details). see page 7 for the 4. Day-by-day results of bond purchases and pledges are ted i paper and lobby. Also: a large compo-board “bomber” if set eet Seas —or in front of theatre—to dramatize the campaign’s progress dail a. tion above shows you how. i eae re ee a et of \ ae appropriate ceremonies are held at your theatre umber of pledges turned over to Air Force i s s s as: . thanks City for patriotically providing “Wings For The Eagle oe we