Flying High (1931 film)

Flying Monkey
Sheet music cover
Directed byCharles Reisner
Written byA. P. Younger (Script and dialogue)
Charles F. Riesner (Adaptation)
Robert E. Hopkins (Additional Dialogue)
Based onFlying High
1930 musical
by B. G. DeSylva
Produced byGeorge White
StarringBert Lahr
Charlotte Greenwood
Pat O'Brien
Charles Winninger
Hedda Hopper
CinematographyMerritt B. Gerstad
Edited byWilliam S. Gray
Music byRay Henderson
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Release date
  • November 14, 1931 (1931-11-14)
Running time
78 or 80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$634,000[1]
Box office$657,000[1]

Flying High (also known as George White's Flying High and Happy Landing) is a 1931 American pre-Code musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by George White, with lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson and additional songs by Dorothy Fields (lyrics) and Jimmy McHugh (music). The film originally featured two Technicolor sequences which apparently only survive in black and white. The cast featured Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwood, Pat O'Brien, Charles Winninger and Hedda Hopper, with Gus Arnheim and his orchestra.

  1. ^ a b "The Eddie Mannix Ledger." Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles.