Flying Monkey | |
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Directed by | Charles Reisner |
Written by | A. P. Younger (Script and dialogue) Charles F. Riesner (Adaptation) Robert E. Hopkins (Additional Dialogue) |
Based on | Flying High 1930 musical by B. G. DeSylva |
Produced by | George White |
Starring | Bert Lahr Charlotte Greenwood Pat O'Brien Charles Winninger Hedda Hopper |
Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
Edited by | William S. Gray |
Music by | Ray Henderson |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. |
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Running time | 78 or 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.