The Sky Parade is a 1936 American aviation drama film directed by Otho Lovering and written by Arthur J. Beckhard, Robert M. Burtt, Brian Marlow, Wilfred G. Moore and Byron Morgan.
Starring Jimmie Allen, William Gargan, Katherine DeMille, Kent Taylor, Grant Withers and Syd Saylor, it was released on April 17, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.
[1] The Sky Parade was based on the radio series The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen created by Robert M. Burtt and Wilfred G. Moore (first broadcast in 1933).
"[4]World War I fighter pilot Scotty Allen (Robert Fiske) returns home to learn his wife died giving birth to their first son Jimmie.
After the Armistice, Scotty refuses to see his son until his fellow airmen, "Speed Robertson" (William Gargan) and Tommy Wade (Kent Taylor), convince him it is his duty to raise Jimmie.
For years, the flying circus makes record-breaking flights and in 1924, Casey adds parachutist Geraldine "Geri" Croft (Katherine DeMille) to the troupe.
Continental, meanwhile, is perfecting an automatic pilot device, which Billings hopes to sell to Russian Baron Ankrevitch (Georges Renavent).