Only Angels Have Wings

This and Ceiling Zero would make a wonderful case study in how “original” isn’t necessarily a positive quality. Only Angels Have Wings is effectively a remake of Ceiling Zero, and where the earlier film was a perfectly fine little example of quick filmmaking with a focus on a commercial airfield, the latter film takes a similar setting, similar characters, and even similar plot points and creates a far fuller experience that works more completely. It does not matter that Ceiling Zero did it ...