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Curtiss Falcon

The type was featured in a number of Hollywood films: Flight (1929), Hell Divers (1932) and King Kong, both the classic 1933 movie and the 2005 remake.

Hell Divers

Based loosely on the earlier war epic, What Price Glory? (1926), "Lt. Comdr. Frank Wead, U.S.N. (Ret.)" is credited for the film's story.

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Gable had appeared in a minor supporting role in another Beery film, The Secret Six, earlier the same year.

The Secret Six

Beery and Gable would work together twice more, in Hell Divers the same year, in which Gable was billed second to Beery and had a role almost as large, and China Seas, also with Harlow, four years later.

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