Fat and Skinny: For a given value of "fat", but Toodles is short and roly-poly and he makes a visual contrast with tall, handsome Bill. Shaking the Rump: After the opening shot of biplanes in combat, the first shot is a rather surprising close-up of a woman shaking her bottom at the camera, said bottom filling the entire scene. Bill and Toodles are in a Nicaraguan cantina enjoying the company of local ladies.

More people than ever are discovering for themselves the pure joy that freedom of the skies can bring. The majority of skydiving is done as fun jumping. It offers not only the enjoyment of the jumps but great opportunities to meet with friends and enjoy a wide range of social activities.Hall, Mourdant. "Parachute Jumper (1933); Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Frank McHugh teamed in a story of adventures in air and on earth." The New York Times, January 26, 1933. Contrived Coincidence: Bill gets a job as a bodyguard for Weber, a bootlegger and, as is later revealed, a drug-runner. New York is a large city, but of all the places where Alabama could finally get work, she gets hired by Weber as a secretary. Axe Before Entering: A sequence towards the end has the cops chopping down the door to Weber's office. Weber and Bill make their way out via secret passage, but Weber shuts the door to the passage in the face of Steve the mook, and Steve is shot when the police finish chopping down the door and break in. Skydiving is one of today’s most exciting sports. Dynamic and colourful, it offers mastery of the air and the freedom to make the skies your own! UK Only. Despatched by Royal Mail first class post on the same day. Excludes Weekends & Bank Holidays.

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The other high point for me was the way disillusionment over the time period crept in to the script, but never kept the film from playing as light entertainment. The young couple steal a wrapped-up fish from an alley cat, and condiments from a diner. She resorts to flirting to get a job, likening what she said as no more meaningful than promises politicians make. Behind the closed door of the office of the Society for Enforcement of Prohibition, we find a guy drinking. Lastly, we get this exchange between Fairbanks and a prospective employer, morals going out the window out of necessity: Video Credits: Of all the principals at the start of the film, as was Warner Brothers house style in this era. Mordaunt Hall, reviewer for The New York Times, called it "a fast-moving tale of adventure in the air and on earth ..." [7] That review summed up the format of crime and adventure in the air that had been explored in a number of other films of the period. [8] In a later review, Leonard Maltin called it a "Fast-moving, enjoyable Warner Bros. programmer." [9] In popular culture [ edit ] Hypocritical Humor: A random gag in the last scene has Bill opening doors to various offices in an office building as he hunts for Alabama. He throws open one door to the "Society for the Enforcement of Prohibition", only to find a man pouring a drink from a flask. All Women Are Lustful: Mrs. Newberry, who hires Bill to be a chauffeur but is more interested in telling him to turn around while she can look at his torso, before she comes over and feels his bicep. She is giving Bill bedroom eyes non-stop in the scene where she invites him up to her room. He's clearly reluctant as he's in love with Alabama, but is apparently about to give in when Weber, Mrs. Newberry's lover, shows up.In early October 1932—several months before the film's release—the entertainment trade paper The Film Daily reported that Warner Bros. had changed the name of the production from simply Parachute to Parachute Jumper. [3] Franklin Pangborn as male secretary who says "what is it you want?" when Bill enters the office where he is taking dictation from a standing woman So what does it feel like to skydive? The free falling is actually quite serene and you enjoy a floaty feeling. It only lasts for around 30 seconds, so try to relish every moment!