eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5c0015 CEILING ZERO Lynn hardcover book 1935 Sidney Davidson novel w/scenes from James Cagney movie! Date Sold 7/23/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5" x 7 1/2" [13 x 19 cm]; 124 pages) (Learn More) Ceiling Zero, the 1936 Howard Hawks veteran military pilot airplane aviation romantic love triangle melodrama ("Ceiling Zero... which means you won't see the ground 'til it hits you!"; "The first great drama of the peacetime aces!"; based on the play by Frank Wead; about pilots at an airline who are friends and rivals in flying and in love, and one of them switches flights with another pilot, and the pilot is killed, and he then feels responsible and takes greater risks) starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, Barton MacLane, Henry Wadsworth, Martha Tibbetts, and Isabel Jewel. Note that director Howard Hawks (who is billed as "the famous war ace") would revisit many of the plot elements in this movie in his "Only Angels Have Wings", made three years later for Columbia. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that in the 1930s, The Lynn Publishing Co. published "Lynn Books", which were similar to Whitman Publishing's "Big Little Books", and "Better Little Books", except they measured 5" x 7 1/2". All of these were books that each had an image on one side and text on the other. They were mostly aimed at children and teenagers, and often were adapted from comic strips, comic books, movies, etc. Also note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, the interior page that shows the publishing information, and an interior 2-page spread which should greatly help you judge the condition of this book. Condition: good to very good. Someone put a protective sleeve over the covers of this book. Learn More about condition grades
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