This World War Two training film about procedures for flying a fighter plane is some bald instructions enlivened by Huntz Hall as Ensign Dilbert.
In 2014, Dilbert is the hapless cartoon engineer trapped in a corporate structure that makes no sense and is miserable because he is continually thwarted in in efforts to do his job. In 1943 Ensign Dilbert was the hapless, careless sort of man whose negligence kills other people. Despite that terrible thought and the occasional shots of corpses caused by Dilbert, Hall's performance is the only thing that stops this picture from being radio with pictures.
Hall was a capable actor but he specialized in playing comic fools, starting with the stage production of DEAD END and continuing in spin-off series like the Bowery Boys. In real life he was no fool. By the time he semi-retired in 1957 at the age of 38, his investments had made his financially very comfortable.
In 2014, Dilbert is the hapless cartoon engineer trapped in a corporate structure that makes no sense and is miserable because he is continually thwarted in in efforts to do his job. In 1943 Ensign Dilbert was the hapless, careless sort of man whose negligence kills other people. Despite that terrible thought and the occasional shots of corpses caused by Dilbert, Hall's performance is the only thing that stops this picture from being radio with pictures.
Hall was a capable actor but he specialized in playing comic fools, starting with the stage production of DEAD END and continuing in spin-off series like the Bowery Boys. In real life he was no fool. By the time he semi-retired in 1957 at the age of 38, his investments had made his financially very comfortable.
