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Line 2: {{Infobox film \| name = Power Dive \| image = File:Power Dive (1941) Poster.jpg ~~\| image_size = 150px~~ \| ~~image~~ caption = ~~Power~~Poster ~~Dive~~from ~~FilmPoster.jpeg~~1941 ~~\| caption =~~ \| director = [[James P. Hogan (director)\|James P. Hogan]] \| producer = {{ubl\|[[William H. Pine]] ~~<br>~~\|[[William C. Thomas]]}} \| writer = {{ubl\|Edward Churchill~~<br>~~\|[[Maxwell Shane]]}} \| based_on = story by Paul Franklin \| narrator = Line 26 ⟶ 25: \| budget = $86,000<ref name="arlen">Pryor, Thomas M. "It's been 14 years and films change: So Pine-Thomas (We want to make a million) switch to million-dollar movies." ''The New York Times'', February 25, 1954, p. 25.</ref> \| gross = $1 million<ref name="arlen"/> ~~\| preceded_by =~~ ~~\| followed_by =~~ ~~\| website =~~ }} Line 36 ⟶ 32: ==Plot== [[File:Power Dive (1941).webm\|thumb\|left\|The full film.]] Ace [[test pilot]] Bradley Farrell (Richard Arlen), flying for McMasters Aviation Corp., breaks his leg when an overweight prototype crashes. Brad's younger brother Douglas ([[Don Castle]]), a recent graduate in aeronautical engineering, thinks Doug's flying is too dangerous and is hired as a design engineer at McMasters. Carol Blake (Jean Parker) wants to interest Brad in her father's design for an aircraft made of plastic. Doug pretends to be Brad because he is attracted to her but Brad meets Carol and takes her out flying. She introduces him to her blind father, Professor Blake (Thomas W. Ross), resulting in Brad becoming immersed in the professor's new designs. Line 57 ⟶ 54: * [[Ralph Byrd]] as Jackson, fellow draftsman * [[Tom Dugan (actor, born 1889)\|Tom Dugan]] as The Waiter * [[Helen Lynd (actress)\|Helen Lynd]] as Giggly Blonde * [[James Seay]] as Army Radio Operator {{div col end}} Line 73 ⟶ 70: Principal photography took place from January 23 to mid-February 1941 with some scenes shot on location at the Metropolitan Airport in [[Van Nuys, California]].<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87012/Power-Dive/original-print-info.html "Original print information: Power Dive (1941)."] ''Turner Classic Movies''. Retrieved: November 2, 2014.</ref> Opening credits include the following statement: "Creative acknowledgement for technical assistance in use of Geodetic plane to the Plxweve Aircraft Corporation."{{#tag:ref\|Although described in the film as an aircraft with [[geodetic airframe]] "plastic" construction, the Greenleaf CT-6A made by Plxweve aircraft, was actually constructed with a wooden geodetic airframe covered in plywood.\|group=Note}}<ref name="Eckland">{{cite web\|last1=Eckland\|first1=K.O.\|title=Player\|url=http://aerofiles.com/_pl.html\|website=Aerofiles\|~~accessdate~~access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> A [[Aeroneer 1-B\|Phillips 1-B Aeroneer]] (NX16075) and a [[Player CT-6A]] (Plxweve/Greenleaf CT-6A) (NX 19994), made by [[Plxweve Aircraft Co.]], were featured in the film.<ref>[http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Power_Dive "Power Dive."] ''IMPDb''. Retrieved: November 2, 2014.</ref> Reviews noted that writer Edward Churchill had an aviation background and that star Richard Arlen was running a flyers' training school near Hollywood.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87012/Power-Dive/notes.html "Notes: Power Dive (1941)."] ''Turner Classic Movies''. Retrieved: November 2, 2014.</ref> ==Reception== Line 98 ⟶ 95: *[https://archive.org/stream/variety142-1941-04#page/n63/mode/1up/search/%22power+dive%22 Review] at ''Variety'' {{Pine-Thomas}} {{James P. Hogan}} {{commons category\|Power Dive (1941 film)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Power Dive}} [[Category:1941 films]] [[Category:~~American~~1940s English-language films]] [[Category:English-language films]]▼ [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:1941 drama films]] Line 109 ⟶ 106: [[Category:Films directed by James Patrick Hogan]] [[Category:American drama films]] ▲[[Category:~~English-language~~1940s American films]]