Dirigible
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Starring: Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Fay Wray
Director: Frank Capra
Writer: Jo Swerling, Frank Wead
Producer: Harry Cohn
Dirigible is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Fay Wray. The picture focuses on the competition between naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to reach the South Pole by air. The female lead is played by Fay Wray.
Trivia
- Capra and Columbia considered Dirigible as a step forward into the big time, with a $650,000 budget, the highest amount the studio had ever invested.
- The Navy gave "its full resources at Lakehurst" including the pride of the fleet, the USS Los Angeles to lend an air of authenticity to the production.
- The Los Angeles was featured prominently and also portrayed the fictional USS Pensacola.
Filming Locations
- Shot at Lakehurst, New Jersey, at the hangar that would house the U.S. Navy and later the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg.
Previous Showings
6 Runs • 3 Festivals
3,212 tickets sold
All runs on record (6):
- March 7 - 8, 1990 · 424 ticketsw/ Submarine
- November 15 - 17, 1995 · 429 ticketsw/ Meet John Doe
- June 6, 1997 · 464 ticketsw/ The Power of the Press
- December 15 - 18, 2007 · 1,080 ticketsFall 2007 The Films of Frank Capra, plus other favoritesw/ Arsenic and Old Lace
- January 22 - 23, 2014 · 498 ticketsFrank Capra Festivalw/ Arsenic and Old Lace
- January 23 - 24, 2025 · 317 ticketsThe Films of Frank Capraw/ Flight