Now We're in the Air

In this 1927 slapstick aviation comedy, cousins Wally and Ray (Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton) find themselves in a desperate pursuit of their grandfather’s Scottish fortune. Their quest for inheritance takes a sharp, vertical turn when they accidentally enlist in the United States flying corps. Through a series of catastrophic navigational errors, the duo ends up drifting over enemy lines in a hot-air balloon. In a twist of fate typical of the era's service comedies, they are mistaken for heroes by the enemy forces, only to be recruited as spies and sent back across the lines. The narrative follows their frantic attempts to navigate the high-stakes world of espionage while remaining utterly incompetent, featuring a dual performance by the legendary Louise Brooks as twin sisters who complicate the cousins' mission and their hearts.