Summary
Pete Clark, the ambitious publicity manager for Henly soap, orchestrates an audacious promotional contest: a substantial $100,000 prize for the first individual to achieve a non-stop flight from California to Hawaii. Clark, convinced of the flight's impossibility, views this as a shrewd, low-risk marketing gamble. However, the world is irrevocably altered by Charles Lindbergh's triumphant transatlantic journey, transforming what was once deemed impossible into a tangible, if still perilous, reality. Facing professional disgrace and the looming specter of paying out the colossal prize, Clark is forced into a desperate, farcical pivot: he must enter the very race he conceived, aiming to win his own prize money. His subsequent frantic, often slapstick-laden aerial pursuit across the Pacific becomes not only a frantic scramble for financial salvation but, unexpectedly, the catalyst for earning the admiration and affection of Violet, the discerning daughter of his company's boss.
Synopsis
Pete Clark, publicity manager for Henly soap, concocts a promotional contest requiring entrants to fly nonstop from California to Hawaii. Believing such a flight to be impossible, Peter offers $100,000 of the company's money as the prize. However, after aviator Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Pete decides to enter the race himself to collect the prize money and save himself from disgrace. After a series of amusing stunts, Pete is the first to reach Hawaii, thereby winning the admiration of Violet, the boss's daughter.
