Bush Pilot (film)

Bush Pilot
Directed by Sterling Campbell
Larry Cromien (aerial sequences)
Produced by Larry Cromien (producer)
Jack Ogilvie (associate producer)
Written by Gordon Burwash (additional dialogue)
Scott Darling (story)
Starring See below
Music by Samuel Hersenhoren
Cinematography Edward Hyland
Edited by Jack Ogilvie
Release dates
1947
Running time
60 minutes
Country Canada
United States
Language English
Budget $150,000[1]

Bush Pilot is a 1947 Canadian-American film directed by Sterling Campbell. The film, produced by Campbell's Dominion Productions, was noted for being one of the first full-length feature films in which a Canadian production company held the primary role.[2]

The movie was filmed predominantly in Toronto, Ontario, with outdoor and flight sequences filmed in the Muskoka region of Ontario.[2]

Plot summary

Red North is a bush pilot in the village of Nouvelle, part of Canada's north. His half-brother, Paul Gerard decides to relocate his bush pilot business to the same lake, competing with Red's business and romantic interests.

Cast

Restoration

Although long out of print, the film was restored by the National Archives of Canada and The Movie Network in the 1990s,[2] and was screened on the Movie Network as a special Canada Day broadcast in 1998.[2]

References

  1. https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947-10#page/n189/mode/1up
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Soaring into the stratosphere of nationalist melodrama". The Globe and Mail, July 1, 1998.

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