Vernacular & Found Photo Ford Trimotor NC7121 Hollywood Film Aircraft 3 Movies

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Vernacular & Found Photo Ford Trimotor NC7121 Hollywood Film Aircraft 3 Movies
Photo taken in Ohio June 22nd, 1930
4 1/2" x 3"
NC7121
was used in the following motion pictures:
"Only Angels Have Wings"
- 1939 Columbia Pictures Director Howard Hawks Notable actors: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth
Marked as F-HLI
Note: Only Angels Have Wings was nominated for a 1940 Academy Award in the category of "Special Effects"
"CHARTER PILOT"
- 20th Century Fox 1941 Director Eugene Ford Notable actors: Lloyd Nolan, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari
Flown by Paul Mantz Hollywood Pilot/Production Stunt Pilot
"Flying Wild"
- used as a "Flying Ambulance" 1941 Banner Pictures Corp/Monogram Pictures Director William West  East Side Kids Series (Flying Wild was 1st in the spy film genre)
East Side Kids: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Billy Halop, and Bernard Punsly
Albert Paul Mantz (August 2, 1903 – July 8, 1965), known as Paul Mantz, was a noted air racing pilot, movie stunt pilot and consultant from the late 1930s until his death in the mid-1960s. He gained fame on two stages: Hollywood and in air races.
NC7121
Ford 4-AT-B
4-AT-35
NC7121
Tri-Motored Air Tours /Port Clinton OH >GR Minick /Richmond VA >
Colombia Pictures Corp
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United AS /Burbank
21.09.28
Dismantled and scrapped October 1941
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