1927. The Roaring Twenties. Popular silent film actress Claire Burns needs a stunt flier for her new film and asks her childhood friend, the World War I ace pilot Jesse Kelly, if he would like the job. Jesse wants a change from flying the new airmail routes and on a whim, he flies his biplane to Hollywood.Jesse and Claire last saw each other at his "going away" party the day before he left for France. A lot changed in those ten intervening years. His actions during the war still haunt Jesse's dreams and screen acting no ...
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1927. The Roaring Twenties. Popular silent film actress Claire Burns needs a stunt flier for her new film and asks her childhood friend, the World War I ace pilot Jesse Kelly, if he would like the job. Jesse wants a change from flying the new airmail routes and on a whim, he flies his biplane to Hollywood.Jesse and Claire last saw each other at his "going away" party the day before he left for France. A lot changed in those ten intervening years. His actions during the war still haunt Jesse's dreams and screen acting no longer answers all of Claire's needs.What was supposed to be a quick two days turns into six weeks and forces a decision that would change their lives forever.
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