Wings for Doubting Thomas (1950)

★★★★ · Fly Me To La Guardia · Spuzz · 2012-07-20

Me in a somewhat lousy mood, decided to take up a euphemeral film, and this was next. Lo and behold, this film cheered me up quite a bit with it's ridiculousness. Mind you, nothing really ridiculous about wanting to fly, it's just that this 1950's/60s short about how you and you, mr and mrs housewife, can get your own plane and fly anywhere! is just so garish and unworldly. There are LOTS of great shots, including that bizarre dream, AND the shot where the family appear to park their plane in front of the shopping center to do a little afternoon spending. It appears these kids have money to…