Boardwalk Empire of the Air: Aerial Bootlegging in Prohibition Era America
Bert Acosta, "Outlaws of the Air" - Part 1: "Gangsters, Modern in Their Ways, Turn to Smuggling Aliens, Dope and Illicit Liquor" (December 30, 1935), 15, Part 2: "Bootleggers of the Skies" (December 31, 1935), 13, Part 3: "Smuggling Aliens Across the Border" (January 2, 1936), 15, Part 4: "Smuggling Dope" (January 3, 1936), 19, Part 5: "Policing the Air Lanes" The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (January 4, 1936), 13. Examples include Shadows of the Orient (Larry Darmour Productions, 1935), Daughter of Shanghai (Paramount Pictures, 1937), and Secret Service of the Air (Warner Bros., 1939) starring Ronald Reagan; Given George Lucas' fondness for these serials, one presumes that Han Solo's Millennium Falcon of Star Wars fame owes a debt of gratitude to Bert Acosta's tall tales.
Examples include Shadows of the Orient (Larry Darmour Productions, 1935), Daughter of Shanghai (Paramount Pictures, 1937), and Secret Service of the Air (Warner Bros., 1939) starring Ronald Reagan; Given George Lucas' fondness for these serials, one presumes that Han Solo's Millennium Falcon of Star Wars fame owes a debt of gratitude to Bert Acosta's tall tales.