"The Kid Who Couldn't Miss"

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This paper discusses and reviews the film, "The Kid Who Couldn't Miss," produced by Paul Cowen and directed by William Cowen. It discusses the style and the plot of the film and suggests that it is an entertaining and clever way to call in to question the integrity of the Ace Pilot, Billy Bishop. The paper also briefly looks at how the film notes the importance of glamorizing the biplane Aces in World War I.

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"William Cowens, The Kid Who Couldn't Miss is the fascinating account of how a brash kid from Owen Sound, Ontario, named William Avery (Billy) Bishop, became one of the leading Ace pilots of World War I. The Film Directed by William Cowen and relesed by the National Film Board of Canada does more then reiterate the experiances of one of Canada's most decorated war hero's. In a "docudrama" fasion the film brings together insightful narrating by William Hutt and World War I veteran interveiws, with clips from a 1969 staged play called Billy Bishop Goes to War. The Film The Kid who Couldn't Miss is an entertaining and clever way to call in to question the integrity of the Ace Pilot Billy Bishop and to note the importance of glamorizing the biplane Aces in World War I."

Sample of Sources Used:

• The Kid Who Couldn't Miss, produced by Paul Cowen, 1 hour and 11 minutes, NFB Video 1982, videocassette.
• David L. Bashow, "Knights of the Air: Canadian Fighter Pilots of the First World War," The Incomparable Billy Bishop, Ch. 4, p.110.
• Brereton Greenhous, The Making of Billy Bishop: The First World War Exploits of Billy Bishop, V.C. Toronto: Dundurn 2002. p.15.

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