Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 15, 2015

They roared through the dawn...with death on their wings! Yes indeedee, rip-roaring action abounds in The Dawn Patrol. Where Errol Flynn walks, how can adventure help but follow? It's 1915. In central France the 39th Aerial Squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps is losing men like flies to en   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 15, 2015

They roared through the dawn...with death on their wings! Yes indeedee, rip-roaring action abounds in The Dawn Patrol. Where Errol Flynn walks, how can adventure help but follow? It's 1915. In central France the 39th Aerial Squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps is losing men like flies to en   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 15, 2015

They roared through the dawn...with death on their wings! Yes indeedee, rip-roaring action abounds in The Dawn Patrol. Where Errol Flynn walks, how can adventure help but follow? It's 1915. In central France the 39th Aerial Squadron of the British Royal Flying Corps is losing men like flies to en   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on November 30, 2013

The Dawn Patrol Directed by Edmund Goulding Written by Seton I. Miller and Dan Totheroh from a story by John Monk Saunders 1938/USA Warner Bros. First viewing Phipps: [sadly] No, not awfully. I really enjoyed the acting in this all-male war film. In 1915 France, Major Brand (Basil Rathbone) comman   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on March 20, 2013

The Dawn Patrol (1930) is directed by Howard Hawks and stars Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Neil Hamilton. It's an all-male cast which includes Frank McHugh in his debut role. The year is 1915 and we are in the middle of WWI. The Dawn Patrol consists of Commanding Officer...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on July 16, 2009

Earlier this year, I reviewed Howard Hawks’ first sound movie, The Dawn Patrol (1930), a powerful tale of a group of British First World War pilots waiting in their small, temporary HQ near the frontline in France, to be sent off in batches to an almost certain death. Since then,...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on January 21, 2009

This is another contribution to the Early Hawks Blog-a-thon at Ed Howard’s Only the Cinema blog – and, sorry, it’s a bit of an epic but I’m somewhat obsessed with this movie at the moment One of the greatest First World War films I’ve seen is All Quiet on the...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

The Dawn Patrol (1930) is directed by Howard Hawks and stars Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Neil Hamilton. It's an all-male cast which includes Frank McHugh in his debut role. The year is 1915 and we are in the middle of WWI. The Dawn Patrol consists of Commanding Officer...   read more