The Dawn Patrol (1930)
- Directed by
- Howard Hawks
- Genre
- drama film, action film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 34 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
World War I flyers lead dangerous patrol missions. They face the constant threat of death and the strain of sending young pilots into battle.
tensemelancholicbleakgrittysomberunsettlingslow-burnvisceral
What happens
The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 American pre-Code World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks, a former World War I flight instructor, who even flew in the film as a German pilot in an uncredited role. The Dawn Patrol won the Academy Award for Best Story for John Monk Saunders, an American writer said to have been haunted by his inability to get into combat as a flyer with the U.S. Air Service. It was subsequently remade in 1938 with the same title, and the original was then renamed Flight Commander and released later as part of the Warner Bros. film catalog. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Lost Squadron (1932)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.