The Dawn Patrol (1938)
| Release Date | 23 December 1938 |
| Tagline | They roared through the dawn . . . with death on their wings ! |
| Genre | War, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Calabasas, California, USA |
| Language | English, German |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | War Drama, Combat Films, Anti-War Film |
| Themes | War in the Sky |
| Tones | Bleak, Downbeat, Grim, Somber |
| Tags | Alcoholism, Aviation, Barnstorming, Friendship, Officer, Recruit [soldier], Squadron, War |
The Dawn Patrol is a 1938 American war film, a remake of the pre-Code 1930 film of the same name. Both were based on the short story "The Flight Commander" by 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.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Peter Willes
Hollister
Michael Brooke
Captain Squires
Stuart Hall
Bentham
Herbert Evans
Scott's Mechanic
Sidney Bracey
Major Brand's Orderly
Leo Nomis
Aeronautic Supervisor
Hal Brazeale
Gregory
Tyrone Brereton
Orderly
Richard Deane
'B' Flight Replacement
Burnett Fergrison
Henry Burt
Fred Graham
Running Man on Airfield
Douglas Henderson
Orderly
Ivo Henderson
Soldier
Tim Henning
Orderly
Shep Houghton
Young Recruit
George Kirby
Orderly Kirby
Anthony Marsh
Rutherford
John Meredith
'B' Flight Replacement
Wally Rairden
Cleaver
John Rodion
Lieutenant Russell
Speirs Ruskell
'B' Flight Replacement
John Sutton
Adjutant
F. Philip Sylvestre
'B' Flight Replacement
Gordon Thorpe
Smythe
Charles Waldron Jr.
Lieutenant Billings
Gordon Wallace
'B' Flight Replacement
Norman Willis
Von Richter
Gilbert Wilson
Moorehead
Director
Edmund Goulding
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Writer
Dan Totheroh
John Monk Saunders
Producer
Robert Lord
associate producer
Jack L. Warner
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Editor
Ralph Dawson
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Art Director
John Hughes
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Makeup Department
Bill Phillips
makeup artist
Production Manager
Robert Ross
unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Oren Haglund
second assistant director
Frank Heath
assistant director
Art Department
William Kissell
props
Sound Department
C.A. Riggs
sound
Special Effects
Edwin B. DuPar
special effects
Camera and Electrical Department
Carl E. Guthrie
second camera operator
Glen Harris
grip
Vic Johnson
gaffer
William Reinhold
assistant camera
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera
Bert Six
still photographer
Claude Swanner
best boy
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rene Wilson
wardrobe
Editorial Department
Victor Kline Jr.
assistant cutter
Music Department
Alfred Domett
lyricist: "Stand to Your Glasses"
Hugo Friedhofer
orchestrator
Other Crew
Capt.L.G.S. Scott
technical advisor
Jean McNaughton
script clerk
Jacques Swaab
technical advisor
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
,
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Warner Home Video
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