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* AcePilot: Courtney and Scott, who go on a raid by themselves in direct violation of orders and get back alive, although they wreck both planed. Then there's von Richter, the fearsome German pilot they wind up going against. Courtney shoots down von Richter at the climax before he himself gets shot down.
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* AcePilot: Courtney and Scott, who go on a raid by themselves in direct violation of orders and get back alive, although they wreck both planed.planes. Then there's von Richter, the fearsome German pilot they wind up going against. Courtney shoots down von Richter at the climax before he himself gets shot down.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks No relation]] to the 2015 film ''Film/DawnPatrol''.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: While both films end with Scott giving a briefing to the pilots, the 1930 film has a fadeout. The 1938 film by contrast has Scott actually finish his briefing and say "That's all", right before TheEnd pops up onscreen.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: While both films end with Scott giving a briefing to the pilots, the 1930 film has a fadeout. The 1938 film by contrast has Scott actually finish his briefing and say "That's all", right before TheEnd pops up onscreen.onscreen.
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* TitleDrop: A title card calls the morning flight "The Dawn Patrol".
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* TitleDrop: A title card (in the 1930 film only) calls the morning flight "The Dawn Patrol".
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* HangoverSensitivity: Scott wakes up wincing on a morning they have to go out on patrol, after drinking a lot the night before.
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* HangoverSensitivity: Scott wakes up wincing on a morning they have to go out on patrol, after drinking a lot the night before.before.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: While both films end with Scott giving a briefing to the pilots, the 1930 film has a fadeout. The 1938 film by contrast has Scott actually finish his briefing and say "That's all", right before TheEnd pops up onscreen.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: While both films end with Scott giving a briefing to the pilots, the 1930 film has a fadeout. The 1938 film by contrast has Scott actually finish his briefing and say "That's all", right before TheEnd pops up onscreen.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: When Courtney is going on his solo mission, he tells the enlisted man preparing his plane that he's "going west". A British pilot taking off to face the Germans would have been flying east, or north, but not west.
** Unless he didn't expect to come back? To "go west" means to get killed.
** Unless he didn't expect to come back? To "go west" means to get killed.
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''The Dawn Patrol'' was remade in 1938. The remake was directed by Edmund Goulding and starred Creator/ErrolFlynn as Courtney, Creator/DavidNiven as Scott, and Creator/BasilRathbone as Brand. Music/MaxSteiner composed the score. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film.
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''The Dawn Patrol'' was remade in 1938.1938, in a near-identical version. The remake was directed by Edmund Goulding and starred Creator/ErrolFlynn as Courtney, Creator/DavidNiven as Scott, and Creator/BasilRathbone as Brand. Music/MaxSteiner composed the score. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film.
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* ComfortingComforter: As Scott goes to sleep on the cot, Courtney having deliberately gotten him drunk so he'll miss the suicide mission, Courtney puts a blanket over him.
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* FighterLaunchingSequence: It's the daily routine.
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* WorthyOpponent: A German pilot who is captured alive is treated this way when brought to the squadron headquarters, although Hollister, grieving over the death of his buddy, doesn't feel that way. At the end, Courtney and the German pilot who shot him down salute each other before Courtney goes into a death spiral.
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* WorthyOpponent: A German pilot who is captured alive is treated this way when brought to the squadron headquarters, although Hollister, grieving over the death of his buddy, doesn't feel that way. At the end, Courtney and the German pilot who shot him down salute each other before Courtney goes into a death spiral.spiral.
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* HangoverSensitivity: Scott wakes up wincing on a morning they have to go out on patrol, after drinking a lot the night before.
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* HangoverSensitivity: Scott wakes up wincing on a morning they have to go out on patrol, after drinking a lot the night before.
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''The Dawn Patrol'' is one of the best of the early sound films. It was remade in 1938 as an Creator/ErrolFlynn vehicle. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film. Compare ''Film/HellsAngels'', another 1930 film about RFC pilots fighting the Germans.
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''The Dawn Patrol'' is one of the best of the early sound films. It was remade in 1938 as an 1938. The remake was directed by Edmund Goulding and starred Creator/ErrolFlynn vehicle.as Courtney, Creator/DavidNiven as Scott, and Creator/BasilRathbone as Brand. Music/MaxSteiner composed the score. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film.
Compare ''Film/HellsAngels'', another 1930 film about RFC pilots fighting the Germans.
Compare ''Film/HellsAngels'', another 1930 film about RFC pilots fighting the Germans.
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''The Dawn Patrol'', sometimes known as ''Flight Commander'', is a 1930 film directed by Creator/HowardHawks, starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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''The Dawn Patrol'', sometimes known as ''Flight Commander'', is a 1930 film directed by Creator/HowardHawks, starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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** Unless he didn't expect to come back? To "go west" means to get killed.
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* RedShirt: Donny exists in order to die and be a source of conflict between Courtney and Scott.
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''The Dawn Patrol'' is one of the best of the early sound films. It was remade in 1938 as an Creator/ErrolFlynn vehicle. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film.
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''The Dawn Patrol'' is one of the best of the early sound films. It was remade in 1938 as an Creator/ErrolFlynn vehicle. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film.
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''The Dawn Patrol'', sometimes known as ''Flight Commander'', is a 1930 film directed by Creator/HowardHawks, starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Courtney and Scott (Barthelmess and Fairbanks) are two hotshot pilots belonging to "A" Flight of a squadron of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Flying Corps]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The squad takes terrible casualties due to being sent into combat every single day, and the men relieve the stress by drinking. Courtney and Scott think that their CO, Major Brand, is too cautious, but Brand for his part is near breakdown from the stress of having to send men to their deaths on a daily basis.
Brand is relieved of this stress when he is promoted to a staff position, leaving Courtney in charge of the squadron. Courtney, now grounded, winds up in Brand's position, suffering the pressures of having to watch his men die every day. Courtney's friendship with Scott is ruptured when Scott's little brother Donny joins the squadron, driving a wedge between the two. The pressure on the squadron is further increased by the arrival in their sector of famous German ace von Richter and his elite flight wing.
''The Dawn Patrol'' is one of the best of the early sound films. It was remade in 1938 as an Creator/ErrolFlynn vehicle. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film.
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* AcePilot: Courtney and Scott, who go on a raid by themselves in direct violation of orders and get back alive, although they wreck both planed. Then there's von Richter, the fearsome German pilot they wind up going against. Courtney shoots down von Richter at the climax before he himself gets shot down.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: If one can consider air combat in The Great War an adventure. The last scene shows Scott in command of the squadron after Courtney is killed. This trope is emphasized when the film suddenly fades to black right in the middle of Courtney's morning briefing to the men.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: When Courtney is going on his solo mission, he tells the enlisted man preparing his plane that he's "going west". A British pilot taking off to face the Germans would have been flying east, or north, but not west.
* BloodFromTheMouth: From von Richter to signify that Courtney got him.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Both Brand and Courtney are pushed to the brink of collapse by sending their men into the air to die every day. Both are particularly stressed by the constant patrols, which force them to send new flight school graduates straight into combat, which results in a high fatality rate among those new pilots.
* CreatorCameo: Howard Hawks, who was an American pilot in the war, flies a German plane in the movie.
* DawnAttack: The squadron often has to do these.
* DrivingADesk: Used for some of the aerial combat shots as well as a scene in which Courtney and Scott go off on a drunken spree on a motorcycle. It was around this time that DrivingADesk became a trope. Silent film cameras could and did go just about anywhere, but sound film cameras, due to their bulky size and limited recording ability, were much more limited, necessitating this trope for scenes in a vehicle.
* FunnyForeigner: The German pilot, captured alive, who winds up getting hammered with the men of the squad. ("Drinky? Ja!")
* HeroicSacrifice: The climax involves a near-suicidal mission to bomb a German ammunition depot far behind enemy lines. Scott volunteers, whereupon Courtney gets him drunk and takes the mission for himself. He's shot down and killed on the way back home.
* HighClassGlass: Phillips, aide to Brand and later Courtney who speaks with a plummy RP accent, wears one.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Brand often throws back drinks after the survivors of his patrols return. Courtney winds up drinking to relieve the stress as well, to the point that Scott notices and urges him to cut back.
* NewMeat: Donny, Scott's fresh-faced, wide-eyed, eager little brother, might as well be wearing a sign that says "cannon fodder". Sure enough, he dies on his very first combat flight.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: "von Richter" is pretty obviously inspired by the most famous flying ace of all, Manfred von Richtofen, the Red Baron.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Hollister never does recover after the death of his buddy, shaking and crying as he drinks at the bar, screaming at the German pilot that the squad captures.
* TimePassesMontage: Superimposed shots of planes flying, soldiers charging, and trench combat are used to demonstrate the time that's passed since Courtney has been given command of the squad.
* TitleDrop: A title card calls the morning flight "The Dawn Patrol".
* WarIsHell: It certainly isn't very glorious, not even aerial combat, which kills men just as quickly.
* WorthyOpponent: A German pilot who is captured alive is treated this way when brought to the squadron headquarters, although Hollister, grieving over the death of his buddy, doesn't feel that way. At the end, Courtney and the German pilot who shot him down salute each other before Courtney goes into a death spiral.
Courtney and Scott (Barthelmess and Fairbanks) are two hotshot pilots belonging to "A" Flight of a squadron of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Flying Corps]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The squad takes terrible casualties due to being sent into combat every single day, and the men relieve the stress by drinking. Courtney and Scott think that their CO, Major Brand, is too cautious, but Brand for his part is near breakdown from the stress of having to send men to their deaths on a daily basis.
Brand is relieved of this stress when he is promoted to a staff position, leaving Courtney in charge of the squadron. Courtney, now grounded, winds up in Brand's position, suffering the pressures of having to watch his men die every day. Courtney's friendship with Scott is ruptured when Scott's little brother Donny joins the squadron, driving a wedge between the two. The pressure on the squadron is further increased by the arrival in their sector of famous German ace von Richter and his elite flight wing.
''The Dawn Patrol'' is one of the best of the early sound films. It was remade in 1938 as an Creator/ErrolFlynn vehicle. The 1930 film was subsequently retitled ''Flight Commander'' on re-release in order to distinguish it from the Flynn film.
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!!Tropes:
* AcePilot: Courtney and Scott, who go on a raid by themselves in direct violation of orders and get back alive, although they wreck both planed. Then there's von Richter, the fearsome German pilot they wind up going against. Courtney shoots down von Richter at the climax before he himself gets shot down.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: If one can consider air combat in The Great War an adventure. The last scene shows Scott in command of the squadron after Courtney is killed. This trope is emphasized when the film suddenly fades to black right in the middle of Courtney's morning briefing to the men.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: When Courtney is going on his solo mission, he tells the enlisted man preparing his plane that he's "going west". A British pilot taking off to face the Germans would have been flying east, or north, but not west.
* BloodFromTheMouth: From von Richter to signify that Courtney got him.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Both Brand and Courtney are pushed to the brink of collapse by sending their men into the air to die every day. Both are particularly stressed by the constant patrols, which force them to send new flight school graduates straight into combat, which results in a high fatality rate among those new pilots.
* CreatorCameo: Howard Hawks, who was an American pilot in the war, flies a German plane in the movie.
* DawnAttack: The squadron often has to do these.
* DrivingADesk: Used for some of the aerial combat shots as well as a scene in which Courtney and Scott go off on a drunken spree on a motorcycle. It was around this time that DrivingADesk became a trope. Silent film cameras could and did go just about anywhere, but sound film cameras, due to their bulky size and limited recording ability, were much more limited, necessitating this trope for scenes in a vehicle.
* FunnyForeigner: The German pilot, captured alive, who winds up getting hammered with the men of the squad. ("Drinky? Ja!")
* HeroicSacrifice: The climax involves a near-suicidal mission to bomb a German ammunition depot far behind enemy lines. Scott volunteers, whereupon Courtney gets him drunk and takes the mission for himself. He's shot down and killed on the way back home.
* HighClassGlass: Phillips, aide to Brand and later Courtney who speaks with a plummy RP accent, wears one.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Brand often throws back drinks after the survivors of his patrols return. Courtney winds up drinking to relieve the stress as well, to the point that Scott notices and urges him to cut back.
* NewMeat: Donny, Scott's fresh-faced, wide-eyed, eager little brother, might as well be wearing a sign that says "cannon fodder". Sure enough, he dies on his very first combat flight.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: "von Richter" is pretty obviously inspired by the most famous flying ace of all, Manfred von Richtofen, the Red Baron.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Hollister never does recover after the death of his buddy, shaking and crying as he drinks at the bar, screaming at the German pilot that the squad captures.
* TimePassesMontage: Superimposed shots of planes flying, soldiers charging, and trench combat are used to demonstrate the time that's passed since Courtney has been given command of the squad.
* TitleDrop: A title card calls the morning flight "The Dawn Patrol".
* WarIsHell: It certainly isn't very glorious, not even aerial combat, which kills men just as quickly.
* WorthyOpponent: A German pilot who is captured alive is treated this way when brought to the squadron headquarters, although Hollister, grieving over the death of his buddy, doesn't feel that way. At the end, Courtney and the German pilot who shot him down salute each other before Courtney goes into a death spiral.
