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Today's episode is my discussion of the 1930 film The Dawn Patrol. I don't have a guest today, but you can hear me discuss the comparisons between this and earlier WWI war films, the feud between Howard Hawks and Howard Hughes, and Hollywood's first nepo baby.

You can watch The Dawn Patrol on YouTube, or Tubi or pick up a physical copy for your collection.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• Hell's Angels directed by Howard Hughes
• The Air Circus directed by Howard Hawks (lost film)
• The Road to Glory directd by Howard Hawks (lost film)
• The Criminal Code directed by Howard Hawks
• Wings directed by William A. Wellman and Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
• The Patent Leather Kid directed by Alfred Santell
• The Noose directed by John Francis Dillon (lost film)
• Little Caesar directed by Mervyn Leroy
• Bulldog Drummond directed by F. Richard Jones
• The Dawn Patrol (1938) directed by Edmund Goulding
• The Doorway to Hell directed by Archie Mayo
• Laughter directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Other referenced topics:

• Batman (series)
• The New Yorker review
• Danny Reid on pre-code.com

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