Word: errol
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dawn Patrol (Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone; TIME...
...seas give Hollywood an excuse to present a new version of "Dawn Patrol," first presented in 1930. The war drama, now at the Metropolitan, combines the usual thrills of aerial combat with a psychological study of a junior officer's hatred for his superior. Between too frequent shots of Errol Flynn's frank; boyish face, there are healthy little sermons about "the criminal lunatics sitting around a big table." For although Basil Rathbone does a good job as the villain, Mars is the real villain. The "poor man's war" angle is unconvincingly put forward, but the flying sequences...
Dawn Patrol (Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone; TIME...
Dawn Patrol (Errol Flynn, David Niven, Basil Rathbone; TIME...
...Royal Flying Corps. Its members fly "canvas coffins," drink "to the next man to die," and grimly say "Right!" when they mean "Wrong!" just as they have been doing in the movies ever since the first Dawn Patrol was made eight years ago. Nonetheless, by the time Captain Courtney (Errol Flynn) and Lieutenant Scott (David Niven) have shared their last toast and their last battle, audiences are likely to feel that the familiar sound-track crescendo of zooming motors and breaking bottles has rarely been heard to better effect...