The Dawn Patrol

1930 film by Howard Hawks
Movie film Q460138
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Summary

The Dawn Patrol is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (635 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Story[3]
  • Director: Howard Hawks[4]
  • Screenwriter: Howard Hawks[5], Seton I. Miller[6], John Monk Saunders[7]
  • Composer: Leo F. Forbstein[8]
  • Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood[9]
  • Genre: action film[10], drama film[11], war film[12]
  • Cast member: Richard Barthelmess[13], Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[14], Neil Hamilton[15], Frank McHugh[16], Jimmy Finlayson[17], Howard Hawks[18], Clyde Cook[19], Edmund Breon[20], Dave O'Brien[21]
  • Producer: Robert North[22]
  • Production company: First National Pictures[23]
  • Director of photography: Ernest Haller[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: German[25], French[26], English[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 100%[29]
  • Color: black-and-white[30]
  • Country of origin: United States[31]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1930[32]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[33]
  • Main subject: aviation[34]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story[35]
  • Title: La Patrouille de l'aube[36]
  • Duration: 95 minutes[37]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[38]
  • Capital cost: 759,000 US dollars[39]
  • Box office: 1,624,000 US dollars[40]
  • Costume designer: Edward Stevenson[41]

Why It Matters

The Dawn Patrol has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

What awards did The Dawn Patrol receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Story[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'no', 'pl',
    Ampas collections film id → W087757
    Gnd id → 1201168481
    Sitelink count → 19
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W087757, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 12586
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 12586, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  3. 10w ago · Davidultra · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cinema.de id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Cinema.de id: 4021496"
  4. 16w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → the-dawn-patrol
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: the-dawn-patrol, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295965570|THE DAWN PATROL (#295965570)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cine"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Jack Okey
    Publication date → +1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Howard Hawks, Seton I. Miller, John Monk Saunders
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+95'}
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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