FILM SCREENINGS

Dawn Patrol

1938. USA. Directed by Edmund Goulding. With Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp, Barry Fitzgerald. This remake of Howard Hawks’s early sound masterpiece features Niven in a breakthrough role as Flynn’s World War I flying buddy. Goulding (Grand Hotel, Dark Victory), a good friend of Niven’s, had campaigned strenuously on the actor’s behalf, and Niven later said, “I owe more to him than to anyone else in the business.” 103 min.