Another Dawn (1937)

Director:

William Dieterle

Writers:

Laird Doyle (story)
Laird Doyle (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 June 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave...

Plot Keywords:

Army | Desert | British | Sahara Desert | Golf

Cast

Kay Francis	...	Julia Ashton Wister
Errol Flynn	...	Captain Denny Roark
Ian Hunter	...	Colonel John Wister
Frieda Inescort	...	Grace Roark
Herbert Mundin	...	Wilkins, Wister's Orderly
G.P. Huntley	...	Lord Alden (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Billy Bevan	...	Pvt. Hawkins
Clyde Cook	...	Sergeant Murphy
Richard Powell	...	Pvt. Henderson
Kenneth Hunter	...	Sir Chas. Benton
Mary Forbes	...	Mrs. Lydia Benton
Eily Malyon	...	Mrs. Farnold
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alec Harford	...	Steward (scenes deleted)
Milton Kibbee	...	(scenes deleted)
George Regas	...	Sheik Achaben (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Vitaphone

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #2754)

Filming Locations:

Imperial County, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Before this movie was made, any Warner Brothers film which showed a movie marquee would indicate that a movie named "Another Dawn" was playing at the cinema. Unable to come up with a title for this film, they decided to actually create a movie named "Another Dawn."

Quotes:

Julia Ashton Wister: We can't be blamed for what we want, only for what we do.

Wonderful, Predictable, Hollywood "Sahara" Romance

To see a lovely Kay Francis and a beautiful Errol Flynn share the pangs of romance in the dreamy sunsets of the Sahara is what this movie is all about. A great score by Erich Korngold whisks us along through their complex affair, romantic interludes and Flynn's courageous fight with the Arabs. The charms of the film have a faded edge, but I find this gives it a nostalgic appeal. Francis is wonderful to watch -- she's wistful, stylizes her performance with her usual grace, very appealingly. Flynn is a real handsome figure and gives an earnest performance, showing the conflicts of romancing is best friend and superior officer's wife. This is a pure movie movie -- to be watched for pleasure and the smile of nostalgia.