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Story by
  
Llewellyn Hughes

Country
  
United States

Director
  
John G. Blystone

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Sky Hawk movie poster

Release date
  
January 29, 1930 December 11, 1929 (1929-12-11) (premiere)

Initial release
  
December 11, 1929 (New York City)

Screenplay
  
Campbell Gullan, Llewellyn Hughes

Cast
  
Helen Chandler
(Joan Allan),
John Garrick
(Jack Bardell ),
David Manners
(Pilot),
Billy Bevan
(Tom Berry),
Joyce Compton
(Peggy)

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Super rare helen chandler clip from the sky hawk 1929


The Sky Hawk is a 1929 American pre-Code adventure film, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by John G. Blystone. The screenplay was adapted by Llewellen Hughes from his article "Chap Called Bardell" and novelized by Guy Fowler. The film stars John Garrick, Helen Chandler and Gilbert Emery.

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The Sky Hawk movie scenes If you remember the great aviation movie Top Gun then you ll remember the scenes where Maverick and Goose while flying their F 14 Tomcat

Plot

World War I British aviator Jack Bardell (John Garrick) is discharged from the service after a suspicious aircraft crash that his fellow pilots believe show that he was a coward in the face of the enemy. He is left temporarily paralyzed from the waist down, and enlists the aid of his mechanic Tom Berry (Billy Bevan) to rebuild a wrecked fighter aircraft. Bardell recuperates to the extent that he is able to fly again, redeeming himself during a German Zeppelin attack over London, bringing down one of the airships.

Production

In a period when studios were adapting to the new "sound" technology, The Sky Hawk successfully utilized sound throughout the production. One of the most impressive aspects of the film was Special Effects Coordinator Ralph Hammeras creating a large-scale miniature of the city of London in the Fox Studios airfield hangar built for Hell's Angels (1930). Hammeras also created special mechanical effects, utilizing miniature aircraft and a model Zeppelin in the climatic Zeppelin raid sequence. Blystone's brother Jasper was the assistant director on The Sky Hawk.

The production was completed over a five-week period beginning in August 1928. Location shooting took place at Ross Army Air Field in Arcadia, California, which was serving as a Royal Air Force base, with a small group of Thomas-Morse Scout, Laird Swallow and Travel Air biplanes "dressed up" as British fighters.

Reception

The Sky Hawk premiered on December 11, 1929, at the Gaiety Theater in New York to positive reviews. Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times praised the film, noting: "A melodrama of the skies which has not been equaled in its adroit handling, its competent acting, its authentic atmospheric effects, or the tonal quality of the voices of the participants was launched last night by William Fox at the Gaiety Theatre."

References

The Sky Hawk Wikipedia