The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn is a 1936 American drama film that tells the story of a mercenary who meets a beautiful girl while trying to keep arms from getting to a vicious warlord in wartorn China. The movie was written by Charles G. Booth and Clifford Odets, and directed by Lewis Milestone.

This is reported to be the first film to use foam latex appliances. Makeup artist Charles Gemora applied sponge rubber eyelids for one of the actors.In 1938 an animated cartoon, called The Major Lied Till Dawn, was produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. In it, a major tells tall tales about his hunting adventures to a boy who resembles Freddie Bartholomew. The character of the major may have been influenced by Colonel Heeza Liar. ........

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