The Sky Hawk

The Sky Hawk is a 1929 American PreCode 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.

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 largescale miniature of the city of London in the Fox Studios airfield hangar built for Hells Angels 1930. Hammeras also created special mechanical effects, utilizing miniature aircraft and a model Zeppelin in the climatic Zeppelin raid sequence. Blystones brother Jasper was the assistant director on The Sky Hawk. The production was completed over a fiveweek 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 ThomasMorse Scout, Laird Swallow and Travel Air biplanes dressed up as British fighters. ........

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