---
title: 'The Air Circus (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1928-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-air-circus-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018633/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Air Circus (1928)

1928 · 118 min · United States


## Synopsis

The Air Circus is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Arthur Lake, Sue Carol, David Rollins, and Louise Dresser. It is the first of Hawks's aviation films. The film featured a talking sequence that lasted about 15 minutes with the rest of the film being synchronized with a musical score with sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the sound-on-film Movietone process. The film is notable as the first aviation oriented film with dialogue.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks), [Lewis Seiler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-seiler)
- **Screenplay:** [Seton I. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/seton-i-miller), [Norman Z. McLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-z-mcleod)
- **Director of Photography:** [Daniel B. Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-b-clark)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-dixon)

## Cast

- [Sue Carol](https://cinepixo.com/people/sue-carol)
- [Louise Dresser](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-dresser)
- [Arthur Lake](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-lake)

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