Wings_of_the_Morning_(1937_film)

<i>Wings of the Morning</i> (1937 film)

Wings of the Morning (1937 film)

1937 British film

Wings of the Morning is a 1937 British drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Annabella, Henry Fonda, and Leslie Banks. Glenn Tryon was the original director but he was fired and replaced by Schuster. It was the first ever three-strip Technicolor movie shot in England or Europe. Jack Cardiff is credited as the camera operator.[3]

Quick Facts Wings of the Morning, Directed by ...

Popular Irish tenor Count John McCormack appeared in the film singing "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms" and "Killarney".[3] The picture was French actress Annabella's first English language film. Henry Fonda met his second wife, Frances Ford Seymour, mother of Jane and Peter Fonda, on the set at Denham.[4]

Plot

In 1889, there is a tempestuous love of an Irish nobleman for the fiery Romany Gypsy princess Maria. The couple marries against social conventions in both communities but he dies shortly afterward in a riding accident. Maria leaves the estate and goes to Spain with the Gypsy caravan. 50 years later, Maria returns to Ireland with her great granddaughter.[5]

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    Solomon, Aubrey (25 April 2002). Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810842441 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    "Costly British Films For Melbourne". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 10 December 1936. p. 44. Retrieved 13 May 2020 – via Trove.
  3. [3]
    Slide, Anthony (1985). "Wings of the Morning". Fifty Classic British Films, 1932-1982: A Pictorial Record. New York: Dover Publications, Inc. p. 22. ISBN 0-486-24860-7. LCCN 84-21230 – via Google Books.
  4. [4]
    Christopher Andersen (1990) Citizen Jane
  5. [5]
    "Wings of the Morning (1937) - Harold Schuster, Harold D. Schuster | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
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