Wings of the Morning (1937 film)
| Wings of the Morning | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harold D. Schuster |
| Written by | Tom Geraghty John Meehan Brinsley McNamara |
| Produced by | Robert Kane |
| Starring | Annabella Henry Fonda Leslie Banks |
| Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | James B. Clark |
| Music by | Arthur Benjamin Muir Mathieson |
Production company | New World Pictures |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox (UK) Héraut Film (France) |
Release dates | January 1937 (UK) 11 March 1937 (US) |
Running time | 89 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $850,000[1] |
Wings of the Morning is a 1937 British drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Annabella, Henry Fonda, and Leslie Banks.[2] 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.[3]
Popular Irish tenor Count John McCormack appeared in the film singing "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms" and "Killarney".[4] 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.[5]
Plot summary
The story, set in the late 1880s, concerns the tempestuous love between an Irish nobleman and the fiery Spanish gypsy he loves.[6]
Cast
- Annabella as Young Marie/Maria, Duchess of Leyva
- Henry Fonda as Kerry Gilfallen
- Leslie Banks as Lord Clontarf
- Stewart Rome as Sir Valentine
- Irene Vanbrugh as Old Marie
- Harry Tate as Paddy
- Helen Haye as Aunt Jenepher
- Edward Underdown as Don Diego (as Teddy Underdown)
- Teddy Underdown as Don Diego
- Mark Daly as James Patrick Aloysius 'Jimmy' Brannigan
- Sam Livesey as Angelo
- E.V.H. Emmett as Racing Commentator
- R.C. Lyle as Racing Commentator (as Captain R.C. Lyle)
- John McCormack as Himself - the Tenor
- Steve Donoghue as Himself
- Evelyn Ankers as a party guest (uncredited)
- Hermione Darnborough as a gypsy dancer
References
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 240
- ^ BFI Database entry
- ^ IMDB movie trivia
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Christopher Andersen (1990) Citizen Jane
- ^ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/wings-of-the-morning-v117197
External links
- Wings of the Morning at IMDb
- Wings of the Morning at AllMovie
- Wings of the Morning at the TCM Movie Database
- Wings of the Morning at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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