Wings of the Morning (1937 film)
Wings of the Morning | |
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Directed by |
Harold D. Schuster Glenn Tyron (original director) |
Produced by | Robert Kane |
Written by |
Tom Geraghty (narration) Gilbert Wakefield (scenario) |
Screenplay by |
Thomas J. Geraghty John Meehan |
Story by | Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne |
Based on |
Destiny Bay 1928 two short stories by Donn Byrne |
Starring |
Annabella Henry Fonda Leslie Banks |
Music by |
Arthur Benjamin Muir Mathieson |
Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
Edited by | James B. Clark |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
January 1937 (UK) March 11, 1937 (US) |
Running time | 89 minutes |
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)
- 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