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The Broken Wing (1932)

The Broken Wing poster
Directed by
Lloyd Corrigan
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pilot crashes his plane and falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health. A jealous rival complicates their relationship.

poignanttenderold-fashionedmelodramaticsentimentalromanticslow-paced

What happens

The Broken Wing is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt, adapted from the play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Leo Carrillo, Melvyn Douglas, George Barbier, Willard Robertson, Claire Dodd and Arthur Stone. The Broken Wing was released on March 21, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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