Wings of the Morning (1937)
- Directed by
- Harold D. Schuster
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An Irish nobleman and a French gypsy fall in love and deal with family and social pressures. Their romance unfolds against the backdrop of horse racing and Irish countryside.
romanticgentlemusicallushbittersweetunhurriedmelancholicvisually splendid
What happens
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. Filming started in June 1936 and concluded in August. Popular Irish tenor Count John McCormack appeared in the film singing "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" and "Killarney". 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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