Wings of the Morning (1937 film)

Wings of the Morning
Directed byHarold D. Schuster
Glenn Tyron (original director)
Written byTom Geraghty (narration)
Gilbert Wakefield (scenario)
Screenplay byThomas J. Geraghty
John Meehan
Story byBrian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Based onDestiny Bay
1928 two short stories
by Donn Byrne
Produced byRobert Kane
StarringAnnabella
Henry Fonda
Leslie Banks
CinematographyRay Rennahan
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byArthur Benjamin
Muir Mathieson
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • January 1937 (1937-01) (UK)
  • 11 March 1937 (1937-03-11) (US)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$850,000[1] or £150,000[2]

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]

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. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (25 April 2002). Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810842441 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Costly British Films For Melbourne". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 10 December 1936. p. 44. Retrieved 13 May 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ Christopher Andersen (1990) Citizen Jane
  5. ^ "Wings of the Morning (1937) - Harold Schuster, Harold D. Schuster | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.