Wings of the Morning (film)

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.

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• Henry fonda introduces john mccormack in wings of the morning 1 2
• Wings of the morning trailer
• Plot summary
• Cast
• References

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.

Plot summary

The story, set in the late 1880s, concerns the tempestuous love between an Irish nobleman and the fiery Spanish gypsy he loves.

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