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Rating: 6.2/10 by 17 users

The Dark Angel (1935)

Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.

Directing:
  • Sidney Franklin
Writing:
  • Lillian Hellman
  • Mordaunt Shairp
  • Guy Bolton
Stars:
Release Date: Sun, Sep 08, 1935

Rating: 6.2/10 by 17 users

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Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 46 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: love triangle, world war i, writer, presumed dead, blindness
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Merle Oberon
Kitty Vane
Herbert Marshall
Gerald Shannon
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Shannon
John Halliday
Sir George Barton
Claud Allister
Lawrence Bidley
Cora Sue Collins
Kitty as a Child
Fay Chaldecott
Betty Gallop
Sam Harris
Hunt Guest
Colin Kenny
Officer at Station

CinemaSerf

Despite having quite a solid cast, I found this wartime drama drifted just once too often into the realms of sentimentality and I found it quiet heavy going at times. It's all about a love triangle. "Kitty" (Merle Oberon) has long since been friends with "Alan" (Fredric March) and "Gerald" (Herbert Marshall) and everyone knows it's from this pair that she shall pick her husband. With the Great War looming, she alights on "Alan" and their friend accepts her decision and off they go to fight. This is where we discover that all is not quite as civil as outwardly appears as "Gerald" sends his friend on a perilous mission that could change the dynamic of the three - permanently! The story is a bit thin and slightly predictable, but Oberon turns in an engaging effort as the never entirely content "Kitty". Herbert Marshall could always be relied upon to deliver a solid if never especially characterful role, and again he does that competently enough here - especially as the film develops towards it's denouement, and though March features a bit less frequently, he has a presence on screen that helps create quite an effective atmosphere when his character, indeed all of their characters, find they are treading on egg shells. Alfred Newman, again another safe pair of hands, has scored this nicely and the film has a gentle nostalgic value to it that's worth watching, it's just not great.


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