RomanceDrama

The Dark Angel

- Crowds just cannot get enough of the most appealing love story ever filmed!

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.

Release Date : 1935-09-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Alan Trent

Original Name : Fredric March

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kitty Vane

Original Name : Merle Oberon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gerald Shannon

Original Name : Herbert Marshall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Shannon

Original Name : Janet Beecher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sir George Barton

Original Name : John Halliday

Gender : Male

Character Name : Granny Vane

Original Name : Henrietta Crosman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ann West

Original Name : Frieda Inescort

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lawrence Bidley

Original Name : Claud Allister

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kitty as a Child

Original Name : Cora Sue Collins

Gender : Female

Character Name : Betty Gallop

Original Name : Fay Chaldecott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joe Gallop

Original Name : George P. Breakston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hunt Guest

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer at Station

Original Name : Colin Kenny

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-16

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.