Wings of the Morning
Wings of the Morning ★★½ 1937
Maria (Annabella), a descendant of Spanish gypsies, comes to Ireland with her grandmother (Vanbrugh) who's entering a horse in the Epsom Downs Derby. Maria disguises herself as a boy so she can ride in the race but is discovered by Canadian horse-trainer Kerry (Fonda), who promptly falls in love with her. Legendary tenor John McCormack sings several songs. The first British movie to be filmed in Technicolor. 89m/C VHS, DVD . GB Annabella, Henry Fonda, Edward Underdown, Irene Vanbrugh, Leslie Banks, Stewart Rome; D: Harold Schuster; W: Tom Geraghty; C: Jack Cardiff, Henry Imus, Ray Rennahan; M: Arthur Benjamin.
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