Wings in the Dark (1935)
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63% of users liked it
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MGM loaned Myrna Loy to Paramount to co-star with Cary Grant in the roller coaster-paced romantic drama Wings in the Dark. Loy plays daredevil aviatrix Sheila Mason, who marries Ken Gordon (Grant), a flyer with serious aspirations to set groundbreaking world records. When Ken is accidentally blinded… More MGM loaned Myrna Loy to Paramount to co-star with Cary Grant in the roller coaster-paced romantic drama Wings in the Dark. Loy plays daredevil aviatrix Sheila Mason, who marries Ken Gordon (Grant), a flyer with serious aspirations to set groundbreaking world records. When Ken is accidentally blinded just before he jets off for Paris, Sheila prompts him to continue working at any cost. He decides to become a writer, dictating his work and mailing it off to several magazines; all he receives for his trouble is a pile of rejection slips, but Sheila doesn't let him know that. In the mean time, he works out a fantastic invention -- a plane designed for "blind flying," which enables the pilot to command the craft without the use of his eyes. His plane is repossessed for lack of payment, cluing him into what Sheila has been up to with his articles. Infuriated, he severs all communication with her. In an effort to drive Grant out of her mind, Sheila then undertakes a Moscow-to-Manhattan flight and thus attempts to set a new world record of her own. But on the last leg of her journey -- over Boston -- she becomes surrounded by thick blankets of heavy fog, and cannot locate the airport. At the last moment, Ken steals his own plane from Roosevelt Field, takes it up, and uses it to guide Sheila back to the ground, where he declares his undying love and devotion to her. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Flood, Raoul Walsh
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 1, 1935 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 14, 2006
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the novelty of watching Grant play a blind guy keeps things interesting for a while...
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Cast
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Myrna Loy
as Sheila Mason
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Cary Grant
as Ken Gordon
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Roscoe Karns
as Nick Williams
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Hobart Cavanaugh
as Mac
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Dean Jagger
as Tops Harmon
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Bert Hanlon
as Yipp Morgan
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James P. Burtis
as Joy Burns
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Russell Hopton
as Jake Brashear
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Arnold Korff
as Doctor
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Lee Phelps
as Ken's Mechanic
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Matt McHugh
as Sheila's First Mechanic
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Julian Madison
as Jerome
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Rita Owin
as Nurse
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George MacQuarrie
as Banker Crawford
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Mabel Forrest
as Secretary
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Samuel S. Hinds
as Kennel Club Secretary
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George H. Reed
as Waring
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Stanley Andrews
as Jack
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Sam Flint
as George Rockwell
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Charles E. Morris
as Wallace
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Henry Roquemore
as Air Show Chief Kelly
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A.S. Byron
as Guard
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Douglas Carter Beane
as Reporters at Last Flight
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Alfred Delcambre
as Cameraman
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Perry Ivins
as Radioman
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Graham McNamee
as Radio Announcer
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Gene Morgan
as Reporter
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Ottola Nesmith
as Housekeeper
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Antrim Short
as Radio Announcers at Field
- Phil Tead
- Duke York
- Peter Hancock
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Charles Hines
as Reporters in Ken's Hangar
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Esther Michelson
as Boy's Mother
- Alan Baxter
- Douglas Fowley
- Henry Brandon
- Isabel Jewell
- Joan Bennett
- Joe Sawyer
- Lloyd Nolan
- Marjorie Gateson
- Walter Pidgeon
