Wings in the Dark (1935)

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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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.
Directed By: James Flood, Raoul Walsh
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: Feb 1, 1935 Wide
On DVD: Nov 14, 2006
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the novelty of watching Grant play a blind guy keeps things interesting for a while...

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AJ V

Great actors, great story, great movie. It's really exciting and dramatic. I really liked it. If your a fan of Grant you should see this movie.

Cast

            Myrna Loy as Sheila Mason

            Cary Grant as Ken Gordon

            Roscoe Karns as Nick Williams

            Hobart Cavanaugh as Mac

            Dean Jagger as Tops Harmon

            Bert Hanlon as Yipp Morgan

            James P. Burtis as Joy Burns

            Russell Hopton as Jake Brashear

            Arnold Korff as Doctor

            Lee Phelps as Ken's Mechanic

            Matt McHugh as Sheila's First Mechanic

            Julian Madison as Jerome

            Rita Owin as Nurse

            George MacQuarrie as Banker Crawford

            Mabel Forrest as Secretary

            Samuel S. Hinds as Kennel Club Secretary

            George H. Reed as Waring

            Stanley Andrews as Jack

            Sam Flint as George Rockwell

            Charles E. Morris as Wallace

            Henry Roquemore as Air Show Chief Kelly

            A.S. Byron as Guard

            Douglas Carter Beane as Reporters at Last Flight

            Alfred Delcambre as Cameraman

            Perry Ivins as Radioman

            Graham McNamee as Radio Announcer

            Gene Morgan as Reporter

            Ottola Nesmith as Housekeeper

            Antrim Short as Radio Announcers at Field

            Phil Tead
            
            Duke York
            
            Peter Hancock
            
            Charles Hines as Reporters in Ken's Hangar

            Esther Michelson as Boy's Mother

            Alan Baxter
            
            Douglas Fowley
            
            Henry Brandon
            
            Isabel Jewell
            
            Joan Bennett
            
            Joe Sawyer
            
            Lloyd Nolan
            
            Marjorie Gateson
            
            Walter Pidgeon
            
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