The Dark Angel is a 1925 American silent drama film, based on the play The Dark Angel, a Play of Yesterday and To-day by H. B. Trevelyan, released by First National Pictures, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky (in her first American film), and Wyndham Standing.[1][2]
| The Dark Angel | |
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| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
| Written by | Frances Marion (screenplay) |
| Based on | The Dark Angel, a Play of Yesterday and To-day by H. B. Trevelyan |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Vilma Bánky |
| Cinematography | George S. Barnes |
| Edited by | Stuart Heisler |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
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During the First World War, Captain Alan Trent, while on leave in England with his fiancée Kitty Vane, is suddenly recalled to the front before being able to get a marriage license. Alan and Kitty spend a night of love at a country inn "without benefit of clergy" and he sets off.
At the front things go badly for Alan, who is blinded and becomes a Prisoner of War after being captured by the Germans. He is reported dead, and his friend, Captain Gerald Shannon, discreetly woos Kitty, seeking to soothe her grief with his gentle love.
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After the war, however, Gerald discovers that Alan is still alive, in a remote corner of England, writing children's stories for a living. Loyal to his former comrade in arms, Gerald informs Kitty of Alan's reappearance. She goes to him, and Alan conceals his blindness and tells Kitty that he no longer cares for her. She sees through his deception, however, and they are reunited.[3]
Cast
edit- Ronald Colman as Captain Alan Trent
- Vilma Bánky as Kitty Vane
- Wyndham Standing as Gerald Shannon
- Frank Elliott as Lord Beaumont
- Charles Willis Lane as Sir Hubert Vane
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Miss Bottles
- Florence Turner as Roma
- Lassie Lou Ahern as a flower girl (uncredited)
Reception
editThe film has a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 positive contemporary reviews.[4]
Mordaunt Hall's October 12, 1925, review for The New York Times conveys what made this film a compelling success 7 years after the end of the First World War.
Preservation
editA print of The Dark Angel has been recently located in a film archive, so it is currently not considered a lost film.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Dark Angel at the silentera.com
- ^ Broadway production of The Dark Angel which opened at the Longacre Theatre on February 10, 1925
- ^ Someone copied most of this Plot directly from the Synopsis on TCM's site or from AFI's page.
- ^ The Dark Angel, retrieved August 28, 2021
- ^ . Library of Congress. February 4, 2021 – via Wikisource.
External links
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- The Dark Angel at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Stills at silenthollywood.com
- Still at silentfilmstillarchive.com
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