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The Dark Angel
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1hr 50min
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1935
Synopsis: Samuel Goldwyn's The Dark Angel is a sumptuously produced soap opera with a poignant "Enoch Arden" style denouement. Fredric March, Merle Oberon and Herbert Marshall star respectively as Alan Trent, Kitty Vane and Gerald Shannon, friends since childhood. Though Gerald is deeply in love with Kitty, it is Alan who wins her hand in marriage. But before the wedding can take place, WW I intervenes, and both Alan and Gerald march off with their regiments. Blinded on the battlefield, Alan gallantly pretends ... Full Synopsis
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Too often romantic melodramas sink beneath the suds of their soapy stories, but The Dark Angel is that rare thing, a first rate heart tugger that remains remarkably good drama. Granted, Angel definitely strains credulity when looked at dispassionately. There's a bit too much coincidence in places, and the noble self-sacrificing actions of the hero would smack of masochism in the real world. But Angel ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Alan Trent
Kitty Vane
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