| Wings of the Morning | |
| Director: | Harold D. Schuster Glenn Tyron (original director) |
| Producer: | Robert Kane |
| Screenplay: | Thomas J. Geraghty John Meehan |
| Story: | Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne |
| Starring: | Annabella Henry Fonda Leslie Banks |
| Music: | Arthur Benjamin Muir Mathieson |
| Cinematography: | Ray Rennahan |
| Editing: | James B. Clark |
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Runtime: | 89 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $850,000[1] or £150,000[2] |
Wings of the Morning is a 1937 British drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Annabella, Henry Fonda, and Leslie Banks. Glenn Tryon was the original director but he was fired and replaced by Schuster. It was the first ever three-strip Technicolor movie shot in England or Europe. Jack Cardiff is credited as the camera operator.[3]
Popular Irish tenor Count John McCormack appeared in the film singing "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms" and "Killarney".[3] The picture was French actress Annabella's first English language film. Henry Fonda met his second wife, Frances Ford Seymour, mother of Jane and Peter Fonda, on the set at Denham.[4]
In 1889, there is a tempestuous love of an Irish nobleman for the fiery Romany Gypsy princess Maria. The couple marries against social conventions in both communities but he dies shortly afterward in a riding accident. Maria leaves the estate and goes to Spain with the Gypsy caravan. 50 years later, Maria returns to Ireland with her great granddaughter.[5]