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Wings in the Dark (1935)
Director: James Flood
Writers: Jack Kirkland & Frank Partos (screenplay)
Cast: Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns
Genre: Aviation Adventure, Romance Drama
Of all of the 1930s Cary Grant films that I've I watched, and I've seen more than a few...I found Wings in the Dark to have a very different type of Cary Grant. Here he's more surly, more downbeat and even angry at times (at least in parts of the film). I liked it that way, he does serious drama as easily as he does lighter comedy. In a way this is a precursor to Howard Hawk's Only Angels Have Wings, made just one year later in 1939.
This film just goes to show how diverse Cary was in his acting. This movie centers around Grant wanting to fly across the Atlantic in a solo flight and doing it 'blind' on instrumentation only. A very dangerous feat in the early days of aviation.
His girlfriend, Myrna Loy is also a flyer who takes on dangerous flying stunts including one that gets her lost over the Atlantic. I couldn't help but think that her character was molded on Amelia Earhart, who ironically would be lost during a flight only 2 years after this movie was released. That fact alone makes this film worth looking at.
Another great Cary Grant film from his early days...and a good role for Myrna Loy who actually gets top billing. At only 75 minutes this flys by!
Wings in the Dark (1935)
Writers: Jack Kirkland & Frank Partos (screenplay)
Cast: Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Roscoe Karns
Genre: Aviation Adventure, Romance Drama
"In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely 'fly blind' during adverse conditions. aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal."
Of all of the 1930s Cary Grant films that I've I watched, and I've seen more than a few...I found Wings in the Dark to have a very different type of Cary Grant. Here he's more surly, more downbeat and even angry at times (at least in parts of the film). I liked it that way, he does serious drama as easily as he does lighter comedy. In a way this is a precursor to Howard Hawk's Only Angels Have Wings, made just one year later in 1939.
This film just goes to show how diverse Cary was in his acting. This movie centers around Grant wanting to fly across the Atlantic in a solo flight and doing it 'blind' on instrumentation only. A very dangerous feat in the early days of aviation.
His girlfriend, Myrna Loy is also a flyer who takes on dangerous flying stunts including one that gets her lost over the Atlantic. I couldn't help but think that her character was molded on Amelia Earhart, who ironically would be lost during a flight only 2 years after this movie was released. That fact alone makes this film worth looking at.
Another great Cary Grant film from his early days...and a good role for Myrna Loy who actually gets top billing. At only 75 minutes this flys by!