STATE THEATRE
"WINGS OF THE MORNING." Based ons stories by Donn Byrnet " Wings of the Morning," Twentietk Century-Fox release screening at tke State Theatre to-night, stars Annabella, tke lovely new screen personality, Henry Fonda and Leslie Banke. Set as it is in tke unmatckable beauty. of Ireland's green wooded downs^ over a period of kalf a century, it captures an atraospkere of rustic simplicity wkich greatly enkanced tke etory. Tko natural colour process in. which it is filmed illustrates tke great advance made in late years in this direction, for, were ' ' Wings of tke Morning" not i in colour, it wOuld lose mueh of its appeal. Opening in a gipsy camp in tko exquisite Irisk countryside tke localo rapidly switckes to tke present day, wken refugees are fleeing from war-tom Spain. As different and alluring as her unusual name, tke lovely Annabella appears first in a prologue, skowing her as Marie, a gypsy princess. Ske marries Leslie Banke, tke Earl of Clontarf, wko dies on tke kunting field fivo montks later, and learns, wken ske xeturns to tke gypsies, tkat ker marriage kas brougkt a curse on ker deseendants for tkree generations. As tke great-granddaugkter of tkat gypsy princess, Marie appears in modern times, fleeing froni a Spain torn by revolution. Safe in Ireland, Marie seeks a trainer for ker korse, "Wings of tke Morning," so tkat eke may win tke English Derby and a dowry that will enable her to marry tke fiance ske left in Spain.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 26, 23 October 1937, Page 8
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248STATE THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 26, 23 October 1937, Page 8
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