The Dark Angel (1925 film)

The Dark Angel (1925) is a 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 (Her first American film), and Wyndham Standing. This is now considered a lost film.[1][2]

The Dark Angel
Film poster
Directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
Written byFrances Marion (screenplay)
Based onThe Dark Angel, a Play of Yesterday and To-day
by H. B. Trevelyan
StarringRonald Colman
Vilma Bánky
CinematographyGeorge S. Barnes
Edited byStuart Heisler
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • September 27, 1925 (1925-09-27)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

During the First World War, Captain Alan Trent - on leave in England with his fiancée Kitty Vane - is suddenly recalled to the front, before having been 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.

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.

Cast

See also

References
  1. The Dark Angel at the silentera.com database
  2. Broadway production of The Dark Angel which opened at the Longacre Theatre on February 10, 1925
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