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Wings in the Dark is a american film of genre Adventure released in USA on 1 february 1935 with Myrna Loy
Wings in the Dark (1935)
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Add to a movie listWings in the Dark is a 1935 motion picture starring Myrna Loy and Cary Grant and focusing on a daring woman aviatrix and an inventor thrust into a desperate situation. Wings in the Dark was directed by James Flood and produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. The film was the first that Loy and Grant made together, although Loy's biographer Emily Leider says that Wings in the Dark "wastes their talents and prompts an unintentional laugh fest." The film remains notable as a rare movie depiction of a blind protagonist (played by Grant) during the 1930s, and is also known for its accomplished aerial photography directed by Dewey Wrigley.
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Skywriter and stunt pilot Sheila Mason (Myrna Loy) who has to work as a barnstormer because women were not allowed to be active in other aviation fields, is attracted to ace pilot Ken Gordon (Cary Grant). Ken is trying to perfect instrument flying (flying "blind"), with his own design of an autopilot. He has devoted four years to perfecting the system and even mortgaged his aircraft to get funds to finance his experiments. Before being able to prove his invention works, while Sheila Mason helps him prepare for the decisive flight, cooking him coffee, the stove has problems to get the flame. He tries to help her, but the gas around inflames right in his eyes. He is blinded at least temporarily, but the doctors can't say how long.Actors
Myrna Loy
(Sheila Mason)
Cary Grant
(Ken Gordon)
Roscoe Karns
(Nick Williams)
Hobart Cavanaugh
(Mac)
Dean Jagger
(Top Harmon)
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