Rare 1937 Lobby Card Henry Fonda And Annabelle Wings Of The Morning NR
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:220288 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Year: 1937 |
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ITEM: You are bidding on a 1937 Original Lobby Card featuring Annabelle and Henry Fonda from their roles in "Wings Of The Morning" (1937), a 20th Century Fox production.
Measures 14" x 11" with no odor and a nice gloss - a fresh attic find!
CONDITION: Fine condition as seen in scans which will serve as your best condition report.
Wings of the Morning, the first British film shot in three-strip Technicolor, 20th Century-Fox pulled out all the stops with a generation-spanning story, filming locations in Kerry, Ireland, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, and an American leading man and an exotic new leading lady. Ads for the film announced the arrival of "Annabella -- Remember her unusual name...you'll never forget her lovely face." Though she would eventually be better known as Mrs. Tyrone Power, for one moment in 1937, she was the star of an epic production combining forbidden romance, family intrigue and horse racing.
The film showcased Annabella in two roles, with scenes presenting her in romantic, tragic and comic lights. In the prologue, she plays Marie, a gypsy who wins the heart of a British lord, only to be rejected by his family when he dies shortly after their marriage. Almost 50 years later, Marie (now played by Irene Vanbrugh) returns to her former estate and sends for her granddaughter, with Annabella taking over the gamine role. To escape the Spanish Civil War she disguises herself as a boy, keeping up the charade when she meets Canadian horse-trader Kerry Gilfallen (Henry Fonda). They fall in love as he trains Wings of the Morning, her great grandmother's horse, for the Epsom Downs Derby, but the arrival of her fiancé, an impoverished Spanish nobleman, threatens their happiness.
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