Themes: Women During Wartime, Lovers Reunited, Love Triangles
Main Cast: Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Roscoe Karns, Louise Closser Hale
Release Year: 1933
Country: US
Run Time: 113 minutes
Plot
A love triangle forms the basis of this drama set during WWI. The screenplay was written by the story's original author William Faulkner. It centers on a pleasure-seeking British girl who is romantically involved with her brother's naval buddy. She then sees and falls for an American pilot. He leaves to fly a combat mission over France and is later listed as dead, causing her to return to the sailor. Fortunately, the flyer didn't actually die and eventually the two are joyfully reunited. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In World War I, England, drama, Diana Boyce-Smith (Crawford), is an English girl caught in a love triangle between British Naval Officer, Claude, (Young) and an American fighter pilot, Bogard, (Cooper). Diana believes she is love with Claude, the friend of her brother, Ronnie, (Tone), but experiences true love when meeting Bogard. Claude is unaware of Diana's true feelings for Bogard, and when he is reported missing in action, Ronnie tells Diana that she is not being fair to Claude. Once Bogard comes back unharmed, a rivalry for Diana develops between he and Claude. Once the men each experience one another's branch of service, Claude is blinded in action, just as he realizes Diana and Bogard's true feelings for one another. Diana feels it's her duty to care for Claude, and when a suicide mission comes up, all three men participate, with the outcome being that both Claude and Ronnie die in action. Although, Diana is sad to lose both Ronnie and Claude, she and Bogard are reunited.
