Centering attention on the relationship of his characters and avoiding any heavy-handed anti-war ravings, Director Sidney Franklin has produced an interesting and absorbing albeit somewhat overly sentimental version of "The Dark Angel". The theme is familiar; two boys and a girl are brought up together and with the coming of age both boys develop a thoroughgoing love for the girl. They are both fine fellows but Allan (Frederic March) has a bit more dash to him and from the start he has held Kitty's (Merie Oberon) undivided affection Gerald (Herbert Marshall), the other chap takes the blow manfully and along comes the War. During the Big Drive Allan disappears into a flurry of bombs and is given up for dead. Gerald returns to the languishing Kitty and years pass. They are just on the verge of wedlock when Gerald discovers that Allan is alive and in England. After a well handled high-tension scene Gerald and Kitty discover that Allan is blind and that is the reason for his failure to reveal himself. Kitty flies into his arms.

This seeming welter of sacrifice an sterling nobility may nor make good tale telling but it does make a good movie. The performances of Miss Oberon. Mr. March and Mr. Marshall are uniformly excellent and the film is admirably photographed and embellished by an appropriate and pleasing musical accompaniment. Good for a mellow mead.