The Dark Angel (1935)

Kitty, a spirited child, spends her days with awkward Gerald and stuck-up Alan, cousins. She looks about seven but is quite bold about the fact that she plans to marry Alan as he rolls his eyes about it.

Fast forward about 15 years and both Gerald and Alan are crazy about Kitty and she loves them both -- but agrees to marry Alan, just as the two boys are headed back to war. Despite the fact that they can't procure a marriage license in time, the two spend the night together. This leads to misunderstanding, which leads to tragedy.

It's a weepie that left me dry-eyed, due mostly to the fact that I liked neither Kitty nor Alan. They both seemed cold to me while the heart of the story, Gerald, was pushed into the "suffer in quiet dignity" role.

C