- "The Dark Angel" tells the story of three childhood friends, two male, one female. When the woman chooses one of the men to marry, the other, jealous, sends his rival into a dangerous situation during wartime.
- Alan Trent (Ronald Colman), his cousin Gerald Shannon (Wyndham Standing) and neighbor Kitty Vane (Vilma Bánky) have grown up together, as close playmates When World War I starts, both Alan and Gerald enlist in the British Army as officiers, and Kitty sees them off to war. Many months later, Alan and Gerald come back to Kitty, on a short furlow. Alan and Kitty reveal their love for each other. Gerald (who's in love with Kitty, too) congratulates his friends. But before Kitty and Alan can arrange to be married the next day, the furlow is cut short and both men head back to the front lines. Weeks later, Gerald will not give Alan leave to marry Kitty. Still arguing, both men volunteer for a reconiscience raid into enemy lines, where a grenade goes off near Alan and appears to kill him. Gerald and Kitty mourn Alan's death. After the war ends, Gerald and Kitty become engaged to be married.
However a year later after his apparent death, we see Alan in a British hospital, as part of a prisoner exchange. He is now blind and posing as Roger Crane. His doctor, Sir Vane (Charles Lane), cannot persuade Alan to reveal his identity, even though there is a picture of Alan, Gerald and Kitty found in Alan's possesions. After his discharge, Alan/Roger assumes he will be a burden to Kitty and does not return home. He takes up residence in a nearby village and decides to write children's stories. After the war ends, Sir Vane (Charles Lane), visits Alan/Roger. While there, he sees Kitty and Gerald's wedding announcement in the local paper, and recognizes their faces from Alan's picture. He calls Gerald and asks him to help Alan reconcile with his past. Alan arranges things so that his friends will not realize he is blind. Gerald also brings Kitty. Both are happy to see Alan alive, but hurt when Alan declines to resume their friendship. Gerald is upset for Kitty but leaves her alone with Alan. He meets with Sir Vane, who reveals Alan's blindness. When Kitty comes running out of Alan's house, he persuades her to quietly enter Alan's rooms, where both see Alan talking to what he assumes is his secretary, though they are standing in plain sight. Kitty berates Alan for underestimating her love and hiding his blindness from her. Alan and Kitty reconcile.
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