Band of Angels melodrama, directed by Raoul Walsh, bears some thematic resemblance to 'Gone With the Wind', in dealing with issues of race and miscegenation, set against the backdrop of the Civil War." Band of Angels Band of Angels is a 1957 romantic drama film set in the American South before and during the American Civil War, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. It starred Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo and Sidney Poitier. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh. Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) is the privileged daughter of a Kentucky plantation owner. However, after
Cameron Mitchell (actor) In 1944, he served as a bombardier with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. His film career began with being contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1945 for three years, initially with minor roles in films including "They Were Expendable" (with John Wayne and Robert Montgomery), but Mitchell quickly rose to leading man status. He co-starred with Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy in "Cass Timberlane" and with Wallace Beery in "The Mighty McGurk" (both 1947), and concluded his MGM period with two 1948 films starring Clark Gable: "Homecoming" (also with Turner) and "Command Decision". Mitchell originated the role