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The film, a romantic action-war picture, was rewritten by scriptwriters Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton from a story by John Monk Saunders to accommodate Bow, Paramount's biggest star at the time. Wellman was hired, as he was the only director in Hollywood at the time who had World War I combat pilot experience, although Richard Arlen and John ...
Jan 17, 2012 · Wings helped launch several careers when it was released in 1927, including John Monk Saunders, who went on to write The Dawn Patrol, and director William Wellman, director of such classics as The ...
Other articles where John Monk Saunders is discussed: Howard Hawks: Early life and work: …based on a story by John Monk Saunders, whose work had also formed the basis for William Wellman’s Wings (1927), and starred Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., as pilots stationed in France during World War I. The aerial footage (much of it shot from a plane piloted by Hawks)…
John Monk Saunders. Highest Rated: 94% Wings (1927) Lowest Rated: 90% The Legion of the Condemned (1928) Birthday: Nov 22, 1897 ...
Directed by William Wellman from John M. Saunders' story. Opened at the Criterion, N.Y., for a twice daily run Aug. 12. Running time 139 minutes, split by an intermission, 65 and 74 minutes in ...
Dawn Patrol, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) More Than A Man A Day France, 1915, after dogfight footage we meet Basil Rathbone, conflicted commander of a Royal Flying Corps unit, Donald Crisp his aide, then the first and second leads, fliers Errol Flynn and David Niven, opening Warner Bros.' 1938 version of the John Monk Saunders story, The Dawn Patrol.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The film "Wings" won the first Academy Award for best picture and was the only silent film to win the award. weight: 1.0 lb. Very good, gift inscription to endpaper, title page, Illustrated with 8 scenes from the 1927 silent film starring Clara Bow and Buddy Rogers. 19.2x13 cm. 249 pp. Blue cloth, black spine title, blue cover title on black background ...
