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Wings (1927 film) Wings. (1927 film) Wings is a 1927 American silent and synchronized sound film known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Due to the general public's apathy towards silent films, the film was quickly re-released in 1928 with synchronized sound. While the sound version of the film has no audible dialogue, it ...
- $2 million
- J.S. Zamecnik (uncredited)
Wings: Directed by William A. Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast. With Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston. Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- William A. Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
- 1929-01-05
With World War I afoot, David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) and Jack Powell (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) join the military with an eye toward flying American fighter planes. They leave behind Mary Preston ...
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- William A. Wellman
- PG-13
- Clara Bow
May 5, 2020 · Wings famously was the first movie to win the Academy award for best picture, and Wellman and almost none of the cast were at the awards. The Academy Awards were completely different in those days, winners were announced well before hand, there was no opening of envelopes, no speeches, just dinner, a few clips of the winners when they were ...
- Sam Moffitt
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Wings (1927) -- (Movie Clip) On The High Seas Of Heaven Director William A. Wellman’s first flight action scene, Charles “Buddy” Rogers (as Jack) and Richard Arlen (as David), though hard to recognize in goggles, doing much of their own flying, encountering the German ace Kellerman (certainly based on Baron von Richtofen), in Wings, 1927.
Two young men from the same town but different social classes end up as fighter pilots in WWI. Jack Preston is a keen auto mechanic, building and modifying cars. David Armstrong comes from a wealthy family. They are both in love with the same woman, Sylvia. Her heart belongs to David but she doesn't let Jack know and plays along with his ...