Wings Movie Review 1927

The silent classic about friends, Rogers and Arlen, their adventures in the Air Corps during WWI, and their rivalry for the hand of a woman. Contains actual footage of combat flying from the Great War. Won the very first Best Picture Oscar. Too-thin plot hangs on (barely) to the stirring, intrepid dogfight scenes.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 139 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Airborne, Silent Films, World War I

Screenplay

Hope Loring, John Monk Saunders, Louis D. Lighton

Cast

Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper, Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Richard Tucker, Henry B. Walthall, Roscoe Karns, Gunboat Smith, Julia Swayne Gordon, Arlette Marchal, Carl von Haartman, William A. Wellman

Cinematography

Harry Perry

Director

William A. Wellman

Music

J.S. Zamecnik

Producer

Lucien Hubbard, Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1928: Picture, Natl. Film Reg. 1997.