"Wings" (1927-28)

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Wings is a 1927 American silent war film set during the First World War produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Gary Cooper appears in a small role which helped launch his career in Hollywood. Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.

Acclaimed for its technical prowess and realism upon release, the film became the yardstick against which future aviation films were measured, mainly because of its realistic air-combat sequences. It went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Picture at the first annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ceremony in 1929, the only fully silent film to do so

Release date: August 12, 1927

Genre': Drama, Romance, War

Director: William A. Wellman

Produced by: Lucien Hubbard, Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, B. P. Schulberg, Otto Hermann Kahn
Written by: Julian Johnson (Titles)
Screenplay by: Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton
Story by: John Monk Saunders
Music by: J.S. Zamecnik
Cinematography: Harry Perry
Edited by: E. Lloyd Sheldon

Cast: Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper

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