Wings (1927)
Wings (1927)

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Cast & Crew.

Clara Bow
Mary Preston

Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Jack Powell

Richard Arlen
David Armstrong

Jobyna Ralston
Sylvia Lewis

El Brendel
Herman Schwimpf

Richard Tucker
Air Commander

Gary Cooper
Cadet White

Gunboat Smith
The Sergeant

Henry B. Walthall
Mr. Armstrong

Roscoe Karns
Lieutenant Cameron

Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Armstrong

Arlette Marchal
Celeste

Nigel De Brulier
Peasant (uncredited)

Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Powell (uncredited)

George Irving
Mr. Powell (uncredited)

William A. Wellman
Doughboy (uncredited) / Director

Charles Barton
Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)

Thomas Carr
Aviator (uncredited)

Thomas Carrigan
(uncredited)

Margery Chapin
Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Andy Clark
(uncredited)

Douglas Haig
(uncredited)

William Hickey
Charlton Blanchard (uncredited)

Jane Laurell
(uncredited)

Robert Livingston
Recruit in Examination Office (uncredited)

James Pierce
Army MP (uncredited)

Evelyn Selbie
Dressing Room Attendant (uncredited)

Frank Tomick
(uncredited)

Carl von Haartman
German Officer (uncredited)

Gloria Wellman
Peasant Child (uncredited)

Percy Williams
Armstrong Butler (uncredited)

Zalla Zarana
(uncredited)

Harry Perry
Director of Photography

John Monk Saunders
Story

Hope Loring
Screenplay

Louis D. Lighton
Screenplay

E. Lloyd Sheldon
Editor

Lucien Hubbard
Producer

Benjamin P. Schulberg
Associate Producer
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Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1927
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 24m
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$3,600,000
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Wings is a 1927 American silent and synchronized sound war film which won the first Academy Award for Best Picture. While the sound version of the film has no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The original soundtrack to the sound version is preserved at UCLA.
The film stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Rogers and Arlen portray World War I combat pilots in a romantic rivalry over a woman. It was produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. Gary Cooper appears in a small role, which helped launch his career in Hollywood.
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 Monk Saunders had also served in the war as military aviators. The film was shot on location on a budget of $2 million (equivalent to $28 million in 2023) at Kelly Field in San Antonio, between September 7, 1926, and April 7, 1927. Hundreds of extras and some 300 pilots were involved in the filming, including pilots and planes of the United States Army Air Corps which were brought in for the filming and to provide assistance and supervision. Wellman extensively rehearsed the scenes for the Battle of Saint-Mihiel over ten days with some 3,500 infantrymen on a battlefield made for the production on location. Although the cast and crew had much spare time during the filming because of weather delays, shooting conditions were intense, and Wellman frequently conflicted with the military officers brought in to supervise the picture.
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 inaugural Academy Award for Outstanding Picture at the first Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ceremony in 1929, the only fully silent film to do so. It also won the Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects (Roy Pomeroy). Wings was one of the first widely released films to show nudity. In 1997, Wings was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and the film was re-released to Cinemark theaters to coincide with the 85th anniversary for a limited run in May 2012. The film was re-released again for its 90th anniversary in 2017. The Academy Film Archive preserved Wings in 2002.
The film entered the public domain in the United States in 2023.
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