Wings (1927)
Wings (1927)
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Cast & Crew.
![Clara Bow](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22428-clara-bow.webp)
Clara Bow
Mary Preston
![Charles "Buddy" Rogers](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22429-charles-rogers.webp)
Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Jack Powell
![Richard Arlen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22430-richard-arlen.webp)
Richard Arlen
David Armstrong
![Jobyna Ralston](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22431-jobyna-ralston.webp)
Jobyna Ralston
Sylvia Lewis
![El Brendel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22432-el-brendel.webp)
El Brendel
Herman Schwimpf
![Richard Tucker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22433-richard-tucker.webp)
Richard Tucker
Air Commander
![Gary Cooper](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22434-gary-cooper.webp)
Gary Cooper
Cadet White
![Gunboat Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22435-gunboat-smith.webp)
Gunboat Smith
The Sergeant
![Julia Swayne Gordon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/192786-julia-swayne-gordon.webp)
Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Armstrong
![Henry B. Walthall](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22437-henry-b-walthall.webp)
Henry B. Walthall
David's Father
![Roscoe Karns](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22436-roscoe-karns.webp)
Roscoe Karns
Lt. Cameron
![William A. Wellman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19722-william-a-wellman.webp)
William A. Wellman
Director
![Arlette Marchal](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22438-arlette-marchal.webp)
Arlette Marchal
Celeste
![John Monk Saunders](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/305961-john-monk-saunders.webp)
John Monk Saunders
Writer
![Nigel De Brulier](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21572-nigel-de-brulier.webp)
Nigel De Brulier
Peasant (uncredited)
![Hope Loring](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173483-hope-loring.webp)
Hope Loring
Writer
![Hedda Hopper](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9006-hedda-hopper.webp)
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
![George Irving](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9023-george-irving.webp)
George Irving
Mr. Powell (uncredited)
![Louis D. Lighton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/262353-louis-d-lighton.webp)
Louis D. Lighton
Writer
![Julian Johnson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Julian Johnson
Writer
![Harry Perry](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harry Perry
Cinematographer
![Rod Rogers](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rod Rogers
Aviator / Stunts
![Charles Barton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Barton
Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited) / Assistant Director
![E. Lloyd Sheldon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
E. Lloyd Sheldon
Editor
![Thomas Carr](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/245405-thomas-carr.webp)
Thomas Carr
Aviator (uncredited)
![Thomas Carrigan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/355321-thomas-carrigan.webp)
Thomas Carrigan
Undetermined role (uncredited)
![Margery Chapin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Margery Chapin
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
![Andy Clark](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/713439-andy-clark.webp)
Andy Clark
Undetermined role (uncredited)
![Hal George](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hal George
Undetermined role (uncredited) / Stunts
![Dick Grace](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dick Grace
Aviator (uncredited) / Stunts
![Douglas Haig](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Douglas Haig
(uncredited)
![William Hickey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
William Hickey
Charlton Blanchard (uncredited)
![Sgt. Jiggs](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sgt. Jiggs
(uncredited)
![Jane Laurell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jane Laurell
Undetermined role (uncredited)
![Robert Livingston](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26141-robert-livingston.webp)
Robert Livingston
Recruit in Examination Office (uncredited)
![James Pierce](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/79476-james-pierce.webp)
James Pierce
Army MP (uncredited)
![Evelyn Selbie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/62939-evelyn-selbie.webp)
Evelyn Selbie
Dressing Room Attendant (uncredited)
![Frank Tomick](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frank Tomick
Undetermined role (uncredited) / Stunts
![Carl von Haartman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/203902-carl-von-haartman.webp)
Carl von Haartman
German Officer (uncredited)
![Gloria Wellman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gloria Wellman
Peasant Child (uncredited)
![Percy Williams](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Percy Williams
Armstrong Butler (uncredited)
![Zalla Zarana](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/581998-zalla-zarana.webp)
Zalla Zarana
Undetermined role (uncredited)
![J.S. Zamecnik](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
J.S. Zamecnik
Original Music Composer
![Edith Head](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/91296-edith-head.webp)
Edith Head
Costume Design
![Eugene Richee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eugene Richee
Still Photographer
![Otto Dyar](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Otto Dyar
Still Photographer
![Lucien Hubbard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/205519-lucien-hubbard.webp)
Lucien Hubbard
Producer / Editor
![Benjamin P. Schulberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Benjamin P. Schulberg
Producer
![Byron Morgan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Byron Morgan
Story
![Hans Dreier](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
![Travis Banton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1117638-travis-banton.webp)
Travis Banton
Costume Design
![James Ewens](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Ewens
Assistant Director
![Richard Johnston](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Richard Johnston
Assistant Director
![Norman Z. McLeod](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25217-norman-z-mcleod.webp)
Norman Z. McLeod
Assistant Director
![E.K. Merritt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
E.K. Merritt
Assistant Director
![Frank Andrews](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frank Andrews
Stunts
![Pierce L. Butler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pierce L. Butler
Stunts
![Frank Clarke](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/308961-frank-clarke.webp)
Frank Clarke
Stunts
![Clarence Irvine](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Clarence Irvine
Stunts
![Denis Kavanagh](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Denis Kavanagh
Stunts
![Cherie May](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Cherie May
Stunt Double
![Earle E. Partridge](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Earle E. Partridge
Stunts
![Earl H. Robinson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Earl H. Robinson
Stunts
![Sterling R. Stribling](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sterling R. Stribling
Stunts
![Bill Taylor](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Taylor
Stunts
![Hoyt Vandenberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hoyt Vandenberg
Stunts
Media.
![Wings](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/2964-wings.webp)
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![Wings](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/9/2964-wings.webp)
Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1927
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 24m
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$3,600,000
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
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 dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. 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 $33.06 million in 2022) 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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