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Wings
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OverviewAI-generated
Wings is a 1927 American silent film produced by Paramount Pictures. Directed by William A. Wellman and Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, the movie stars Gary Cooper, Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, and Charles Rogers. The screenplay was written by Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton, with music composed by John Stepan Zamecnik. It is classified as a war, romance, and drama film, focusing on aviation during World War I.
The film has a runtime of 141 minutes according to one source and 144 minutes according to others. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. Wings received the Academy Award for Best Picture. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.5, a Metascore of 78, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%. The production had a budget of 2,000,000 and generated 3,600,000 in revenue.
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Film · TMDB
7.2Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
Cast
- Clara Bow as Mary Preston
- Charles 'Buddy' Rogers as Jack Powell
- Richard Arlen as David Armstrong
- Jobyna Ralston as Sylvia Lewis
- El Brendel as Herman Schwimpf
- Richard Tucker as Air Commander
Themes
- friendship
- paris, france
- love triangle
- world war i
- battlefield
- aerial combat
- dogfight
- black and white
- warfare
- silent film
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
15,487 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
78/100
- Year
- 1927
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 9 wins & 1 nomination total
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Internet Archive
moviesWings. 1927.720p. Blu Ray.x 264. YIFY
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wings” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.