| Wings | |
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| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Produced by | Lucien Hubbard |
| Written by | Story: John Monk Saunders Screenplay: Hope Loring Louis D. William Augustus Wellman (29 February &ndash19 December) was an American Movie director, noted for directing the film which received the first Academy Award Lucien Hubbard ( December 22, 1888 &ndash December 31, 1971) was a Film producer and Screenwriter. Lighton Titles: Julian Johnson |
| Starring | Clara Bow Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Richard Arlen Gary Cooper Jobyna Ralston El Brendel Richard Tucker |
| Music by | Uncredited: J. For the seventeenth century writer nicknamed "Julian" Johnson see Samuel Johnson (pamphleteer. Clara Gordon Bow ( July 29, 1905 &ndash September 27 1965) was an American Actress and Sex symbol, who rose to fame Charles "Buddy" Rogers ( August 13, 1904 &ndash April 21, 1999) was an Academy Award -winning American Richard Arlen ( September 1, 1898 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star Jobyna Ralston ( November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967) was an American actress of the Silent film era Elmer Goodfellow Brendle aka El Brendel ( March 25, 1890 - April 9, 1964) was a Vaudeville comedian turned movie Richard Tucker ( 4 June, 1884 &ndash 5 December, 1942) was an American actor S. Zamecnik |
| Cinematography | Harry Perry |
| Editing by | E. Harry Perry is a Venice Beach Boardwalk musician famous for playing an Electric guitar on Rollerblades while wearing a Lloyd Sheldon Uncredited: Lucien Hubard |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 12 August 1927 |
| Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | US$ 2,000,000 |
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Wings is a 1927 silent movie about World War I fighter pilots produced and released by Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. It was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Along with Cavalcade it is one of only two Best Picture winners to not be available on DVD in Region 1. Cavalcade is a 1933 film that takes a historical view of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 through New Years Day 1933 DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is However, it has been shown on American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies, enabling film buffs to tape it. AMC is a cable television network that primarily airs movies The letters originally stood for American Movie Classics. Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner
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Plot
Jack Powell (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) and David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) are rivals in the same small American town, both vying for the attentions of pretty Sylvia Lewis (Jobyna Ralston). Charles "Buddy" Rogers ( August 13, 1904 &ndash April 21, 1999) was an Academy Award -winning American Richard Arlen ( September 1, 1898 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor Jobyna Ralston ( November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967) was an American actress of the Silent film era But what Jack fails to realize is that "the girl next door," Mary Preston (played by the top-billed Clara Bow), is secretly in love with him. Clara Gordon Bow ( July 29, 1905 &ndash September 27 1965) was an American Actress and Sex symbol, who rose to fame The two young men both sign up to become combat pilots, go through a rigorous training period, and are ultimately shipped off to France, where they go from being rivals on the ground to best friends and faithful comrades in the air, especially during air battles with the Germans. Jack and David are briefly reunited with their hometown friend, Mary, when she is stationed near Paris after joining the war effort by becoming an ambulance driver. The climax of the story comes with the epic Battle of Saint-Mihiel. The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought between September 12 - 15 1918 involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48000 French
Production
The film, completed with a then unheard-of budget of $2 million, was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") for the film year 1927/28 (and was the only silent film to win), and won a second Academy Award for Engineering Effects. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working The Academy Award for Engineering Effects was just a little ahead of its time The film was written by John Monk Saunders (story), Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring, and was directed by William A. Wellman, with an original orchestral score by John Stepan Zamecnik (J S Zamecnik), which was uncredited. Louis D Lighton ( 25 November, 1895 &ndash 1 February, 1963) was an American Screenwriter and producer. Hope Loring ( 29 January, 1894 &ndash 1959 was an English Screenwriter. William Augustus Wellman (29 February &ndash19 December) was an American Movie director, noted for directing the film which received the first Academy Award
It is the first known film to feature a male-on-male kiss – a fraternal one – between the two main characters, played by Rogers and Arlen. Also, it is one of the first widely released films to have shown nudity. Clara Bow's breasts can be seen for a quick second during the Paris bedroom scene when army men open the door and she is caught changing.
Gary Cooper appears briefly in the film in one of his earliest appearances, as an American pilot. Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star
Richard Arlen and William A. Wellman had served in World War I as military aviators. Richard Arlen ( September 1, 1898 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor William Augustus Wellman (29 February &ndash19 December) was an American Movie director, noted for directing the film which received the first Academy Award
The original Paramount release was color tinted and had some sequences in an early widescreen process known as Magnascope. Some prints had synchronized sound effects and music, using the General Electric Kinegraphone (later RCA Photophone) process. [1]
Reception
Wings was an immediate success, premiering on 12 August 1927 at the Critereo Theatre in New York and playing 63 weeks before being moved to second-run theaters. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One of the reasons for its resounding popularity was the public infatuation with aviation in the wake of Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [2]
Awards
Academy Award Wins (1927/28)
- Best Effects, Engineering Effects - Roy Pomeroy
- Best Picture - Production
Legacy
For many years, Wings was considered a "lost" film until a surviving print was found in the Cinémathèque Française film archive and quickly copied to safety film stock. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working [3] It was again shown in theaters, including some with Wurlitzer pipe organs. The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company formerly a producer of stringed instruments woodwind brass instruments [4] The print used by American Movie Classics in the 1990s had a recorded Wurlitzer pipe organ accompaniment. AMC is a cable television network that primarily airs movies The letters originally stood for American Movie Classics. [5] The film has also been shown on Turner Classic Movies. Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner [6]
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". The National Film Registry is the registry of Films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress
In 2006, director William A. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Wellman's son, William Wellman Jr. , authored a book about the film and his father's participation in the making of it, titled The Man and His Wings: William A. Wellman and the Making of the First Best Picture.
References
Notes
- ^ Silent Era : PSFL : Wings (1927)
- ^ Farmer 2006, p. 14.
- ^ Silent Era : PSFL : Wings (1927)
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle "Datebook" magazine
- ^ American Movies Classics
- ^ Turner Classic Movies
Bibliography
- Dolan Edward F. Jr. Hollywood Goes to War. London: Bison Books, 1985. ISBN 0-86124-229-7.
- Farmer, Jim. "The Making of Flyboys. " Air Classics, Vol. 42, No. 11, November 2006.
- Hardwick, Jack and Schnepf, Ed. "A Viewer's Guide to Aviation Movies". The Making of the Great Aviation Films, General Aviation Series, Volume 2, 1989.
- Oriss, Bruce. When Hollywood Ruled the Skies: The Aviation Film Classics of World War II. Hawthorne, California: Aero Associates Inc. , 1984. ISBN 0-9613088-0-X.
- Silke, James R. "Fists, Dames & Wings. " Air Progress Aviation Review, Volume 4, No. 4, October 1980.
- Wellman, William Jr. The Man And His Wings: William A. Wellman and the Making of the First Best Picture. Westport CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006 ISBN 0-275-98541-5.
External links
- Wings at the Internet Movie Database
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