Wings (film)
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| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Produced by | Lucien Hubbard |
| Written by | Story: John Monk Saunders Screenplay: Hope Loring Louis D. Lighton Titles: Julian Johnson |
| Starring | Clara Bow Gary Cooper Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Richard Arlen Jobyna Ralston El Brendel Richard Tucker |
| Music by | Uncredited: J.S. Zamecnik |
| Cinematography | Harry Perry |
| Editing by | E. Lloyd Sheldon Uncredited: Lucien Hubard |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 12, 1927 |
| Running time | 141 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | US$ 800,000 |
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Wings is a 1927 silent movie about World War I fighter pilots Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen who vie for the attentions of Jobyna Ralston. The film was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") in 1929, the Academy Award for Engineering Effects and the only silent film to ever win Best Picture.. 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 Stephan Zamecnik (J S Zamecnik), which was uncredited.
It is the first known film to feature a male-on-male kiss, a fraternal one, between the two main characters, pilots and good friends Jack Powell and David, played by Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
[edit] Awards
Academy Awared Wins (1929)
- Best Effects, Engineering Effects - Roy Pomeroy
- Best Picture (joint winner with Sunrise) - Production
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1927–28: Wings, Sunrise | 1928–29: The Broadway Melody | 1929–30: All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930–31: Cimarron | 1931–32: Grand Hotel | 1932–33: Cavalcade | 1934: It Happened One Night | 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty | 1936: The Great Ziegfeld | 1937: The Life of Emile Zola | 1938: You Can't Take It with You | 1939: Gone with the Wind | 1940: Rebecca |
