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Wings

Wings

Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That's "WINGS"

19277.22h 24m

Overview

Two 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.

Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by John Monk Saunders, Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton
Produced by Lucien Hubbard
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0MRevenue: $3.6M

Top Cast

Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Mary Preston

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Jack Powell

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

David Armstrong

Jobyna Ralston

Jobyna Ralston

Sylvia Lewis

El Brendel

El Brendel

Herman Schwimpf

Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker

Air Commander

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Cadet White

Gunboat Smith

Gunboat Smith

The Sergeant

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

Mr. Armstrong

Roscoe Karns

Roscoe Karns

Lieutenant Cameron

Themes & Keywords

friendshipparis, francelove triangleworld war ibattlefieldaerial combatdogfightblack and whitewarfaresilent filmus military1910sfighter pilots

About Wings

Wings is a drama, action, war, romance film released in 1927 exploring themes of friendship, paris, france, love triangle, world war i, battlefield, aerial combat. Directed by William A. Wellman, it stars Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen. Two 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.

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