Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Richard Tucker, Gary Cooper, Gunboat Smith, Henry B. Walthall, Roscoe Karns, Julia Swayne Gordon, Arlette Marchal See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ... Clara Bow Clara Bow (July 29, 1905 - September 27 (possibly September 26), 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her film work in the 1920s and early 1930s. ... Charles Buddy Rogers (b. ... Richard Arlen (born September 1, 1898 - died March 28, 1976) was an American actor. ... Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913 – January 8, 1975) was an American tenor. ... Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor who received five Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice. ...
Director:
William A. Wellman
Producer:
Lucien Hubbard, B. P. Schulberg
Screenplay:
John Monk Saunders (story), Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton
Cinematographer:
Harry Perry
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Wings is a 1927 silent movie about fighter pilots during World War I (Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen), who vie for the same girl (Clara Bow). The film was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production"), in 1929. It was also the only film to ever win the Academy Award for Engineering Effects. The film was written by John Monk Saunders (story) and Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring, and directed by William A. Wellman. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Engineering Effects was just a little ahead of its time. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Missing image Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Charles Buddy Rogers (b. ... Richard Arlen (born September 1, 1898 - died March 28, 1976) was an American actor. ... Clara Bow Clara Bow (July 29, 1905 - September 27 (possibly September 26), 1965) was an American actress and sex symbol, best known for her film work in the 1920s and early 1930s. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Academy Award for Engineering Effects was just a little ahead of its time. ...
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is one of four official national libraries of the United States (along with the National Library of Medicine, National Agricultural Library, and National Archives and Records Administration). ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...
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Usually, when there are airplane scenes in a movie, there is a long shot of flying planes, and then close-ups shot on the ground against the sky (or later, using a projected background).
Wings had a $2 million budget in excess of the military investment and used thousands of soldiers, almost all the existing army pursuit aircraft, and the top rank of military fliers; several of the pilots in Wings became generals in World War II.
Although ostensibly a movie glorifying war and the military, Wings is a reminder at how many victories were won by obedient soldiers marching to certain death towards a barrage of enemy gunfire.
Seen through the (fl-and-white) lens of veteran French cinematographer Henri Alekan and reflected in the gentle eyes of Wenders' star angel Bruno Ganz, "Wings" is a soaring vision that appeals to the senses and the spirit.
An intuitively composed fable of earthbound angels in the city of Berlin, "Wings" is closer to poetry and music than linear storytelling anyway: Your senses simply absorb the sounds and images -- although "Wings" is a healthy enough meal for the brain as well.
"Wings," like most Heaven-and-Earth movies, ties up its resolution with romantic ribbons but, in Wenders' eyes, such a conclusion is the crowning union of life's dual opposites, the sensual and the spiritual, German's East and West -- as well as its Nazi past and occupied and uncertain present.
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