Wings (1927) | |
| Director(s) | William A. Wellman |
| Producer(s) | B.P. Schulberg (associate), Lucien Hubbard (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Romance, Silent Films, War |
| Top Topics | Air Force, Romance (Drama) |
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Wings (1927) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Lucien Hubbard and B.P. Schulberg.
Wings was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1997.
Academy Awards 1927/28 --- Ceremony Number 1 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Picture | Paramount Famous Lasky | Won |
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Only Angels Have Wings (1939, Howard Hawks)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 17, 2018 From The Stop ButtonThe first forty-five minutes of Only Angels Have Wings is mostly continual present action. Jean Arthur arrives in a South American port town, looking around?followed by two possible ne?er-do-wells (Allyn Joslyn and Noah Beery Jr.)?and the film tracks her experience. Great direction from Hawks, beaut... Read full article
Watching 1939: Wings of the Navy
on Aug 9, 2018 From Comet Over HollywoodIn 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them.?As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article
CCU37: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
By Aaron West on May 15, 2016 From Criterion BluesMay 15 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron fly back to 1939 to discuss Howard Hawks’ classic Only Angels Have Wings. We evaluate the special effects, how the film built suspense, the context of aviation in the late 1930s, and later films that embody a similar masculinity. We also reveal the wi... Read full article
CCU37: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
By Aaron West on May 15, 2016 From Criterion BluesMay 15 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron fly back to 1939 to discuss Howard Hawks’ classic Only Angels Have Wings. We evaluate the special effects, how the film built suspense, the context of aviation in the late 1930s, and later films that embody a similar masculinity. We also reveal the wi... Read full article
CCU37: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
By Aaron West on May 15, 2016 From Criterion BluesMay 15 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron fly back to 1939 to discuss Howard Hawks’ classic Only Angels Have Wings. We evaluate the special effects, how the film built suspense, the context of aviation in the late 1930s, and later films that embody a similar masculinity. We also reveal the wi... Read full article
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John "Jack" Powell: No, what?
Mary Preston: You can kiss the girl you love.
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In contrast to co-star Richard Arlen, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers did not know how to fly a plane when production began, but he learned how to do so by the end of it. In the close-up scenes where Jack and David (and other characters) are flying, the actors are actually working the planes themselves. To shoot these scenes, the actors had to get the plane up in the air, keep it up, turn on the (motorized) camera and land the plane-and act at the same time.
In 1925 and 1926, Byron Morgan sent ideas for a story about air service in World War I to Famous Players Lasky Corporation. The Company agreed when he brought this to their attention, and settled with him for $3750 which included his waiving claims to all rights to his material.
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