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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Watching 1939: The Lion Has Wings (1939)
on Nov 14, 2019 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
Only Angels Have Wings (1939): Hawks’ Greatest Adventure Movie
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 6, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsHoward Hawks always had a knack for creating worlds and subsequently building camaraderie between his characters simply by stringing scenes together one after the other. Only Angels Have Wings?sets?up a?premise — revolving around?a South American outpost —?then?settles in on two flyers. ... Read full article
Watching 1939: Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
on Jul 4, 2019 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
Wings of Mystery ( 1963 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 12, 2019 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversThe Children's Film Foundation made a number of good little mysteries in the 1960s, one of which was Wings of Mystery, released in 1963. This British film tells the story of a brother and sister ( Hennie Scott and a young Judy Geeson ) who try to help their brother Ted ( Richard Carpenter ) when he ... Read full article
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
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John "Jack" Powell: No, what?
Mary Preston: You can kiss the girl you love.
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With the thousands of extras battling on the ground, dozens of airplanes flying around in the sky and hundreds of explosions going off everywhere, the only two injuries on the entire picture were incurred. One was by veteran stunt pilot Dick Grace. A plane he was crashing was supposed to completely turn over, but it only turned partly over. Instead of being thrown clear of the plane as was the plan, Grace was hurled against part of the fuselage and broke his neck. He returned to the company after six weeks in the hospital. The other was by one of the army pilots helping out on the shoot. His crash was fatal and director William A. Wellman feared it would shut down production, but the army held the pilot, not the director, responsible.
The only silent movie to win the Best Picture Oscar.
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