The Wings of Eagles (1957) | |
| Director(s) | John Ford |
| Producer(s) | James E. Newcom (associate), Charles Schnee |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Drama, War |
| Top Topics | Aviation, Navy, World War II |
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The Wings of Eagles (1957) was a Biographical - Drama Film directed by John Ford and produced by Charles Schnee and James E. Newcom.
SYNOPSIS
This rarely screened Ford drama is among his most deeply felt, personal pictures. Frank "Spig" Wead (Wayne) was a screenwriter (Dirigible, Ceiling Zero, They Were Expendable) and one of the fathers of naval aviation. A man of action obsessed with his naval career, he was less successful sustaining a family life, eventually alienating wife O'Hara and unable to reach her even as their child dies. Features a dead-on impersonation of Ford himself by stock company player Bond.
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John Dodge: I don't want a story just about ships and planes. I want it about the men who run them - how they live and think and talk. I want it from a pen dipped in salt water, not dry martinis.
Min Wead: [Phones rings while their cuddling] Let it ring
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead: Why not, It probably just Washington, oh I forgot, you know you're in the arms of the new sergeant commander in the United States Navy.
Min Wead: Star Spangled Spad
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead: And a squad leader
Min Wead: All I know is I'm in the arms with a fellow name spig that I'm nuts about. Hey! How about getting back to your necking with a little more enthusiasm.
Frank W. 'Spig' Wead: Right!
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After John Dodge (the fictional version of John Ford) gives Spig a job writing for his studio, he is lead out to his new office to begin work and passes in front of numerous actor's head shots. Wayne pauses for a beat in front of one of his earliest head shots before continuing.
The character of John Dodge was a fictional version of John Ford. Many of the props in Dodge's office - the Oscars, the pipe, the hollow cane - were borrowed from Ford.
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