Wings is a 1927 silent film about World War I fighter pilots, produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures. Wings was the first of two silent films, the other being The Artist at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012, to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Wings stars Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen. Gary Cooper appears in a role which helped launch his career in Hollywood and also marked the beginning of his affair with Clara Bow. The film was re-released to Cinemark theaters for a limited run in May 2012. Jack Powell and... David Armstrong are rivals in the same small American town, both vying for the attentions of pretty Sylvia Lewis. Jack fails to realize that "the girl next door", Mary Preston, is desperately in love with him. The two young men both enlist to become combat pilots in the Air Service. When they leave for training camp, Jack mistakenly believes Sylvia prefers him. She actually prefers David and lets him know about her feelings, but is too kindhearted to turn down Jack's affection. Jack and David are billeted together.
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| Release date: | August 12, 1927 |
| Directed by: | William A. Wellman |
| Runtime: | 139 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lucien Hubbard, B. P. Schulberg, Jesse L. Lasky, Adolph Zukor, Kevin Brownlow |
| Editor: | E. Lloyd Sheldon, Lucien Hubbard |
| Music by: | J.S. Zamecnik |
| Cinematography: | Harry Perry, Harry Perry |
| Screenplay by: | John Monk Saunders, Louis D. Lighton, Hope Loring |
| Estimated budget: | $2,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure |