Wings

1927 "Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That's "WINGS""
7.5| 2h24m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 12 August 1927 Released
Producted By: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Country: United States of America
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Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Jackson Booth-Millard The Academy Awards have been a celebrated annual ceremony since 1929, and I have always been fascinated to watch as many of the winning movies as possible, I was especially excited to watch this, the first film in history to win the Oscar for Best Picture, directed by William A. Wellman (The Public Enemy, A Star I Born, The Ox-Bow Incident). Basically set in the year 1917, in a small American town, Jack Powell (Charles 'Buddy' Rogers), an auto mechanic, and David Armstrong (Richard Arlen), who comes from a wealthy family, are rivals, both are in love with the same woman, Sylvia Lewis (Jobyna Ralston). Sylvia's heart belongs to David, but she plays along with Jack's infatuations, Jack fails to realise that "girl next door" Mary Preston (Clara Bow) is desperately in love with him. It is First World War, the two young men both enlist to become combat pilots in the Air Service and are billeted together, they make a brief acquaintance with tent mate Cadet White (Gary Cooper), before he is killed the same day in an air crash. Undaunted, Jack and David endure a rigorous training period, they turn from enemies into best friends, and following graduation they are shipped off to France to fight the Germans. Mary joins the war effort, becoming an ambulance driver, she learns Jack has gained the reputation as an ace called "The Shooting Star", she encounters him while on leave in Paris, but he is too drunk to recognise her. Mary puts Jack to bed, two military police barge in as she is innocently changing, she is forced to resign and return to the United States. During the epic Battle of Saint-Mihiel, David is shot down and presumed dead, however he survives the crash landing, he steals a German biplane, and heads for the Allied lines. Jack spots David aircraft, in a tragic stroke of bad luck, he thinks it is an enemy aircraft, he wants for David's "death" and attacks, he successfully downs the craft. Jack only realises what he has done when wants to retrieve a souvenir of his "victory", Jack holds David in his arm, kissing him, David consoles his friend before dying, forgiving his comrade. The war ends, Jack returns home to a hero's welcome, he visits David's grieving parents to return his friend's effects, he begs forgiveness for causing David's death, David's Mother (Julia Swayne Gordon) blames the war for taking her son's life, not Jack, he is then reunited with Mary and realises he loves her. Also starring El Brendel as Herman Schwimpf, Richard Tucker as Air Commander, Gunboat Smith as The Sergeant, Henry B. Walthall as David's Father, Roscoe Karns as Lt. Cameron and Arlette Marchal as Celeste. The film certainly delivers the message of how war can devastate lives, the most memorable sequences are of course the mid- air battles, the rest of the film is mostly slow, and the love triangle storyline is sentimental and clichéd, but overall it is a fairly good silent war drama. It won the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Effects, Engineering Effects. Worth watching!
Adam Wings was one of the first silent films that I've seen that was not done by Charlie Chaplin. Although I enjoyed this film, the number of inter titles drew me out of the film. What really distinguished Chaplin was his gift for visual story telling. Although a great film, the reliance on inter titles prevents it from aging as well as other silent movies from the era. Perhaps the most cinematically impressive part of this film were the dog fights. The air fights were totally believable, if you were able to look past some of the minor out of date effects. Overall, they added to the visual drama of the film. Definitely a historical piece of art.
blanoue324 I found Wings to be a very good movie. Its flying scenes brought me into the battle in the skies and surprised me with how they actually managed to film it. Much of the flying used real planes and it's surprising that they could film from the planes without destroying the cameras or the quality of the film with the vibrations. The acting in the film was great, it had to be since no one actually talked. The title cards weren't overused and were only used when they needed to be. The Actors did an excellent job with their conversations and you could tell what they were saying to each other even though there was no talking. The bubbles scene was ridiculous they were obviously fake, this scene was the worst and the acting during it was terrible. However all the other scenes were great. For me, 2 and a half hours for a silent movie was a long time, but it was still a good movie and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good war and love story.
Justin Rollo What a spectacle. I was reluctant to watch this movie for a few reasons. For one, its a silent film. I've never been drawn to any silent films and this is the first feature length silent film I've ever seen. Also, this film's age set me off. I had no desire to watch a film made in the 20s, but I'm sure as hell glad I did. Such an impressive feat in film making. I can only imagine the dizzying amount of work it took to get some of these shots. Even close to 100 years later, the drama still feels very modern and relatable. I was completely invested in each of the characters, even though I never heard a word come out of any of their mouths. Maybe I'm just extremely late to the party on this one, and pardon my ignorance, but what a truly amazing movie. I have a new found respect for the earlier days of film.