friendship,paris, france,love triangle,world war i,battlefield,aerial combat,dogfight,black and white,warfare,silent film,us military,1910s,fighter pilots,preserved film

Wings (1927)

Poster for Wings

Youth, hitting the clouds! Laughing at danger! Fighting, loving, dodging death! That's "WINGS"

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
William A. Wellman
  • Profile picture of Clara Bow
    Mary Preston Clara Bow
  • Profile picture of Charles "Buddy" Rogers
    Jack Powell Charles "Buddy" Rogers
  • Profile picture of Richard Arlen
    David Armstrong Richard Arlen
  • Profile picture of Jobyna Ralston
    Sylvia Lewis Jobyna Ralston
  • Profile picture of El Brendel
    Herman Schwimpf El Brendel
  • Profile picture of Richard Tucker
    Air Commander Richard Tucker
  • Profile picture of Gary Cooper
    Cadet White Gary Cooper
  • Profile picture of Gunboat Smith
    The Sergeant Gunboat Smith

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Keywords

  • friendship
  • paris, france
  • love triangle
  • world war i
  • battlefield
  • aerial combat
  • dogfight
  • black and white
  • warfare
  • silent film
  • us military
  • 1910s
  • fighter pilots
  • preserved film