Wings( 1927)

TV-MADramaActionWarRomance

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Clara Bow
Mary Preston
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Jack Powell
Richard Arlen
David Armstrong
Jobyna Ralston
Sylvia Lewis
El Brendel
Herman Schwimpf
Richard Tucker
Air Commander
Gary Cooper
Cadet White
Gunboat Smith
The Sergeant
Henry B. Walthall
Mr. Armstrong
Roscoe Karns
Lieutenant Cameron
Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Armstrong
Arlette Marchal
Celeste
Nigel De Brulier
Peasant (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
George Irving
Mr. Powell (uncredited)
William A. Wellman
Doughboy (uncredited)
Charles Barton
Soldier Flirting with Mary (uncredited)
Thomas Carr
Aviator (uncredited)
Thomas Carrigan
(uncredited)
Margery Chapin
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Andy Clark
(uncredited)
Douglas Haig
(uncredited)
William Hickey
Charlton Blanchard (uncredited)
Jane Laurell
(uncredited)
Robert Livingston
Recruit in Examination Office (uncredited)
James Pierce
Army MP (uncredited)
Evelyn Selbie
Dressing Room Attendant (uncredited)
Frank Tomick
(uncredited)
Carl von Haartman
German Officer (uncredited)
Gloria Wellman
Peasant Child (uncredited)
Percy Williams
Armstrong Butler (uncredited)
Zalla Zarana
(uncredited)
Rod Rogers
Aviator

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 18 2023

OK, so the initial story is all a bit of well trammelled soap. "Jack" (Buddy Rogers) and "David" (Richard Arlen) come from different sides of the streets - but they both fall in love with "Sylvia" (Jobyna Ralston). She probably prefers the latter, wealthier man, but plays both along whilst the former's neighbour "Mary" is deeply enamoured with him even if her affections go unreturned. Things change tack rather, though, when the US Army Air Service needs their flying skills during the Great war in France so off they go to face the legendary fighter aces of the Bosch. There's no love lost between...