Wings (1927)

08/12/1927 (US) • 2h 24m

Drama, Action, War, Romance

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

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$3,600,000.00

Keywords

friendship

paris, france

love triangle

world war i

battlefield

aerial combat

dogfight

black and white

warfare

silent film

us military

1910s

fighter pilots

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