Mar 14th
Wings***
(US 1927)
A volunteer ambulance driver vies for the affections of a pilot who is in love with his rival's beau.
Thrillingly staged WWI airborne drama, the usual love triangle stuff (or in this case a menage-a-quartre), with innovative photography that looks modern even today, including original use of giant screens for projection of the flying scenes. As a prestige production it cannot be faulted, and wond the first Academy Award for Best Picture.
Written by: Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton.
Producer: B.P. Schulberg (and others).
Director: William Welman.
Starring: Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, Julia Swayne Gordon, Henry B. Walthall, Hedda Hopper.
Photography: Harry Perry.
Musical Accompaniment: Gaylord Carter (on organ).
+ 2012 restoration including sound effects and tinted gunshots
Wings***
(US 1927)
A volunteer ambulance driver vies for the affections of a pilot who is in love with his rival's beau.
Thrillingly staged WWI airborne drama, the usual love triangle stuff (or in this case a menage-a-quartre), with innovative photography that looks modern even today, including original use of giant screens for projection of the flying scenes. As a prestige production it cannot be faulted, and wond the first Academy Award for Best Picture.
Written by: Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton.
Producer: B.P. Schulberg (and others).
Director: William Welman.
Starring: Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, Julia Swayne Gordon, Henry B. Walthall, Hedda Hopper.
Photography: Harry Perry.
Musical Accompaniment: Gaylord Carter (on organ).
+ 2012 restoration including sound effects and tinted gunshots
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