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The film is a powerful narrative encompassing a theme that many people can identify with.
Wings (1927)
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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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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Genre:Drama, Action, War, Romance
Written By:Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton
In Theaters:8/12/1927
Box Office:$3,600,000
Runtime:144 minutes
Studio:Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Cast
William A. Wellman
Director
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
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