Wings
Directed by William A. Wellman, the silent film tells the story of two young men who are in love with the same girl, both become pilots fighting in the World War I.
7 September 1891, San Bernardino, California, USA
29 October 1878, Columbus, Ohio, USA
December 9, 1904 in Quincy, Illinois, USA
29 January 1902, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
17 February 1887, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
21 November 1899, South Pittsburg, Tennessee, USA
7 May 1901, Helena, Montana, USA
25 March 1890, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
29 February 1896, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
13 August 1904, Olathe, Kansas, USA
5 October 1874, New York City, New York, USA
May 25, 1902 in San Francisco, California, USA
16 March 1878, Shelby City, Alabama, USA
1 September 1899, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
August 8, 1877 in Frenchay, Gloucestershire, England, UK
4 June 1884, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
29 July 1905, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 May 1885, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
February 23, 2012
Still exciting aloft but terribly sentimental and cliché-ridden on the ground.
February 19, 2012
...the last of the grand studio epics of the silent film era.
February 01, 2014
A mixture of melodrama, sentimental romance and heavy-handed comedy, Wings was superbly choreographed with skilfully photographed stunt flying and aerial combat.
January 26, 2006
Long touted as a classic by cinema historians, and justifying almost every adjectival extravagance.
February 04, 2014
William Wellman's silent WW1 flying epic soars thrillingly while it's airborne, but on the ground it plods.
May 12, 2001
This feature gives one an unforgettable idea of the existence of these daring fighters.
February 19, 2008
There not being so much of Clara Bow in the picture, or a straining for her to turn on that 'it' personality, she gives an all around corking performance.
March 04, 2012
Not a very unique, nor an especially artistic production, for sure, but it is one heck of an outstanding picture.
December 12, 2006
It won the first Academy Award for best picture back in 1927, establishing a tradition of silliness that hasn't been broken to this day, but there is some thrilling flying footage and impressively expensive spectacle.
March 24, 2014
Wings comes from an era when it was okay to be heartbreakingly emotional at all times. The beats are more obvious, and the acting is more over-the-top, but it doesn't necessarily feel artificial.
February 17, 2015
It is, in fact, the masterpiece of war production.
