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Wings

  • 7.5 /10

  • 269

  • 93%

Plot

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.

Cast

Clara Bow as Mary Preston
Clara Bow

as Mary Preston

Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Jack Powell
Charles "Buddy" Rogers

as Jack Powell

Richard Arlen as David Armstrong
Richard Arlen

as David Armstrong

Jobyna Ralston as Sylvia Lewis
Jobyna Ralston

as Sylvia Lewis

El Brendel as Herman Schwimpf
El Brendel

as Herman Schwimpf

Richard Tucker as Air Commander
Richard Tucker

as Air Commander

Gary Cooper as Cadet White
Gary Cooper

as Cadet White

Gunboat Smith as The Sergeant
Gunboat Smith

as The Sergeant

Roscoe Karns as Lieutenant Cameron
Roscoe Karns

as Lieutenant Cameron

Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Armstrong
Julia Swayne Gordon

as Mrs. Armstrong

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • August 12, 1927

Production Companies

  • Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • No Language

Budget

  • $2,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $3,600,000.00

Runtime

  • 2.40 hrs

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Reviews

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 chan…