Wings

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Wings is a 1927 silent World War I aviation film that became the first movie ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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instanceOf World War I film ⓘ
aviation film ⓘ
film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
academyAwardsCeremony 1st Academy Awards ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn original story by John Monk Saunders ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur L. Todd ⓘ
Harry Perry ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director William A. Wellman ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy E. Lloyd Sheldon ⓘ
Maurice Wright ⓘ
era late silent era ⓘ
featuresActor Gary Cooper ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
filmingTechnique extensive aerial cinematography ⓘ
genre romantic drama ⓘ
war ⓘ
hasGenre silent cinema ⓘ
hasIntertitlesLanguage English ⓘ
hasTheme friendship ⓘ
heroism in war ⓘ
romance ⓘ
mainSubject aviation ⓘ
fighter pilots ⓘ
musicBy J. S. Zamecnik ⓘ
notableFor first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
large-scale aerial battle sequences ⓘ
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ
producer Lucien Hubbard ⓘ
productionCompany Famous Players–Lasky ⓘ
releaseDate 1927-08-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1927 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 139 ⓘ
screenwriter Hope Loring ⓘ
Louis D. Lighton ⓘ
setIn Western Front ⓘ
settingPeriod World War I ⓘ
stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers ⓘ
Clara Bow ⓘ
Jobyna Ralston ⓘ
Richard Arlen ⓘ
storyBy John Monk Saunders ⓘ

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