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This great Region Free (will play in all countries) DVD is BRAND NEW! This 1927 silent screen B&W motion picture classic is titled... WINGS It runs approx. 139 minutes long with an ORGAN MUSIC SCORE! Director: William A. Wellman Wings, the first movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and the only silent film to win, is a grand-scale WWI spectacular, the likes of which has never been duplicated, not even by more expensive efforts like Hell's Angels (1930) and The Blue Max (1965). It's about two World War I aviators (Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen) and the aerial "dogfight" sequences are amazing! Twenty-eight-year-old director William Wellman, himself a wartime aviator, was fortunate enough to have the full cooperation of the US War department at his disposal. Brilliantly handled though the aerial scenes may be, they are matched by the Earthbound combat sequences, including the now-famous shot of a long trench caving in on hundreds of unfortunate doughboys. The storyline is as follows: Jack Powell (Rogers) and David Armstrong (Arlen) hate each other during basic training, grow to like each other, and fall out again while competing for the affections of Sylvia Lewis (Ralston). Mary Preston (Clara Bow) sacrifices her own nursing career to save a drunken Powell from disgrace, Powell goes on a rampage when he believes his pal Armstrong has been killed, inadvertently shoots down Armstrong while decimating the German air corps, and is finally reunited with the nurse. Wrapped up in nurse's garb throughout most of the film, the ebullient Clara Bow is permitted a sequence in which, disguised as a Parisian floozie while trying to rescue a revelling Rogers, she displays a great deal of epidermis. One of the film's chief claims to fame is its "introduction" of Gary Cooper (who'd actually been in films since the early 1920s), in a brief but crucial role as veteran flyer with a cheerily fatalistic attitude. The film contains some of the best flying sequences ever captured on celluloid. CAST: Clara Bow - Mary Preston Charles "Buddy" Rogers - John "Jack" Powell Richard Arlen - David Armstrong Jobyna Ralston - Sylvia Lewis Gary Cooper - Cadet White El Brendel - Patrick O'Brien Arlette Marchal - Celeste Richard Tucker - Air Commander "Gunboat" Smith - Sergeant Julia Swayne Gordon - David's mother George Irving - Mr. Powell Hedda Hopper - Mrs. Powell This silent film has aged well and soars through the skies for over two hours of action and romantic drama. Ace William "Wild Bill" Wellman helmed this great silent about two young men who can't wait to fly through the skies and the Great War which gives them their chance to live their romantic dreams. Wellman's filming of combat in the clouds is still as fresh and exciting as it was when it won the first Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Effects. Clara Bow shines with great energy and charisma as the young sweet Mary Preston. Her "girl next door" portrayel of an American girl longing for the love of Jack Powell (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) is endearing. Another often forgotten element is the performance of Jobyna Ralston as the lovely rich girl, Sylvia, both Jack and David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) are in love with. Mary will join the Women's Motor Core and cross paths with her true love. David and Jack will become closer than brothers, one making the ultimate sacrifice and allowing his friend to go on with his life free of guilt. It is the story which is the star here, rather than the actors. Gary Cooper does, however, exude star power in his brief time as the veteran flyer welcoming the two new recruits with a sobering reminder of war. Wellman's famous scenes of open-air planes soaring into battle like graceful wings carrying danger and death are unforgettable. The fact that the two actors actually flew their own planes as this breathtaking footage was shot is astounding. The battles are real and deadly, Wellman showing there was honor in the skies as well as danger. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of director Wellman here is despite the tragedy and danger clearly shown, he still manages to convey the more romantic aspects of war, or at the very least the romantic notions of it. One of the great films of the silent era, "Wings" does not disappoint. An entertaining film which stands on its own, it is also an historical bridge between an innocence which was soon to pass into those cloud filled skies and never return. This high quality DVD is "All Region" so it will play Anywhere in the USA and the World! The dvd comes in a standard dvd plastic snap case with the colorful artwork as shown. This is an ENGLISH language silent motion picture with inter-title cards and NO FOREIGN SUBTITLES. All digital masters are actual archival 16mm or 35mm film elements. You may buy with confidence from VintageFilmBuff. Please read the item listing carefully as we try to honestly describe everything and ask any questions you may have before you buy. We ship dvds for FREE twice a week via the USPS Mail within the USA. We ship WorldWide and dvds go via First Class International Mail... $3.95 to Canada, $4.95 to UK/Europe, or $5.95 to Australia/NZ/Japan. We can Priority International mail up to FOUR DVDs together for only $11.00. |
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