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Review - Wings (1927)
Delorted - wrote on 10/20/2007
In 1917, Jack Powell (Buddy Rogers) and David Armstrong (Richard Arlen) are both in love with Sylvia Lewis (Jobyna Ralston). Little does Jack know, however, that not only does Sylvia love David, but his next door neighbor Mary Preston (Clara Bow) is deeply in love with him. When World War I makes its way to America, the two boys join the U.S. Air Force, leaving the girls behind. Mary decides the only way she can be with Jack is to join the Women’s Motor Corp. The three learn of friendship and true love in the first Best Picture winning film.
“Wings” is not only an historical film for being the first to win the now-coveted gold statue, but it is also has one of the best told stories of the silent film era. The story glides along as smoothly as, well, an airplane. The characters …
