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starring: Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, El Brendel, Thomas Carrigan, Margery Chapin
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300215481
Format: Black & White, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300215482
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: October 22, 1996
Running Time: 139 minutes
Sales Rank: 4641
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 2027
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Wings, the first movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and the only silent film to win, is still remarkably enjoyable to watch. The story is a fairly conventional one--two flyboys, both in love with the same girl, go off to fight World War I, and male bonding and heartbreak ensue. It's a perfectly serviceable plot, except for the key logical flaw that both young men have inexplicably fallen in love with the boring girl down the street and have somehow failed to notice that Clara Bow is the girl next door. Both male leads really flew their airplanes, and the dogfight footage is still spectacular. The main reason to watch Wings, though, is to see the difference between an actor and a movie star. There are many actors in the film, but only two movie stars. Clara Bow is a treat to watch every minute she's on screen, and young Gary Cooper in a tiny role nearly walks away with the movie, mostly by standing there and looking dreamy. It's well worth sitting through a little cheesy organ music for a movie this much fun. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - If only there were Clara Bows around nowadays ..
A film that hits just about every human emotion in the repertoire and
does so surprisingly well, although there is some overeagerness amongst the callow youth. The biggest surprise of all, however, is just how
enchanting Clara Bow is as the very sexy girl next door. While obviously men's tastes in women differ, it is still rather difficult to believe that Charles Rogers wasn't at least infatuated with his next door neighbor. Clara's personality is just as attractive as her looks. Watching ... Read More
Rating: - During the aerial dogfights....
one has to keep reminding oneself that this is REAL flying, not something pasted together to make it look like pilots of one-man planes are actually flying them. The ground really IS thousands of feet below, and Charles "Buddy" Rodgers and Richard Arlen--though they don't do all of the flying, do fly their own planes, and, unlike the director, Wellman, had never flown a plane before they started preparing for this movie!
Clara Bow, whom I had never seen before, is cute as a button, and it's ... Read More
Rating:  - This is where it all began.
This 1927 film is the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, thus beginning a new era of motion pictures. It was also the only silent film to have won this prestigious award.
I have wanted this DVD for a long time. It is hard to get and currently not available on DVD in this country. I've read other reviews that said how their copy was poor quality. However, the DVD that was given to me by a very dear friend is from Hong Kong and the quality is above average to excellent. ... Read More
Rating: - Off to a Good Start
Much note has already been made of the fact that "Wings" won the very first "Best Picture" Oscar. It's worth repeating since that, and the presence of Gary Cooper in a minor role were the reasons I chose to watch it. For the record, I thought I might have trouble picking out Cooper but he was the main focus on the screen in the brief time he appeared. Clara Bow was the main star in name and billing although hers was essentially a supporting role. Some may disagree with that but I felt the real strength ... Read More
Rating: - Talented Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Yes, I am a fan of Charles "Buddy" Rogers, the clean cut hero in the film who I first watched in "My Best Girl" (1927). He's charming and makes this movie shine.
Plus, the young Gary Cooper (is this his first movie ever?) and Clara Bow are in this too.
It's a wonderful silent movie, well done. No wonder it won the first Academy Award.
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