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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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I film
aviation film
film
silent film
war film
academyAwardsCeremony 1st Academy Awards
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
surface form: Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects

Academy Award for Best Picture
basedOn original story by John Monk Saunders
cinematographyBy Arthur L. Todd NERFINISHED
Harry Perry
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director William A. Wellman NERFINISHED
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 Corporation
surface form: 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
surface form: Charles "Buddy" Rogers

Clara Bow
Jobyna Ralston
Richard Arlen
storyBy John Monk Saunders

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