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August 28, 2012 (XXV:1) William A. Wellman, WINGS (1927, 144 min) 1929 Academy Awards for Best Picture (Wellman) and Best Effects, Engineering Effects (Roy Pomeroy) 1997 Selected for National Film Registry Directed by William A. Wellman Based on a story by John Monk Saunders Screenplay by Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton Produced by B.P. Schulberg (associate producer) and Lucien Hubbard (producer, uncredited) Original Music by J.S. Zamecnik Cinematography by Harry Perry Film Editing by E. Lloyd Sheldon (editor-in-chief) and Lucien Arlette Marchal...Celeste Hubbard Hedda Hopper...Mrs. Powell Art Direction by Hans Dreier Carl von Haartman...German Officer Costume Design by Travis Banton and Edith Head Gloria Wellman...Peasant Child Conductor (2012 restored score): Peter Boyer William A. Wellman...Doughboy Arranger and orchestrator (2012 restoration): Dominik Hauser F.M. Andrews.... commander: military pilots William A. Wellman (February 29, S.C. Campbell....supervisor: flying sequences 1896, Brookline, Massachusetts – Sterling Campbell....technical director: flight sequences December 9, 1975, Los Angeles, James A. Healy.... supervisor: flying sequences California) directed 83 films, some of A.M. Jones.... supervisor: ground troop maneuvers which are 1958 Lafayette Escadrille, E.P. Ketchum.... supervisor: trench system reproduction 1958 Darby's Rangers, 1955 Blood F.P. Lahm.... commander: military pilots Alley, 1954 Track of the Cat, 1954 The Robert Mortimer.... ordnance supervisor High and the Mighty, 1953 Island in the Ted Parson.... supervisor: flying sequences Sky, 1952 My Man and I, 1951 Carl von Haartman.... supervisor: flying sequences Westward the Women, 1951 It's a Big Country, 1951 Across the Wide Clara Bow...Mary Preston Missouri, 1950 The Next Voice You Charles 'Buddy' Rogers...Jack Powell Hear..., 1949 Battleground, 1948 Yellow Sky, 1948 The Iron Curtain, Richard Arlen...David Armstrong 1947 Magic Town, 1946 Gallant Journey, 1945 Story of G.I. Joe, Jobyna Ralston...Sylvia Lewis 1945 This Man's Navy, 1944 Buffalo Bill, 1943 The Ox-Bow Incident, El Brendel...Herman Schwimpf 1942 Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air], 1942 Roxie Hart, 1939 The Richard Tucker...Air Commander Light That Failed, 1939 Beau Geste, 1938 Men with Wings, 1937 A Gary Cooper...Cadet White Star Is Born, 1936 The Robin Hood of El Dorado, 1935 The Call of Gunboat Smith...The Sergeant the Wild, 1934 The President Vanishes, 1934 Stingaree, 1934 Viva Henry B. Walthall... David's Father Villa!, 1933 Wild Boys of the Road, 1933 Midnight Mary, 1932 The Roscoe Karns...Lt. Cameron Conquerors, 1932 So Big!, 1931 Night Nurse, 1931 The Public Julia Swayne Gordon… David's Mother Enemy, 1931 Other Men's Women, 1930 Young Eagles, 1929 The Wellman—WINGS—2 Man I Love, 1928 Beggars of Life, 1928 Ladies of the Mob, 1928 The The Sins of Rosanne. Legion of the Condemned, 1927 Wings, 1926 The Cat's Pajamas, 1926 The Boob, 1924 The Vagabond Trail, 1924 Not a Drum Was Clara Bow… Mary Preston Heard, 1923 Cupid's Fireman, 1923 Big Dan, 1923 Second Hand (b. July 29, 1905, Brooklyn, Love, 1923 The Man Who Won, and 1920 The Twins of Suffering New York – September 27, Creek. He won a Best Writing Oscar for A Star is Born (1937). 1965, West Los Angeles, California) appeared in 55 John Monk Saunders (November 22, 1895, Hinckley, Minnesota – films, some of which were 1933 March 11, 1940, Ft. Myers, Florida) won a best writing, original story Hoop-La, 1932 Call Her Oscar for The Dawn Patrol (1930). Some of his other film credits are Savage, 1931 No Limit, 1930 1938 The Hidden Menace, 1938 A Yank at Oxford, 1936 Conquest of Her Wedding Night, 1930 Love the Air, 1935 I Found Stella Parish, 1935 West Point of the Air, 1935 Among the Millionaires, 1930 Devil Dogs of the Air, 1933 Ace of Aces, 1933 The Eagle and the True to the Navy, 1929 Hawk, 1931 The Last Flight, 1931 The Finger Points, 1930 The Dangerous Curves, 1929 The Dawn Patrol, 1928 The Docks of New York, 1928 The Legion of the Wild Party, 1928 The Fleet's In, Condemned, and 1927 Wings. 1928 Ladies of the Mob, 1928 Red Hair, 1927 Hula, 1927 B.P. Schulberg (b. Benjamin Percival Schulberg, January 19, 1892, Wings, 1927 Rough House Rosie, 1927 Children of Divorce, 1927 It, Bridgeport, Connecticut – February 25, 1957, Key Biscayne, Florida) 1926 Kid Boots, 1926 Mantrap, 1926 Dancing Mothers, 1926 Two was producer or associate producer for 108 films, some of which Can Play, 1925 My Lady of Whims, 1925 The Ancient Mariner, 1925 were 1943 City Without Men, 1942 Flight Lieutenant, 1942 The The Plastic Age, 1925 Free to Love, 1925 The Primrose Path, 1925 Adventures of Martin Eden, 1941 Bedtime Story, 1937 Blossoms on Kiss Me Again, 1925 Parisian Love, 1925 My Lady's Lips, 1925 The Broadway, 1937 She's No Lady, 1937 The Great Gambini, 1937 Her Lawful Cheater, 1925 The Adventurous Sex, 1925 Capital Husband Lies, 1937 John Meade's Woman, 1937 A Doctor's Diary, Punishment, 1924 Helen's Babies, 1924 Daughters of Pleasure, 1924 1936 Meet Nero Wolfe, 1936 Counterfeit, 1935 Crime and Grit, 1923 Black Oxen, 1923 Maytime, 1923 The Daring Years, 1922 Punishment, 1934 Little Miss Marker, 1934 Thirty Day Princess, Down to the Sea in Ships, and 1922 Beyond the Rainbow. 1933 Jennie Gerhardt, 1933 The Crime of the Century, 1932 Million Dollar Legs, 1930 The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, 1929 The Charles 'Buddy' Rogers… Jack Powell (August 13, 1904, Olathe, Virginian, 1928 Abie's Irish Rose, 1928 The Last Command, 1927 Kansas – April 21, 1999, Rancho Mirage, California) appeared in 40 The Rough Riders, 1927 Underworld, 1927 Barbed Wire, 1927 films, including 1957 The Parson and the Outlaw, 1948 An Innocent Fireman, Save My Child, 1927 Wings, 1927 Special Delivery, 1926 Affair, 1942 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost, 1942 Mexican Spitfire at Man of the Forest, 1926 Old Ironsides, 1926 We're in the Navy Now, Sea, 1941 Mexican Spitfire's Baby, 1938 Let's Make a Night of It, 1925 Parisian Love, 1925 My Lady's Lips, 1925 The Lawful Cheater, 1935 Old Man Rhythm, 1933 Take a Chance, 1932 This Reckless 1925 Faint Perfume, 1925 The Boomerang, 1925 The Mansion of Age, 1931 Working Girls, 1931 The Road to Reno, 1930 Heads Up, Aching Hearts, 1925 Capital Punishment, 1924 White Man, and 1921 1930 Young Eagles, 1929 Illusion, 1929 Close Harmony, 1928 Red Get Your Man. Lips, 1928 Varsity, 1928 Abie's Irish Rose, 1927 Get Your Man, 1927 My Best Girl, 1927 Wings, 1926 So's Your Old Man, 1926 More Pay Lucien Hubbard (December 22, 1888, Fort Thomas, Kentucky – - Less Work, and 1926 Fascinating Youth. December 31, 1971, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California) has 59 producer credits, some of which are 1940 Street of Memories, 1940 Richard Arlen… David Armstrong (b. Sylvanus Richard Van Youth Will Be Served, 1940 The Bride Wore Crutches, 1939 Nick Mattimore, September 1, 1899, St. Paul, Minnesota – March 28, Carter, Master Detective, 1939 6,000 Enemies, 1938 The Texans, 1976, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) has 177 acting 1937 Ebb Tide, 1937 Song of the City, 1937 Under Cover of Night, credits, some of which are 1977 A Whale of a Tale, 1976 Won Ton 1936 Sinner Take All, 1936 The Longest Night, 1936 Speed, 1936 Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood, 1975 The Sky's the Limit, 1968 Moonlight Murder, 1935 Here Comes the Band, 1935 Public Hero Buckskin, 1967 Fort Utah, 1967 The Road to Nashville, 1967 Red #1, 1935 Shadow of Doubt, 1934 Straight Is the Way, 1934 You Can't Tomahawk, 1966 Waco, 1966 Johnny Reno, 1965 Apache Uprising, Buy Everything, 1927 The Rough Riders, and 1927 Wings. 1965 Black Spurs, 1965 Young Fury, 1964 The Shepherd of the Hills, 1964 The Best Man, 1964 Law of the Lawless, 1964 Sex and the Harry Perry (May 2, 1888 – February 9, 1985, Woodland Hills, Los College Girl, 1963 The Young and the Brave, 1959-1961 “Lawman”, Angeles, California) was cinematographer for 28 films: 1930 Hell's 1961 “Michael Shayne”, 1961 “Lock Up”, 1959-1961 “Bat Angels, 1927 Now We're in the Air, 1927 Wings, 1925 The Midnight Masterson”, 1960 “Whirlybirds”, 1959 Warlock, 1959 “Wanted: Flyer, 1925 The Vanishing American, 1925 Go Straight, 1925 The Dead or Alive”, 1956-1957 “Crossroads”, 1957 “Playhouse 90”, 1956 Mansion of Aching Hearts, 1925 Flattery, 1924 The Breath of The Mountain, 1956 Hidden Guns, 1955 “The Whistler”, 1955 “The Scandal, 1924 The Fighting American, 1923 The Broken Wing, 1923 Loretta Young Show”, 1953 Sabre Jet, 1952 Flaming Feather, 1951 April Showers, 1923 The Virginian, 1923 The Girl Who Came Back, Silver City, 1949 Grand Canyon, 1947 Buffalo Bill Rides Again, 1945 1923 Are You a Failure?, 1922 Shadows, 1922 Borderland, 1922 If The Phantom Speaks, 1944 That's My Baby!, 1944 The Lady and the You Believe It, It's So, 1922 The Ordeal, 1922 The Crimson Monster, 1943 Submarine Alert, 1943 Aerial Gunner, 1942 Torpedo Challenge, 1921 A Prince There Was, 1921 Cappy Ricks, 1921 The Boat, 1941 Raiders of the Desert, 1941 Forced Landing, 1941 Power Conquest of Canaan, 1921 White and Unmarried, 1921 The City of Dive, 1941 Mutiny in the Arctic, 1940 Black Diamonds, 1940 Hot Silent Men, 1921 The Faith Healer, 1921 The Easy Road, and 1920 Steel, 1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk, 1939 Missing Daughters, 1938 Wellman—WINGS—3 Call of the Yukon, 1937 Secret Valley, 1936 The Mine with the Iron Playhouse”, 1942 Reap the Wild Wind, 1941 Life with Henry, 1940 Door, 1935 Helldorado, 1934 Ready for Love, 1934 Come On, Cross-Country Romance, 1940 Queen of the Mob, 1939 Laugh It Off, Marines!, 1933 Alice in Wonderland, 1933 Hell and High Water, 1939 That's Right - You're Wrong, 1939 The Women,