Wings (film)
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Wings is a 1927 silent movie about World War I fighter pilots Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen who vie for the attentions of (Jobyna Ralston). The film was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") in 1929. It was also the only film to ever win the Academy Award for Engineering Effects. The film was written by John Monk Saunders (story), Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring, and was directed by William A. Wellman, with an original orchestral score by John Stephan Zamecnik (J S Zamecnik), which was uncredited.
It is the first known film to feature a male-on-male kiss.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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1927–28: Wings, Sunrise |
1928–29: The Broadway Melody |
1929–30: All Quiet on the Western Front |
1930–31: Cimarron |
1931–32: Grand Hotel |
1932–33: Cavalcade |
1934: It Happened One Night |
1935: Mutiny on the Bounty |
1936: The Great Ziegfeld |
1937: The Life of Emile Zola |
1938: You Can't Take It with You |
1939: Gone with the Wind |
1940: Rebecca
†From 1927–1933, the Academy Awards did not follow a calendar year. [Complete List] | [ Winners (1941–1960)] | [ Winners (1961–1980)] | [ Winners (1981–2000)] | [ Winners (2001– )]
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