Director: William A. Wellman

Writers: John Monk Saunders; Hope Loring; Louis D. Lighton; Julian Johnson

Keywords: Drama, WWI, Aviation

Jack and David enter WWI as fighter pilots, both of them in love with Sylvia, their home town beauty queen. Another girl, Mary, fancies Jack. Superb aerial cinematography, particularly for 1927. Won the first Oscar for Best Picture, and another for Best Effects. Entered 1997 into the National Film Registry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Arlen	Actor	1-Sep-1898	28-Mar-1976	Island of Lost Souls
Clara Bow	Actor	29-Jul-1905	26-Sep-1965	Schizophrenic actress, Wings
El Brendel	Actor	25-Mar-1890	9-Apr-1964	Former vaudevillian, Wings
Gary Cooper	Actor	7-May-1901	14-May-1961	High Noon
Roscoe Karns	Actor	7-Sep-1891	6-Feb-1970	It Happened One Night
Jobyna Ralston	Actor	21-Nov-1899	22-Jan-1967	Wings
Buddy Rogers	Actor	13-Aug-1904	21-Apr-1999	With Mary Pickford in My Best Girl

CAST

Clara Bow	...   Mary Preston
Buddy Rogers	...   Jack Powell
Richard Arlen	...   David Armstrong
Jobyna Ralston	...   Sylvia Lewis
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El Brendel	...   Herman Schwimpf
Richard Tucker	...   Air Commander
Gary Cooper	...   White
Gunboat Smith	...   Sergeant
Henry B. Walthall	...   David's Father
Roscoe Karns	...   Lt. Cameron
Julia Swayne Gordon	...   David's Mother
Arlette Marchal	...   Celeste

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