Wings

1927 film by William A. Wellman, Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast
Movie film Q272036
Wings
Paramount Famouse Lasky Corp. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Wings

Summary

Wings is a film[1]. Wings ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wings received the Academy Award for Best Picture[3].
  • Wings received the Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects[4].
  • Wings's video is recorded as Wings (1927).webm[5].
  • Wings's image is recorded as Wings (1927) poster.jpg[6].
  • Wings's instance of is recorded as film[7].
  • Wings's director is recorded as William A. Wellman[8].
  • Wings's director is recorded as Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast[9].
  • Wings's screenwriter is recorded as Julian Johnson[10].
  • Wings's screenwriter is recorded as Hope Loring[11].
  • Wings's screenwriter is recorded as Louis D. Lighton[12].
  • Wings's composer is recorded as John Stepan Zamecnik[13].
  • Wings's genre is recorded as war film[14].
  • Wings's genre is recorded as romance film[15].
  • Wings's genre is recorded as drama film[16].
  • Wings's genre is recorded as silent film[17].
  • Wings's genre is recorded as action film[18].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Gary Cooper[19].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Clara Bow[20].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Richard Arlen[21].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Charles Rogers[22].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Richard Tucker[23].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Henry B. Walthall[24].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Julia Swayne Gordon[25].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Charles Barton[26].
  • Wings's cast member is recorded as Thomas Carrigan[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Otto Hermann Kahn[28], B. P. Schulberg[29], Adolph Zukor[30], Jesse Louis Lasky[31], Lucien Hubbard[32], and Kevin Brownlow[33]. Directors include William A. Wellman[8] and Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast[9]. Screenwriters include Julian Johnson[10], Hope Loring[11], and Louis D. Lighton[12]. Cast members include Gary Cooper[19], Clara Bow[20], Richard Arlen[21], Charles Rogers[22], Richard Tucker[23], and Henry B. Walthall[24].

Publication

Publication dates include +1927-01-01T00:00:00Z[34], +1929-01-10T00:00:00Z[35], +1927-05-19T00:00:00Z[36], +1927-08-12T00:00:00Z[37], and +1929-01-05T00:00:00Z[38]. Wings's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[39]. Genres include war film[14], romance film[15], drama film[16], silent film[17], and action film[18]. Wings's part of is recorded as National Film Registry[40].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include aviation[41] and World War I[42].

Reception

Awards received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], an award for best film[43], in United States[44], founded in 1929[45] and Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects[4], an Academy Awards[46]. Reviews include 7.6/10[47], 78/100[48], and 94%[49].

Why It Matters

Wings ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month).[2] Wings has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Wings is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

What awards did Wings receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3] and Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  30. [3] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [4] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [40] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [39] . wikidata.org.
  34. [47] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [48] . wikidata.org.
  36. [49] . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] . wikidata.org.
  38. [35] . wikidata.org.
  39. [36] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [37] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [38] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [41] . wikidata.org.
  43. [42] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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