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Wings

1927 film by William A. Wellman, Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast
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Wings
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Summary

Wings is a film[1]. Wings ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,673 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects[4]
  • Director: William A. Wellman[5], Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast[6]
  • Screenwriter: Julian Johnson[7], Hope Loring[8], Louis D. Lighton[9]
  • Composer: John Stepan Zamecnik[10]
  • Genre: war film[11], romance film[12], drama film[13], silent film[14], action film[15]
  • Cast member: Gary Cooper[16], Clara Bow[17], Richard Arlen[18], Charles Rogers[19], Richard Tucker[20], Henry B. Walthall[21], Julia Swayne Gordon[22], Charles Barton[23], Thomas Carrigan[24], William Hickey[25], Hedda Hopper[26], Arlette Marchal[27], George Irving[28], Jobyna Ralston[29]
  • Producer: Otto Hermann Kahn[30], B. P. Schulberg[31], Adolph Zukor[32], Jesse Louis Lasky[33], Lucien Hubbard[34], Kevin Brownlow[35]
  • Production company: Paramount Pictures[36]
  • Director of photography: Harry Perry[37]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[38]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[39]
  • Commons category: Wings (film)[40]
  • Distribution format: theatrical release[41], DVD[42], video on demand[43]
  • Review score: 7.6/10[44], 78/100[45], 94%[46]
  • Color: black-and-white[47]
  • Country of origin: United States[48]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1927[49], January 10, 1929[50], May 19, 1927[51], August 12, 1927[52], January 5, 1929[53]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[54], Netflix[55]
  • Narrative location: France[56], Paris[57], United States[58]
  • Main subject: aviation[59], World War I[60], aviation in World War I[61]
  • Film editor: E. Lloyd Sheldon[62]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[63]

Why It Matters

Wings has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Wings is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

FAQs

What awards did Wings receive?

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

Related Entities

Adolph Zukor Clara Bow DVD film Gary Cooper Hedda Hopper Netflix United States William A. Wellman

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  49. [51] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  61. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → France, Paris, United States
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58181|batch #58181]]: Deprecate incorrect cast member statements"
  2. 5w ago · Schemathings · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → France, Paris, United States
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Narrative location: France, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788660852619"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 18578
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  4. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War I, 20th century, 1910s
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Set in period: 1910s, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787711214834"
  5. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 19447
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  6. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War I, 20th century, 1910s
    P14724 → 8275555
    Main subject → aviation, World War I, aviation in World War I
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Main subject: aviation in World War I, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786863416549"
  7. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 47605
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  8. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → wings
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: wings, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295965270|Wings (#295965270)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema ritrovato film ID"
  9. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Hans Dreier
    Publication date → +1927-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1929-01-10T00:00:00Z, +1927-05-19T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Julian Johnson, Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton
    Part of → National Film Registry
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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