[DOC] [TLE] Wings: The First Best Picture Oscar Winner  Fikkle Fame [PAR] Jul 12, 2014 ... Wings was the only silent movie to win the Best Picture Oscar until The Artist ... 
this first Oscar winner, about WWI, was a veteran of aerial combat ... for his sound 
films, William Wellman directed this 1st Best Picture winner. [DOC] [TLE] Wings (1927 film) - Wikipedia [PAR] Wings is a 1927 American silent war film set during the First World War produced 
by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount 
... It went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Picture at the first annual .... 
was the only director in Hollywood at the time who had World War I combat pilot... [DOC] [TLE] William A. Wellman - Wikipedia [PAR] William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896  December 9, 1975) was an 
American film ... In 1927, Wellman directed Wings, which became the first film to 
win an .... during World War I that was highlighted by air combat and flight 
sequences. ... he coaxed Oscar-nominated performances from seven actors: 
Fredric March... [DOC] [TLE] The Dawn Patrol Reviews & Ratings - IMDb [PAR] He also wrote Wings, the first Academy award winner, Legion of the Condemned, 
... They are involved in WWI and are ace pilots and best of friends. ... Terrific war 
film starring Richard Barthelmess as a veteran British pilot in France ... Although 
William Wellman is the Hollywood director most associated with air films, not... [DOC] [TLE] Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air Reviews & Ratings - IMDb [PAR] ... by famed English actress, Dame May Whitty, on the loss of her son in combat. 
... Overall, a very enjoyable movie if the viewer is interested in WWII aviation .... 
William A. Wellman, a veteran of WW1's Lafayette Escadrille who would go on to 
... on such high-flying adventures as 1927's "Wings" (the first Oscar winner for 
Best... [DOC] [TLE] Wings - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes [PAR] Jan 13, 2012 ... I just saw WINGS, the first film to win the Oscar for best picture in 1928. ... one rich 
and one poor, in love with the same women enlist in the Army air corp in WWI. ... 
The movie was directed by William Wellman who was a WWI combat pilot himself 
so I .... Directed by William Wellman, himself a WWI veteran. [DOC] [TLE] Wings - Moviediva [PAR] Wings (1927) Directed by William A. Wellman. ... Layfayette Flying Corps veteran 
Wellman bolted cameras on the noses of ... pals are in love with the same girl (
but not red-hot honey Clara Bow) in Oscar's first "Best Picture. ... Wings is a rip-
snorting adventure movie, the best ever made about aerial combat in The Great 
War. [DOC] [TLE] The First Best Picture | Birth.Movies.Death. [PAR] Jan 26, 2015 ... Besting Oscar ... Director William Wellman was in real life a fighter pilot in World 
War I, and his eye ... which employed hundreds of extras on the ground as well 
as the air. ... The 30-year-old combat veteran-turned-director never misses a ... 
and a century of men looked to movie heroes to define themselves,... [DOC] [TLE] Academy To Screen First Best Pic Winner 'Wings' For Paramount's ... [PAR] Dec 2, 2011 ... It also was the only silent film to win the Best Picture Oscar, something ... Sumner 
played at his first theatre, probably sued Paramount for price fixing, this is Great! 
... WINGS broke ground with its realistic depiction of aerial combat in WWI. 
Director William Wellman was a veteran fighter pilot from that war and... [DOC] [TLE] Wings (1927) - Rotten Tomatoes [PAR] Critic Consensus: Subsequent war epics may have borrowed heavily from the 
original Best ... Wings, the first feature film to win an Academy Award, tends to 
disappoint a ... the aerial scenes may be, they are matched by the Earthbound 
combat .... William Wellman's silent WW1 flying epic soars thrillingly while it's 
airborne,... [DOC] [TLE] Silent

Question: William Wellman, who directed this first Oscar winner, about WWI, was a veteran of aerial combat
Answer: Wings