[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 
Pictures. ... It went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Picture at the first 
annual .... Arlen was able to do his own flying in the film and Rogers, a non-pilot,
... [DOC] [TLE] William A. Wellman - Wikipedia [PAR] Beginning his film career as an actor, he went on to direct over 80 films, at times 
co-credited as producer and consultant. In 1927, Wellman directed Wings, which
... [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 ... 
Although best known for his sound films, William Wellman directed... [DOC] [TLE] 1927-28 Academy Awards Winners and History - Greatest Films [PAR] The greatest films The "Greatest" and the "Best" in Cinematic History ... endorsed 
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Academy Awards were born the same year that sound was born, and Warner 
Bros. ... William Wellman's and Paramount's Wings, was the official first winner of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Academy Awards Best Pictures - Milestones - Greatest Films [PAR] William A. Wellman ... the winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture (
titled as Outstanding Picture for the first two ... Picture), Unique and Artistic 
Production (the category was immediately dropped after its first year) ... the first 
sound film to win Best Picture; the first musical film to win Best Picture; the first 
Best Picture... [DOC] [TLE] 1949 Academy Awards Winners and History - Greatest Films [PAR] The greatest films The "Greatest" and the "Best" in Cinematic History ... This site is 
neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 
Sciences. ... [Wellman had directed another war film - Wings (1927/8), the first 
Best ... Best Supporting Actor and Best Sound Recording); the Best Director 
winning... [DOC] [TLE] My favorite movies - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] 1927 Wings Although best known for his sound films, William Wellman directed 
this 1st Best Picture winner. Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1927. Sunrise: a... [DOC] [TLE] All 87 Best Picture Oscar Winners Ranked - BuzzFeed [PAR] Feb 27, 2014 ... The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) ... Crash wields its message with a mallet's 
touch  every nominated movie ... Directed by: William A. Wellman ... Where to 
put Wings, the first movie ever to win Best Picture at the first-ever .... Jenkins, Gary 
Alexander, Larry Stensvold, and Peter Handford (Best Sound) [DOC] [TLE] First Academy Awards ceremony - May 16, 1929 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The first official Best Picture winner (and the only silent film to win Best Picture) 
was Wings, directed by William Wellman. The most expensive movie of its time,... [DOC] [TLE] Armchair Oscars - 1927-28 - ArmchairCinema.com ... [PAR] Metropolis (Directed by Fritz Lang) ... It was therefore disqualified although it was 
given a special Oscar. ... William Wellman's Wings, like The Jazz Singer, was 
also a technological ... the first Oscar to a German film but since they gave the first 
Best Actor award to a ... After its success in 1927, the film has had an uneasy time
. [DOC] [TLE] first awards - Kansas Silent Film Festival [PAR] A real labor of love for director and war veteran William Wellman, Wings had 
realistic ... Paramount/Famous Players Lasky's Chang (1927), an adventure film 
set in Siam that ... But it was Jannings who would win the first Best Actor award. 
.... years of his first directing job won an Academy Award for a lighthearted buddy 
film... [DOC] [TLE] The first Oscars: what happened in 1929 - The Telegraph [PAR] May 16, 2016 ... Emil Jannings was the first Best Actor and Janet Gaynor Best Actress. ... The first

Question: Although best known for his sound films, William Wellman directed this 1st Best Picture winner
Answer: Wings