Talk:Wings (1927 film)

message: I was just watching an old episode of This Is Your Life with Jesse L. Lasky on it and it said this movie was from 1926. Which is it - 1926 or 1927?70.69.50.77 03:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 1927.  (JosephASpadaro 06:42, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All references list the film's release year as 1927, but it was not honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences until early 1929. Sallyrob (talk) 11:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

text:  Recording started 1926. Parrotistic (talk) 13:20, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: 1926 or 1927?

message: Although Wings has been shown on American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies, it has not been released on DVD.  With the publication of William Wellman Jr.'s book, there is growing pressure to release the film on home video.   Sallyrob (talk) 11:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither Wings nor Cavalcade have had an official *Region 1* release. Amazon.co.uk lists the Cavacade Region 2 DVD, but not one for Wings. Ttenchantr (talk) 23:40, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Home Video

message: It is one of the first films to feature a male-on-male kiss – a fraternal one 
Five years earlier, 
In the 1922 "Blood and Sand"
Valentino (as Juan Gallardo) kisses the character Zapaterin (or was it Chiripa?) who dies from being gored by a bull.
This and the mention of nudity seem to be more "cultural items" rather than "Production" - though I consider them important  - everyone seems to forget that people have always been human!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.39.144.40 (talk) 04:27, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Production

message: I think it should be mentioned that the 2001 movie "Pearl Harbor" was just a re-write of "Wings".  63.207.238.150 (talk) 09:25, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's noted, I'll look into it.Parrotistic (talk) 13:22, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Pure supposition, may not be worth it. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 14:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur with Bzuk. A quick search engine test does not reveal any kind of relationship. Erik (talk | contribs) 14:53, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The two movies have the same love triangle plot.  Two guys in love with the same girl, one dies in the other's arms after the planes crash land.  The scene with Clara Bow, the ambulance driver, in the village right before it is bombed, then taking cover from the bombing, then the two pilots taking off to shoot down enemy planes--this is copied in "Pearl Harbor" for the sneak bombing attack on Pearl.  The champagne scene is derived from Wings.  And so on.  69.236.143.238 (talk) 01:18, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey IP user, ever hear the prase "nothing new under the sun?" Just because they share common dramatic themes does not mean the later one is a "copy" of the old one. Jersey John (talk) 23:11, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Pearl Harbor" (2001) is a rip-off of "Wings" 

message: What is the date (or at least the year) that this film was rediscovered? Does anyone know? I think I saw a news article from the 1980s about this film being found, but I can't find this article again right now.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.210.87 (talk) 07:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Rediscovery 

message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_%28video_game%29
http://www.cinemaware.com/history/
''
The gameplay looks similar to the action sequences of the 1927 silent movie also called Wings. The story shown before each mission is, however, different from the plot of the movie''
more:
-before and after mission are silent movie text writings - same like in the movie
- 'the bad Hun' style in writing ;)
- name ;)
188.103.103.249 (talk) 22:51, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Wings (Amiga GBA)  a homage 

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message: Shouldn't this film have lapsed to the public domain decades ago?  Or if not, who owns the rights?  I trust this is valid information to add to the article.  For instance:
  In 1997, Wings was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as
  being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and the film was re-released to Cinemark theaters to
  coincide with the 85th Anniversary for a limited run in May 2012. The Academy Film Archive preserved Wings in 2002.
Wouldn't those preservation efforts have made the film public domain or do I not understand those processes?--Ivo talk / contribs (join Project Portugal) 13:21, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public Domain? 

message: It should be noted that, since the character names are not specified in either the opening or closing credits [other than for the four leading cast members, their form in the cast list is taken from various resources, primarily TCMDb and IMDb, as well as from personal viewing by editors. For the record, below is a reproduction of the form in which the credits are depicted:
       AParamount   Picture
Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky                       presentA LUCIEN HUBBARDPRODUCTIONWINGSDirected byWILLIAM A. WELLMANNB.P. SCHULBERG__ASSOCIATE PRODUCERCOPYRIGHT — MCMXXVIIPARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKY CORPORATIONADOLPH ZUKOR, PRESIDENT
             Story byJOHN MONK SAUNDERS       Screen play by     HOPE LORINGand LOUIS D. LIGHTON    Editor-in-chiefE. LLOYD SHELDON
  Photographed by  HARRY PERRY        Titles byJULIAN JOHNSON
                    THE PLAYERSMary Preston_ _ _ _ _ _ _Clara BowJack Powell_ _ _ _ _Charles RogersDavid Armstrong_ _Richard ArlenSylvia Lewis_ _ _ _ _Jobyna Ralston                               andEl Brendel        Richard Tucker        Gary CooperGunboat Smith       Henry B. Walthall       Roscoe KarnsJulia Swayne Gordon                              Arlette Marchal
The closing credits only depict "The End".    Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 18:27, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Character names are indicated in on-screen cast credits for only four members of the cast

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