Wings is a 1927 American silent and synchronized sound film known for winning the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Due to the general public's apathy towards silent films, the film was quickly re-released in 1928 with synchronized sound. While the sound version of the film has no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects.
Film poster
Bow as Mary Preston
Director William A. Wellman was an experienced airman himself
A Thomas-Morse MB-3 at Selfridge Field, one of the types of planes used in the film
Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the film It brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl". Bow came to personify the Roaring Twenties and is described as its leading sex symbol.
Bow in 1932
Bay Ridge High, in a 1920 postcard
"Fame and Fortune" contest form
Bow undercover in Down to the Sea in Ships, 1922