Wings is a 1927 silent movie about World War I fighter pilots Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Richard Arlen who vie for the attentions of (Jobyna Ralston). The film was the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called "Best Picture, Production") in 1929. It was also the only film to ever win the Academy Award for Engineering Effects. The film was written by John Monk Saunders (story), Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring, and was directed by William A. Wellman, with an original orchestral score by John Stephan Zamecnik (J S Zamecnik), which was uncredited.

It is the first known film to feature a male-on-male kiss.

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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1927 films | Aviation films | World War I films | Best Picture Academy Award winners | United States National Film Registry

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