Winner '27–'28: First Saw It:		Wings February 26, 2005, at the Film Forum in New York, NY
		Bridesmaids:		7th Heaven, The Racket
		My Vote:		7th Heaven, but Wings is a fully satisfying choice
		Overlooked:		Sunrise, The Last Command, Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

Wings
First screened in February 2005 / Most recently screened in June 2008

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Director: William Wellman. Cast: Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Gary Cooper, Richard Tucker, Henry B. Walthall, Julia Swayne Gordon, Roscoe Karns, Arlette Marchal, Hedda Hopper. Screenplay: Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton.

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Twitter Capsule: Exciting aerial combat and effusive male friendship welcome on their own. Especially piquant at hinge of silents into sound.

VOR: ⑤  Long-ago proof that galvanizing action spectacles could also cater richly to feeling, even if the framework is soap-operatic.

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Photo © 1927 Paramount Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Picture
★	Best Engineering Effects

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