We remember the silent film classic that won Best Picture on the very first Oscar night: It soared and roared with movie magic unlike anything America had ever seen.
Paramount's 1927 World War I epic "Wings" had the usual aerial duels . . . and then came the unusual - the patina of reality.
Director William Wellman wanted it right because he was a fighter pilot in WWI. As a B-movie director after the war, he was an unlikely choice to helm the studio's big picture of that year.
Studio boss Jesse Lasky asked why Wellman thought he could do the job: "My father said, 'My war record does,'" said Wellman Jr. "'And I'll make you the best damn picture this studio's ever made.' And I think he did."
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