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In honor of The Artist last night being the first silent film in 84 years to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, this seemed a good day to peek back at the last silent winner: Wings, best picture for 1927.
Starring Clara Bow,Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Richard Arlen, Wings is a fantantic epic of two ace fighter pilots from World War I, both in love with the same small-town girl. It is stunning at every level -- the dogfight and other flight scenes are amazing in themselves -- and loses none of its punch for lack of a soundtrack.
Check out this short clip from early in the story (and please excuse the annoying modern soundtrack somebody recorded onto this clip -- just put it on mute). The technology may be ancient, but the story and characters jump off the screen. Enjoy.....
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