Wings: Grandeur in the Sky

January. 24,2012

Rating：

7.4

Genre：

Documentary

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

A making-of featurette for the first Academy Award winning film "Wings" (1927), with plenty of rare photographs and the participation of William Wellman, Jr.

Ben Burtt as Self

A.C. Lyles as Self

William Wellman Jr. as Self

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