Wings
The first Best Picture. Still soaring.
Two small-town rivals for the same girl become fighter pilots and best friends in the skies over WWI France. It won the first Academy Award for Best Picture.
Directed by William A. Wellman · Starring Clara Bow · Charles 'Buddy' Rogers · Richard Arlen · Gary Cooper
Why this film is free to watch
It was published in 1927. In the United States, films published in 1930 or earlier are now in the public domain, so they belong to everyone.
It is a silent film: the story is told in pictures and title cards. Haukley plays it as it was released, so some copies have a music track and some play in silence.
Learn more about it on Wikipedia.
