eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4h452 WINGS souvenir program book 1927 Wellman Best Picture winner, sexy Clara Bow & Buddy Rogers! Date Sold 2/18/2018Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Movie Souvenir Program Book (measures 9" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]; 19 pages) (Learn More) Wings, the 1927 William A. Wellman silent/talking World War I (WWI) military airplane aviation romantic thriller melodrama ("To those young warriors of the sky whose wings are folded about them forever in this motion picture is reverently dedicated."; "Story by John Monk Saunders"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Arlette Marchal, Gary Cooper (in one of his first major roles!), Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel, Richard Tucker, and Roscoe Karns. Note that Arlette Marchal was a French actress who had some success in American silent films. She was fourth billed when this movie was first released in 1927, but likely she had great trouble speaking English, because when the movie had dialogue added in 1929, she was no longer billed at all! Also note that Clara Bow was the most famous "flapper girl" of the mid to late 1920s (she became known as "The It Girl" after the character she played based on the popular novel by Elinor Glyn). She had a major role in Wings, and was Paramount's biggest star at that time. But she had a notorious private life and seemingly "settled down" when she married cowboy star Rex Bell in 1931 (she had two children and she retired from movies), but sadly in 1949 she went into a mental institution after a failed suicide attempt (she had had psychiatric issues for quite some time) and she was released but never returned to her family, and lived alone until her death in 1965. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this wonderful program has full-color images throughout, including great ones of the top stars and top cast. Note that this program book is dated 1927, indicating it is from the first release of the movie, and note that the credits billing order at the front of the program has Gary Cooper fourth, but in the section at the back called "PERSONALITIES", he is fifth, after Jobyna Ralston and the top three stars. This is the best way for determining whether an item from this movie is from 1927, or from 1928 or 1929, because on the 1928 and 1929 items, Cooper has moved to fourth billing on the posters, and is given equal billing with the top three stars (reflecting his rise in popularity between 1927 and 1928). Also note that we have pictured the front cover and an interior 2-page spread from this program. You can use these images to determine the exact condition of it from our super-sized image, but realize that there are many other pages you are not seeing. Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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