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Auction History Result 5r1848 WINGS candid 7.5x9.5 still 1927 William Wellman with No Air Battle Today sign by Otto Dyar! Date Sold 12/21/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" [19 x 24 cm] Movie Still (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. Important Added Info: Note that this great candid still, which has been trimmed and now measures 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" [19 x 24 cm], has a stamp on the back for Paramount photographer Otto Dyar. The snipe on the back explains that director Wellman only wanted to film the airplane scenes when there were clouds in the sky (likely to prove that they were really filming on location), and that when the clouds were "too high", he would exhibit this sign, so that the actors knew they would not be flying that day! Condition: very good. All the blank borders were very neatly partially trimmed. Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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