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It's been a long time coming for Paramount to bring WINGS to DVD, but it was worth the wait. It's great to see this landmark film as it was meant to be seen and heard. I say "heard" because silent films were rarely watched in silence. Large city theaters had full orchestras to play either composed or composed music for a big film like Wings. Somewhat smaller theaters have a theater organ. The theater organ is very different from the church organ and can produce very realistic sound effects. Neighboring theaters have either a piano or organ, and the accompanist can compose the score on the go, using a personal repertoire of musical motifs appropriate to the plot. Therefore, the experience of watching a silent film varied depending on the music provided. This DVD release features both an orchestral and organ score. Both are excellent. Look at both and you will notice the difference. Clara Bow is number one in WINGS, although her character is hardly necessary to the plot. She was Paramount's biggest star at the time, and Wings was her "big picture" in 1927. However, she brings real charm to the role and her scenes are unforgettable. The code of filmmaking wasn't a fact of life just yet, and Bowes fans, who were watching closely, got a glimpse of her topless appearance. Of course, no one could have foreseen the day in 1927 when a DVD player's pause button would allow viewers to enjoy Miss Bow's beauty in peace and quiet. While both were excellent actors, neither had acted in a big budget film before and would not act again. And then there's a cameo role played by a promising young actor named Gary Cooper. He gets a little over a minute of screen time, but that's the minute a star is born. The true stars of Wings are the airplanes. Director William Wellman and screenwriter John Monk Saunders were World War I pilots and brought their military experience and love of airplanes to the film. And they couldn't have done it without the help of the US Army. (There was no separate Air Force at the time.) Much of the filming was filmed near Fort Sam Houston and Kelly Field in Texas, with an infantry battlefield established in the area. Army pilots took part in most of the action scenes, although Hollywood stunt pilots performed the stunts. And they crashed a lot of planes. These were not the miniature models used in earlier dogfight films, the rear projection effects used in lower budget films, or the CGI effects that would be used today. These were real pilots crashing real airplanes at great risk to life and limb, not to mention great expense. Even the stars took part in the action scenes. Arlen served with the Royal Canadian Flying Corps although he did not see combat. Rogers learned to fly despite being terribly ill. Cinematographer Harry Perry came up with the idea of mounting motorized cameras (most cameras were moved manually at the time) on airplane fuselages so pilots could be filmed with either the sky or the ground behind them. So in many scenes, the actors control the planes, control the cameras, and act simultaneously. The result is amazing. Wings has earned the Academy Award for Best Production since the Best Picture category became popular in 1928. They also won an engineering prize, as special effects were called at the time. Several shots, both from the ground and from the air, give an idea of how large Gotha was compared to single-engine aircraft of the time. Even seeing Gota in a museum is nothing like that. From reading some reviews of Revain, I noticed that some people have a hard time adjusting to old movies, especially silent ones. Please try to accept these films as a slightly different art form, just as an opera differs from a play. They shouldn't be colored (although shades of color and detail are fine) and shouldn't have dialogue soundtracks grafted onto them. They have their own poetry. If you can't agree with that, then don't look at them, but don't suggest tailoring them to modern tastes. One thing that even people who love silent movies are often unaware of is that the original aspect ratio of these movies is almost square, something in the 1.15:1 range. For decades, these films were copied and re-ripened to films with a more rectangular aspect ratio, and we had to accept that as the price for watching these great old films. But now many studios are releasing these movies on DVD in their original aspect ratio. Depending on your device manufacturer, you may sometimes need to adjust the aspect ratio of your DVD player or TV. Regardless of whether your screen has an aspect ratio of 4:3 or 16:9, there must be black bars on both sides of the image, which must be almost square in order to be seen without distortion.