I Wanted Wings is a 1941 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and based on a book by Lieutenant Beirne Lay Jr. The film stars Ray Milland and...
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Arizona (1940), then at Paramount he was in a hugely popular war film, I Wanted Wings (1941) with Ray Milland and Veronica Lake. He did another Western at...
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into Fox's Brigham Young: Frontiersman (1940). He was fourth-billed in I Wanted Wings (1941); then MGM borrowed him to support Robert Taylor in Billy the...
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new girl to play the part of a nightclub singer in a military drama, I Wanted Wings (1941). Hornblow changed the actress's name to Veronica Lake. According...
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making his motion picture debut in Mitchell Leisen's 1941 war movie, I Wanted Wings. In 1946, he played Ernest Hemingway's protagonist Nick Adams in Robert...
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the defense of the United States in a war many recognized as coming, I Wanted Wings (Spring, 1941);[citation needed] and Diamonds Are Forever, begun 1970...
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he was soon engaged as a contract player appearing in such films as I Wanted Wings, Sullivan's Travels and This Gun for Hire . During World War II he reenlisted...
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Argentine Nights (1940); Lady with Red Hair (1940) at Warner Bros; and I Wanted Wings (1941), at Paramount. During World War II he served in the United States...
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(uncredited) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Young Priest (uncredited) I Wanted Wings (1941) - Cadet (uncredited) Affectionately Yours (1941) - Hospital Intern...
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1941 in film (section I)
Footsteps in the Dark 10 March Flying Wild 21 March The Sea Wolf 26 March I Wanted Wings 28 March Man Made Monster April 1941 4 April The Devil and Miss Jones...
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a full designer for Paramount Pictures. In 1941, his first film was I Wanted Wings, for which he created the look for its star, newcomer Veronica Lake...
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1939, as a flying instructor in Chino, California. The publication of I Wanted Wings brought Lay to the attention of the staff of Army Air Forces Col. Ira...
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Young Lions (1958) I Wanted Wings (1941) We Were Soldiers (2002) Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) What Price Glory (1952) Windtalkers (2002) Wings (1927) Wild America...
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Now (1940) - Betty Gilbert Las Vegas Nights (1941) - Norma Jennings I Wanted Wings (1941) - Carolyn Bartlett Buy Me That Town (1941) - Virginia Paradise...
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lead single. However, after hearing the final version of "I Want It That Way," the group wanted to move more maturely by utilizing a mid-tempo track as...
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forces, especially the U.S. Army Air Corps. Give Us Wings joined 20,000 Men a Year (1939), I Wanted Wings (1941), Flying Cadets (1941) and others of that...
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Aircraft in fiction (section Fokker Dr.I)
Flying Fortress") were featured in the 1941 Paramount Pictures film I Wanted Wings, based on the novel of the same title by 1st Lt. Beirne Lay Jr. In William...
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appearing in more action pictures. He starred as a wannabe pilot in I Wanted Wings (1941) with Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, and William Holden. This was...
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photographic effects were by John Fulton and the sound effects by John Hall. I Wanted Wings won the Oscar for Special Effects. At the time of its release, this...
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Aviator on 17 April 1920; his wife, Minnie "Min" Wead, pinned his golden wings to his uniform. On Saturday, 5 June 1920, Lieutenant Wead was appointed...
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as Corey Lake The Quarterback (1940) as Jimmy Jones and Billy Jones I Wanted Wings (1941) as Tom Cassidy Badmen of Missouri (1941) as Bob Younger Three...
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(voice, uncredited) Meet John Doe (1941) – Photographer (uncredited) I Wanted Wings (1941) – Corporal (uncredited) Barnacle Bill (1941) – Sailor (uncredited)...
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Grandpa Ed Carson I Want a Divorce (1940) as Grandpa Brokaw Meet John Doe (1941) as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited) I Wanted Wings (1941) as 'Sandbags'...
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Engineering Effects" to the first Best Picture Oscar winner, the World War I flying drama Wings. Producer David O. Selznick, then production head at RKO Studios...
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died in 1980. He was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. 1941: I Wanted Wings – Montgomery – Co-Pilot (uncredited) 1946: O.S.S. – Trainee (uncredited)...
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horizons, everybody is looking for a second chance." She further said: "I wanted 'Wings' to convey that liberated feeling: with a bit of wildness meets a bit...
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Will Moviegoers Want 'Wanted'?". Newsarama. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Bradshaw, Peter (June 25, 2008). "Wanted review – boring...
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Citizen (1939) The Great McGinty (1940) Rhythm on the River (1940) I Wanted Wings (1941) Champagne for Caesar (1950) Henry Aldrich for President (1941)...
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for him to return to his wife. The siren of noon cries, and ‘I’ wanted to shout “Wings, spread out again! Fly. Fly. Let me fly once more. Let me fly...
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experience. He would have another uncredited part in the 1941 production of I Wanted Wings. The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, signaled the opening...
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