{"id":3914,"date":"2026-04-12T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3914"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T01:23:54","slug":"americana-summer-at-the-movies-wings-1927","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/event\/americana-summer-at-the-movies-wings-1927\/","title":{"rendered":"Americana Summer at the Movies: Wings (1927)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs\">The original 1927 movie WINGS<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Sponsored by Shawnee Town 1929<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Part of the Americana Summer at the Movies series<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Thursday, August 13 at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets start at $8.00<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Wings (1927) is a silent movie and holds the distinction of being the first film to win the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture (now Best Picture) at the inaugural 1929 Oscars. It is a war romance directed by William A. Wellman, featuring Clara Bow, known for its intense, realistic aerial combat scenes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Key details about the film include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Audio: While primarily a silent film, it was released with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, making it one of the last great silent spectaculars.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Legacy: It is renowned for groundbreaking, real-life aerial cinematography.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Awards: It won Best Picture and Best Engineering Effects at the 1st Academy Awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Wings is the first film to win the Academy Award\u00ae for Best Picture. Featuring a meticulous restoration and a newly recorded soundtrack based on the original score. This timeless story of love and loss follows two men who go to war and the girl they leave behind. Popular Twenties &#8220;It&#8221; girl Clara Bow stars with Richard Arlen, Charles &#8220;Buddy&#8221; Rogers and Gary Cooper in a legendary cameo appearance.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original 1927 movie WINGSSponsored by Shawnee Town 1929Part of the Americana Summer at the Movies series Thursday, August 13 at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets start at $8.00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3950,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[68],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-3914","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-americana-summer-at-the-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3953,"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3914\/revisions\/3953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3914"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downtownshawnee.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=3914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}