So, girls…
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sorrowfulkitten — 17 years ago(July 27, 2008 10:42 PM)
Ive had a crush on David since I saw this movie for the first time, when I was 12 years old. I still get all giddy over him. He was the very definition of handsome and debonaire. Beautiful.
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twistedude — 17 years ago(July 28, 2008 09:35 AM)
Jack is the more handsome, and I think Rogers is the better actor, except for a couple of scenes in which Arlen really comes to life. But the character Arlen plays has such a noble soul, I'd like to sock someone in the jaw.
Did you know Rogers lived to be over 90, and died in1999, I think.
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ziegfeldgirl1941 — 17 years ago(December 21, 2008 09:40 PM)
I thought they were both very attractive in their own ways. Rogers had the boyisy, nice guy, All American kind of look and Arlen was the debonaire sexy one. I guess that was how it was supposed to be though, since Rogers was the boy next door and Arlen was the rich kid.
I was just really surprised to find such attractive men in a silent film! Not saying that Valentino and others are not attractive, but you know how sometimes the men have too much make up or whatever to show up. I was certainly pleasantly surprised. -
twistedude — 17 years ago(December 22, 2008 09:54 AM)
I was just watching (I mean, someone in my HOUSE was watching, and I got semi-sucked in) "Pearl Harbour" last night. One of probably 1000 scenes of one buddy saying goodbye to a dying onevery convincing. Why is it that this "Wings" one is also sexy? Or am I out of my bloomin' mind?
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mackjay2 — 17 years ago(March 22, 2009 06:15 AM)
I was just really surprised to find such attractive men in a silent film! Not saying that Valentino and others are not attractive, but you know how sometimes the men have too much make up or whatever to show up. I was certainly pleasantly surprised.
I agree about Arlen, Rogers and Cooper in WINGSas handsome as any actor today.
Look for extremely handsome Charles Farrell in SEVENTH HEAVEN and other silent films and George O'Obrien in SUNRISE to see some more high-quality handsomosity! -
blue-7 — 14 years ago(February 06, 2012 02:18 PM)
Not to change the subject girls, but as I guy which one would you fall for? Clara Bow or Jobyna Ralston?
Clara is cute as can be but I for one would have gone for Jobyna. She was wonderful in six of Harold Lloyd's best features including THE FRESHMAN, GIRL SHY and THE KID BROTHER. WINGS is a great film. -
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PoppyTransfusion — 12 years ago(February 13, 2014 11:41 AM)
I think Charles Rogers was prettier than Richard Arlen and the more typically handsome of the pair. But his character annoyed me and seemed gormless. Richard Arlen had unusual eyes and smouldered at points on screen. His character seemed to have more depth and to know how to suffer. So Richard Arlen for me. I kept wishing for Mary to meet David in Paris and fall in love with him. Alas 'twas not to be
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ljspin — 11 years ago(April 04, 2014 08:36 PM)
To address the questions in this thread:
The big question: Richard Arlen or Charles "Buddy" Rogers Grandma was an avid movie-goer when she was young, and she saw "Wings" when it first came out. She and my grandfather had a marriage of 50 plus years, and she couldn't wait to go and join PupPup. Even so, until she passed, Grandma had a major crush on Charles "Buddy" Rogers and it's rather weird to hear your grandmother talk about men she finds attractive.
The lesser question Mary or Sylvia? All I can say is that, for me, it's Mary Preston all the way! -
ilahilda — 11 years ago(October 01, 2014 01:56 PM)
As a teen in the 40's, my mom wrote a letter to Buddy Rogers due to his band, and he wrote back. I heard he was a nice guy. Not to mention a devoted husband, he was married to Mary Pickford for over 40 years I think. I recall he lived to be past 90 and died a couple of years ago. I once saw him in an interview on ET back in the 90's reading a letter Mary wrote him years ago.
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PopperTheKungFuDragn — 9 years ago(December 03, 2016 11:51 AM)
As a relatively straight man, can I answer too?
I thought Richard Arlen was the sexier one, but Rogers had a more easygoing boyish charm to him.
And as for the girls, Bow is easily the better looking one, but I actually thought she was cutest in her uniform and not when she changes into the dancers clothes.
Poorly Lived and Poorly Died, Poorly Buried and No One Cried