| Young Eagles | |
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| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Written by | Grover Jones William Slavens McNutt |
| Based on | The One Who Was Clever and Sky-High by Elliott White Springs |
| Produced by | B.P. Schulberg |
| Starring | Charles "Buddy" Rogers Jean Arthur Paul Lukas |
| Cinematography | Archie Stout |
| Edited by | Alyson Shaffer |
| Music by | John Leipold Max Bergunker Gerard Carbonara Herman Hand Howard Jackson |
Production company | Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Young Eagles is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by William A. Wellman for Paramount Pictures. It stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Jean Arthur, and Paul Lukas. The story is based on the stories "The One Who Was Clever" and "Sky-High", written by American aviator and war hero Elliott White Springs.[1] The film's hero is a "heroic combat aviator of the Lafayette Escadrille".[2]
Wellman, himself a former pilot in the Lafayette Flying Corps, for whom aviation was a passion, directed the film, the last of his "unofficial trilogy" that included Wings (1927) and The Legion of the Condemned (1928).[3] The director had hoped that the film would prove as popular as his acclaimed World War I aviation drama Wings, which had won the first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1927. Wellman cast Buddy Rogers again as his lead in the new film, but Young Eagles proved to be not as successful.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (March 22, 1930). "THE SCREEN; Warriors of the Clouds. Laughter and Love". The New York Times.
- ^ Kelly 2008, p. 103.
- ^ Tibbetts & Welsh 2010, p. 100.