Young Eagles (1930)

Directed by

William A. Wellman

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young American pilot falls in love while flying with the famed Lafayette Escadrille during World War I. The film follows his romantic entanglements and aerial exploits against the backdrop of the war.

nostalgicbriskromanticheroiclightheartedmelodramaticdated

What happens

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. The film's hero is a "heroic combat aviator of the Lafayette Escadrille". 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). 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Lilac Time (1928)
• Wings (1927)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Chasing Rainbows (1930)
• The Dawn Patrol (1930)
• Bride of the Regiment (1930)
• A Soldier's Plaything (1930)
• War Nurse (1930)