As everyone knows by now, “The Artist” was named best picture at last night’s 2012 Oscars — the first (mostly) silent film to win such honors in 83 years. The last silent movie to receive similar accolades was “Wings,” a 1927 flick about World War I fighter pilots starring “It Girl” Clara Bow and Charles “Buddy” Rogers. In fact, “Wings” won Outstanding Picture at the very first Academy Awards, which were held at Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel in 1929 just as talkies were igniting the silver screen. The above one-minute clip is the film’s action-packed trailer.
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