Young Eagles (1930)
Young Eagles is a 1930 romantic drama film directed by William A. Wellman for Paramount Pictures. It stars Charles Rogers, Jean Arthur, and Paul Lukas. The film was only released a month after Wellman's Dangerous Paradise when it hit theatres on March 21, 1930. The story line is based on The One Who Was Clever and Sky-High, authored by Elliott White Springs. The film is about a "heroic combat aviator of the Lafayette Escadrille Flying Corps". Wellman had hoped that the film would prove as popular as his other WWI aviation drama Wings which won the first Academy Award in 1927. He cast Charles Rogers again in the film, but Young Eagles was not a success. At the premiere a plane was placed outside the theatre.
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