Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Wings of Eagles is a 1957 American Metrocolor film starring John Wayne, Dan Dailey and Maureen O'Hara, based on the life of Frank "Spig" Wead and the history of U.S. Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. [3]
In 1957, O'Hara marked the end of her collaboration with John Ford with The Wings of Eagles, which was based on the true story of an old friend of Ford's, Frank "Spig" Wead, a naval aviator who became a screenwriter in Hollywood. Malone wrote that "Wayne and O'Hara interact well in these early scenes, giving effortless performances and ...
The Wings of Eagles: 1957 Min Wead Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [58] Our Man in Havana: 1959 Beatrice Severn Kingsmead Productions [59] The Deadly Companions: 1961 Kit Tilden Carousel Productions [60] The Parent Trap: 1961 Margaret "Maggie" McKendrick Walt Disney Productions [61] Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation: 1962 Peggy Hobbs Jerry Wald Productions [62 ...
In 1957, John Wayne portrayed ... and screenplay writers Frank Fenton and William Wister Haines used the poem in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wings of Eagles. ...
The following year, he portrayed "Jughead" Carson in the drama The Wings of Eagles (1957) for John Ford, a biographical film on the life of Frank Wead, starring John Wayne. He was one of several stars in Fox's comedy Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957). For the same studio, he was part of the ensemble in The Wayward Bus (1957).
Wings of Eagles or On Wings of Eagles may refer to: On Wings of Eagles, a 1983 non-fiction thriller by Ken Follett On Wings of Eagles, a 1986 TV adaptation; On Wings of Eagles, a 2016 historical drama about Eric Liddell; The Wings of Eagles, a 1957 American film; Operation On Wings of Eagles, the exodus of Yemenite Jews to Israel 1949–1950 ...
In 1957, she and child actress Evelyn Rudie played the daughters of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in The Wings of Eagles. Although they had some significant scenes, she and Rudie were not credited. The same year she was in the horror B movie The Monster That Challenged the World.
He died in 1957 at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. [1] He was survived by his wife Miriam. [1] He was played by Ken Curtis in the 1957 film The Wings of Eagles, which starred John Wayne as Spig Wead. Price served as a technical adviser on the film. [5] He also served as a technical advisor for the movie Mister Roberts. [6]