Winged Victory

Moss Hart's hit Broadway play Winged Victory was brought to the screen in 1944, with most of its original cast intact. The story, concerning regular Joes from all walks of life joining the Army Air Force, is secondary to such theatrical setpieces as a camp show wherein several virile Hollywood ...more

A fairly obscure wartime picture (due to rights issues which kept it off the small screen and unavailable in home viewing formats for many years), Winged Victory is definitely propaganda, but it's much more palatable than most such efforts. Sure, there's a bit too much of a "gee whiz" to some of the dialogue and attitudes, and some of the speeches invoking Americana will prove dated and perhaps laughable to many modern viewers. But Victory has a sincerity to it that is hard to resist, and if ...more