I Wanted Wings is a 1941 American drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen and based on a book by Lieutenant Beirne Lay Jr. The film stars Ray Milland and William Holden. The supporting cast includes Wayne Morris, Brian Donlevy, Constance Moore and Veronica Lake.
I Wanted Wings features Lake's first major film role. Her career took off shortly thereafter; the same year, she starred in Sullivan's Travels.[3] Lake would become one of the most popular and successful actresses of the early 1940s.[N 1]
^"Notes: I Wanted Wings." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: September 11, 2014.
^"Cinderell Girl of '41". Chicago Daily Tribune. 23 February 1941. p. 3.
^Lenburg 2001, p. 33.
^Weil, Martin. "Veronica Lake, Ex-Actress, Dies." Washington Post, July 8, 1973, p. C8.
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