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31 Days Of Davey Wavey: The Time "Wings" Showed Hollywood's First Gay Kiss

October is LGBT History Month! We always stunk at history, so we called on YouTube sensation Davey Wavey to fill us in on some of

the great accomplishments of the LGBT community through the ages. Of course, Davey’s no Ken Burns either, so take what he says

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Today Davey  discusses Wings. No, not the 1980s NBC sitcom—the Oscar-winning silent movie that featured the first gay kiss in a mainstream Hollywood movie.

In the William A. Wellman-directed film, World War I pilots Dave and Jack are bosom bodies (today we'd say they had a bromance) and when (SPOILERS) Dave encounters a mortally wounded Jack, the two have  tender final moments together—complete with embracing, hairtwirling and a heartmelting kiss to cement their bond.

Even Jack's final words sound gay: "Oh Dave, Dave—I was just trying to get one more Heine for you!"

Clara Bow was ostensibly the love interest they both pursued but even she said her character was just "was just the whipped cream on top of the pie."

Though the movie won the first Academy Award for Best Picture, is was long considered a lost classic—the one remaining print was badly decayed and had to be meticulously restored in for a 1996 anniversary edition. Released before the Hayes Code tamped down on sexuality on screen, Wings also Bow's bare breast, and nude men are shown undergoing physical exams. My dear!

Below, Dave (Richard Arlen) and Jack (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) in Wings' emotional smooch 

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