Paul Wing

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Paul Wing
Born
Paul Reuben Wing

(1892-08-14)August 14, 1892
New York, USA
DiedMay 29, 1957(1957-05-29) (aged 64)
Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
OccupationAssistant director
Years active1927–1935
Spouse(s)
Martha Gillis Thraves
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(m. 1912)​
Children3, including Toby Wing

Paul Wing (August 14, 1892 – May 29, 1957) was an assistant director at Paramount Pictures.[1] He won the 1935 Best Assistant Director Academy Award for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer along with Clem Beauchamp.[2] Wing was the assistant director on only two films owing to his service in the United States Army. During his service, Wing was in a prisoner camp[3] that was portrayed in the film The Great Raid (2005).

Career[]

Early in his adult life, Wing worked as a reporter on the Chicago Tribune, after which he began working on radio. His responsibilities included writing scripts for Fred Allen and Phil Baker.[4] In the early 1930s, he became an announcer and had his own 15-minute program, Paul Wing the Story Man, on NBC radio.[5] By 1936, the program was available in syndication by NBC's Thesaurus transcription service.[6] Wing was also NBC's director of children's programs.[7] As "NBC's spelling master" he also had the Spelling Bee program, which began on NBC-Red in 1937.[8]

Later works[]

In the mid-1940s, Wing made children's recordings for RCA Victor.[4]

A 1949 recording of the story The Little Engine That Could narrated by Wing was inducted to the National Recording Registry in 2009.[9]

Filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jr, John P. Harty (2016). The Cinematic Challenge: Filming Colonial America: Volume 1: The Golden Age, 1930-1950. Hillcrest Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-63505-146-9.
  2. ^ "The 8th Academy Awards – 1936". Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ Annals of the Wing Family of America Incorporated. Wing Family of America, Incorporated. 1954.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Archer, Thomas (December 13, 1947). "Paul Wing's magic". The Gazette. Canada, Montreal. p. 22. Retrieved March 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Network accounts" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 15, 1933. p. 22. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Transcriptions" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 1, 1936. p. 49. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  7. ^ "Personal Notes" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 15, 1937. p. 33. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Paul Wing Returns" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 15, 1938. p. 68. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer : With Christmas Greetings From Montgomery Ward|Library of Congress

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