Paul Wing (August 14, 1892 – May 29, 1957) was an assistant director at Paramount Pictures. He won the 1935

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Academy Award for '' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' along with

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. Wing was the assistant director on only two films owing to his service in the

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. During his service, Wing was in a prisoner camp that was portrayed in the film ''

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'' (2005).

Career

Early in his adult life, Wing worked as a reporter on the ''

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'', after which he began working on radio. His responsibilities included writing scripts for

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and Phil Baker. In the early 1930s, he became an announcer and had his own 15-minute program, ''Paul Wing the Story Man'', on NBC radio. By 1936, the program was available in syndication by NBC's

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transcription service. Wing was also NBC's director of children's programs. As "NBC's spelling master" he also had the ''Spelling Bee'' program, which began on NBC-Red in 1937. In the mid-1940s, Wing made children's recordings for RCA Victor. A 1949 recording of the story ''

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'' narrated by Wing was inducted to the

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in 2009. Wing was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942. He survived the

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and was later rescued in the

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by U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerillas, a story told in ''

'' (2005). Paul Wing died in May 1957, in a veteran's hospital in Portsmith, VA, following a coronary.

Filmography

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'' (1927) *'' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' (1935; won Academy Award) *''

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'' (1948; voice only)Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer : With Christmas Greetings From Montgomery Ward, Library of Congress
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References

External links

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Paul Wing ("Recordings" section)
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