Paul Wing (August 14, 1892 â€" May 29, 1957) was an assistant director
at Paramount Pictures. He won Best Assistant DIrector during the 1935
Academy Awards in the short lived category for the film The Lives of a
Bengal Lancer along with Clem Beauchamp. 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 that was
portrayed in the film The Great Raid (2005).Early in his career, 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. 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
Thesaurus 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.
at Paramount Pictures. He won Best Assistant DIrector during the 1935
Academy Awards in the short lived category for the film The Lives of a
Bengal Lancer along with Clem Beauchamp. 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 that was
portrayed in the film The Great Raid (2005).Early in his career, 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. 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
Thesaurus 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.
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