35 Fabulous Photos of Veronica Lake From the Film ‘I Wanted Wings’ (1941)

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. Lake would become one of the most popular and successful actresses of the early 1940s.

Take a look at these fabulous photos to see portraits of Veronica Lake during the filming of I Wanted Wings in 1941.