Hell's Angels (1930)

Director:

Howard Hughes
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Writers:

Harry Behn (writer)
Howard Estabrook (writer)
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Release Date:

15 November 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Howard Hughes' Thrilling Multi-Million Dollar Air Spectacle

Plot:

Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Roy and Monte Rutledge have very different personalities...

Plot Keywords:

Oxford | German | Munitions | Bomb | Royal Flying Corps

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Ben Lyon	...	Monte Rutledge
James Hall	...	Roy Rutledge
Jean Harlow	...	Helen (as Jean Harlowe)
John Darrow	...	Karl Armstedt
Lucien Prival	...	Baron Von Kranz
Frank Clarke	...	Lt. von Bruen
Roy Wilson	...	Baldy Maloney
Douglas Gilmore	...	Capt. Redfield
Jane Winton	...	Baroness Von Kranz
Evelyn Hall	...	Lady Randolph
William B. Davidson	...	Staff Major
Wyndham Standing	...	RFC squadron commander
Lena Melana	...	Gretchen, waitress (as Lena Malena)
Marian Marsh	...	Girl selling kisses (as Marilyn Morgan)
Carl von Haartman	...	Zeppelin commander
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink	...	First Officer of zeppelin (as F. Schumann-Heink)
Stephen Carr	...	Elliott
Thomas Carr	...	Pilot
J. Granville-Davis	...	Pilot
Hans Joby	...	Von Schlieben
Pat Somerset	...	Marryat
Wilhelm von Brincken	...	Von Richter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Berliner	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Bob Blair	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Eddie Brownell	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Hank Coffin	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Ross Cooke	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Lawford Davidson	...	British Officer shot by Firing Squad (uncredited)
Jack Deery	...	Splashed officer (uncredited)
Lucy Doraine	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Curt Furburg	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Frank Goddard	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Lisa Gora	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Owen Gorin	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Pat Harmon	...	Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Al Johnson	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Werner Klingler	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Burton Lane	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Garland Lincoln	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Rene Marvelle	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Stewart Murphy	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Leo Nomis	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Ira Reed	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Georgette Rhodes	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Harry Semels	...	Anarchist (uncredited)
Ernie Smith	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Joan Standing	...	Roy's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
Harry Strang	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
C.F. Sullivan	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Gertrude Sutton	...	Canteen worker (uncredited)
Frank Tomick	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Roscoe Turner	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Al Wilson	...	Pilot (uncredited)

Directed by
Howard Hughes
Edmund Goulding		(uncredited)
James Whale		(uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Harry Behn		writer
Howard Estabrook		writer
Joseph Moncure March		screenplay
Joseph Moncure March		story
Marshall Neilan		story

Produced by
Howard Hughes	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Hugo Riesenfeld		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Tony Gaudio		(as Antonio Gaudio)
Harry Perry

Film Editing by
Douglass Biggs
Frank Lawrence
Perry Hollingsworth		(uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Carroll Clark		(settings)
Julian Boone Fleming		(settings) (as Julian Boone-Fleming)

Production Management
Joseph W. Engel	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Fleck	....	assistant director (uncredited)
William J. Scully	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Lodge Cunningham	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Phil Jones	....	smoke machine operator (uncredited)

Stunts
Glenn Odekirk	....	stunt pilot
Raymond Earl Pease Sr.	....	stunt pilot
Al Wilson	....	stunt pilot
Frank Clarke	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Hank Coffin	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Ross Cooke	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Garland Lincoln	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Paul Mantz	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Stewart Murphy	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Leo Nomis	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Clement K. Phillips	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Ira Reed	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Frank Tomick	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Roscoe Turner	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Roy Wilson	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Elmer Dyer	....	aerial photographer
E. Burton Steene	....	aerial photographer
Dewey Wrigley	....	aerial photographer
Harry Zech	....	aerial photographer
Osmond Borradaile	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Charles P. Boyle	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Jack Breamer	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Edward Colman	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Henry Cronjager	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Fred R. Eldridge	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Jockey Arthur Feindel	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Pliny Goodfriend	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Jack Greenhalgh	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Roy Greiner	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Paul Ivano	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Glenn Kershner	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Donald Biddle Keyes	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Roy H. Klaffki	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Edward A. Kull	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Sam Landers	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Ernest Laszlo	....	photographer: second unit (uncredited)
Jack MacKenzie	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Paul Perry	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Herman Schopp	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
John Silver	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Edward Snyder	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
William H. Tuers	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
L. Guy Wilky	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)
Alvin Wyckoff	....	aerial photographer (uncredited)

Music Department
Hugo Riesenfeld	....	music arranger

Other crew
J.B. Alexander	....	chief of aeronautics
Roy Davidson	....	technical engineer (as E. Roy Davidson)
Howard Hughes	....	presenter
James Whale	....	dialogue stager
Howard Estabrook	....	continuity (uncredited)

Production Companies

• The Caddo Company

Distributors

• United Artists (1930) (USA) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1937) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Astor Pictures Corporation (1939) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Astor Pictures Corporation (1947) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Atlantic Pictures Corporation (1938) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Universal Pictures (????) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

127 min | Belgium:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | French

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Norway:16 | Brazil:14 | UK:A (original rating) (heavily cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (2005) (uncut) | USA:PG (re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

The Caddo Company

Trivia:

Stunt pilots refused to perform an aerial sequence that director Howard Hughes wanted. Hughes, a noted aviator himself, did his own flying. He got the shot, but he also crashed the plane.

Quotes:

Helen: I wanna be free. I wanna be gay and have fun. Life's short. And I wanna live while I'm alive.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scorsese on Scorsese (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Oh, du lieber Augustin

An early epic film,that enthralled the audiences of the day.

I saw this film (movie) in about 1933 and still remember every scene. Without the use of bad language it conveyed the fear,excitement,and gallantry of the time. The German evil was perhaps overplayed,but it was made just a very few years after the War. The flying scenes were dramatic and at least as effective as any made in recent years.

Is it possible to obtain a copy?if so where.