Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels (1930)

2:11 (131 min)

Drama, War, Action

United States

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All about film

Video 3

Photo 33

Actors and characters

3:23

Photo 33

Production

The Caddo Company

Release date

15 November 1930

Budget

$3 950 000

Revenue

$8 000 000

Director

Howard Hughes

Scenario

Marshall Neilan

Author

Composer

Hugo Riesenfeld

Producer

Howard Hughes

All team (73)

Actors

Ben Lyon

Monte Rutledge

James Hall

Roy Rutledge

Jean Harlow

Helen

John Darrow

Karl Armstedt

Lucien Prival

Baron Von Kranz

Frank Clarke

Lt. von Bruen

Roy Wilson

Baldy Maloney

Douglas Gilmore

Capt. Redfield

All actors and roles (10)

• Three pilots died during the filming of Hell's Angels, one of whom was due to Hughes' fault and his consuming drive for perfection. Howard decided to film the crash of a burning German bomber. The two pilots flying the plane were supposed to parachute out after sending it diving. Pilot Phil Jones was unable to escape the bomber.
• Some scenes were filmed using the Multicolor system, meaning they were tinted in a red-green color scheme.
• Through the patronage of her acquaintance, actor James Hall, Jean Harlow met the famous aviator, director, and future multimillionaire Howard Hughes, who was only twenty-four years old at the time. As the trendy new sound cinema was beginning to gain ground in the film industry, Hughes decided to reshoot his silent film "Hell's Angels" with sound and was looking for a replacement for actress Greta Nissen—the latter had starred in the silent version of the film, but due to her heavy Norwegian accent, she lost all chance of continuing her career in sound cinema. During their meeting, Jean managed to pique Hughes's interest; on October 24, 1929, she signed a five-year contract with him and began filming.
• The film premiered to a full house on May 27, 1930, at the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, with tickets costing a record sum for the time—11 dollars.

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