Hell's Angels (1930)


Hell's Angels
Release Date27 May 1930
Budget$4,000,000
TaglineHoward Hughes' Thrilling Multi-Million Dollar Air Spectacle
GenreDrama, War
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsHollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish, German, French
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White, Color
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCombat Films, War Adventure
MoodGod and Country
ThemesWar in the Sky, Love Triangles, Sibling Relationships
TonesEarnest, Forceful, Gritty, Stirring, Tense, Lavish
TagsAirborne, Barnstorming, Brother, Capture, Extramarital Affair, Friendship, Love Triangle, War

Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I. It was released by United Artists.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Monte Rutledge

Roy Rutledge

Helen

Karl Armstedt

Lucien Prival
Baron Von Kranz

Frank Clarke
Lt. von Bruen

Roy Wilson
Baldy Maloney

Douglas Gilmore
Capt. Redfield

Baroness Von Kranz

Evelyn Hall
Lady Randolph

Staff Major

RFC squadron commander

Lena Melana
Gretchen, waitress

Girl selling kisses

Carl von Haartman
Zeppelin commander

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
First Officer of zeppelin

Stephen Carr
Elliott

Thomas Carr
Pilot

J. Granville-Davis
Pilot

Hans Joby
Von Schlieben

Pat Somerset
Marryat

Wilhelm von Brincken
Von Richter

George Berliner
Bit Role

Bob Blair
Bit Role

Eddie Brownell
Bit Role

Hank Coffin
Pilot

Ross Cooke
Pilot

Lawford Davidson
British Officer shot by Firing Squad

Jack Deery
Splashed officer

Bit Role

Curt Furburg
Bit Role

Frank Goddard
Bit Role

Lisa Gora
Bit Role

Douglas Gordon
Bit Role

Owen Gorin
Bit Role

Pat Harmon
Recruiting Sergeant

Al Johnson
Pilot

Werner Klingler
Bit Role

Burton Lane
Bit Role

Garland Lincoln
Bit Role

Rene Marvelle
Bit Role

Stewart Murphy
Pilot

Leo Nomis
Pilot

Ira Reed
Pilot

Georgette Rhodes
Bit Role

Anarchist

Ernie Smith
Bit Role

Roy's Dancing Partner

Harry Strang
Bit Role

C.F. Sullivan
Pilot

Gertrude Sutton
Canteen worker

Frank Tomick
Pilot

Roscoe Turner
Pilot

Al Wilson
Pilot

Director

Edmund Goulding
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Producer

writer

Joseph Moncure March
story, screenplay

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Harry Perry
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Editor

Douglass Biggs
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Frank Lawrence
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Perry Hollingsworth
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Set Decorator

Carroll Clark

Julian Boone Fleming

Production Manager

Joseph W. Engel
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Fred Fleck
assistant director

William J. Scully
assistant director

Sound Department

Lodge Cunningham
sound

Visual Effects

Phil Jones
smoke machine operator

Stunts

Glenn Odekirk
stunt pilot

Raymond Earl Pease Sr.
stunt pilot

Al Wilson
stunt pilot

Frank Clarke
stunt pilot

Hank Coffin
stunt pilot

Ross Cooke
stunt pilot

Garland Lincoln
stunt pilot

Paul Mantz
stunt pilot

stunt pilot

Stewart Murphy
stunt pilot

Leo Nomis
stunt pilot

Clement K. Phillips
stunt pilot

Ira Reed
stunt pilot

Frank Tomick
stunt pilot

Roscoe Turner
stunt pilot

Roy Wilson
stunt pilot

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

Charles P. Boyle
aerial photographer

Jack Breamer
aerial photographer

Edward Colman
aerial photographer

Henry Cronjager
aerial photographer

Fred R. Eldridge
aerial photographer

Jockey Arthur Feindel
aerial photographer

Pliny Goodfriend
aerial photographer

Jack Greenhalgh
aerial photographer

Roy Greiner
aerial photographer

Paul Ivano
aerial photographer

Glenn Kershner
aerial photographer

Donald Biddle Keyes
aerial photographer

Roy H. Klaffki
aerial photographer

Edward A. Kull
aerial photographer

Sam Landers
aerial photographer

Ernest Laszlo
photographer: second unit

Jack MacKenzie
aerial photographer

Paul Perry
aerial photographer

Herman Schopp
aerial photographer

Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera

John Silver
aerial photographer

Edward Snyder
aerial photographer

William H. Tuers
aerial photographer

L. Guy Wilky
aerial photographer

Alvin Wyckoff
aerial photographer

Music Department

music arranger

Other Crew

J.B. Alexander
chief of aeronautics

Roy Davidson
technical engineer

presenter

dialogue stager

continuity

Production Company

The Caddo Company
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Distributor

United Artists
,

Astor Pictures Corporation
,

Atlantic Pictures Corporation

MCA/Universal Home Video

Universal Pictures






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