Hell's Angels Movie Review 1930

Classic WWI aviation movie is sappy and a bit lumbering, but still an extravagant spectacle with awesome air scenes. Studio owner Hughes fired directors Howard Hawks and Luther Reed, spent an unprecedented $3.8 million, and was ultimately credited as director (although Whale also spent some time in the director's chair). Three years in the making, the venture cost three pilots their lives and lost a bundle. Harlow replaced Swedish Greta Nissen when sound was added and was catapulted into blond bombshelldom as a two-timing dame. And the tinted and two-color scenes--restored in 1989--came well before Ted Turner ever wielded a crayola.

Distribution

Moore Video, PO Box 5703, Richmond, VA 23220-0703, Phone: (804)745-9785, Fax: (804)745-9785

Available on VHS
Running time 135 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, World War I, Airborne

Screenplay

Harry Behn, Howard Estabrook, Joseph Moncure March

Cast

Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall, John Darrow, Lucien Prival, Frank Clarke, Roy "Baldy" Wilson, Douglas Gilmore, Jane Winton, Evelyn Hall

Cinematography

Elmer Dyer, Harry Perry, E. Burton Steene, Dewey Wrigley, Gaetano Antonio "Tony" Gaudio

Director

Howard Hughes

Music

Hugo Riesenfeld

Producer

Howard Hughes