Hell's Angels (1930)
Country: US
Technical: bw/col 131m
Director: Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale
Cast: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow
Synopsis:
Two students from Oxford join the Royal Flying Corps and fall for the same woman.
Review:
An extraordinary film which went well over budget and was three years in production, ultimately beaten to the screen by The Dawn Patrol. Hughes, who was passionate about aviation, directed the spectacular aerial action himself, employing dozens of planes and some stunts that look as dangerous on film as they apparently were in reality. The addition of sound (not to mention colour) elements make it more than just another Wings (1927), it introduced Harlow to the screen, and remains one of the more successful folies de grandeur of the silent or sound eras.
Country: US
Technical: bw/col 131m
Director: Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale
Cast: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow
Synopsis:
Two students from Oxford join the Royal Flying Corps and fall for the same woman.
Review:
An extraordinary film which went well over budget and was three years in production, ultimately beaten to the screen by The Dawn Patrol. Hughes, who was passionate about aviation, directed the spectacular aerial action himself, employing dozens of planes and some stunts that look as dangerous on film as they apparently were in reality. The addition of sound (not to mention colour) elements make it more than just another Wings (1927), it introduced Harlow to the screen, and remains one of the more successful folies de grandeur of the silent or sound eras.
Country: US
Technical: bw/col 131m
Director: Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale
Cast: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow
Synopsis:
Two students from Oxford join the Royal Flying Corps and fall for the same woman.
Review:
An extraordinary film which went well over budget and was three years in production, ultimately beaten to the screen by The Dawn Patrol. Hughes, who was passionate about aviation, directed the spectacular aerial action himself, employing dozens of planes and some stunts that look as dangerous on film as they apparently were in reality. The addition of sound (not to mention colour) elements make it more than just another Wings (1927), it introduced Harlow to the screen, and remains one of the more successful folies de grandeur of the silent or sound eras.