Hell's Angels

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Hell's Angels is a 1930 aviation war film directed and produced by Howard Hughes, renowned for its groundbreaking aerial combat sequences and high production costs for the era.

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instanceOf aviation film
film
war film
associatedWithFilmmaker Howard Hughes
basedOn original story by Marshall Neilan
budget approximately $4,000,000
cinematographyBy Harry Perry
Tony Gaudio
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Howard Hughes
distributor United Artists
editingBy Douglass Biggs
M. Loew
featuresCharacter Helen
Monte Rutledge
Arthur Aylesworth
surface form: Roy Rutledge
featuresSequenceType large-scale aerial dogfights
zeppelin raid sequence
filmingStarted 1927
follows two British brothers who become Royal Flying Corps pilots
genre drama
romantic drama
war
hadReshootsFor conversion to sound
hadWorkingTitle Aviation Lovers
hasColorProcess black-and-white
hasFilmPosterArtist Armando Seguso
hasLegacyAs milestone in aerial cinematography
initialReleaseFormat part-talkie
laterReleaseFormat full sound film
musicBy Adolph Tandler
notableFor groundbreaking aerial combat sequences
high production costs for its era
originalLanguage English
premiereCity Hollywood
premiereCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
premieredAt TCL Chinese Theatre
surface form: Grauman's Chinese Theatre
premiereDate May 27, 1930
premiereState California, United States
surface form: California
producer Howard Hughes
productionCompany The Caddo Company
releaseYear 1930
runtimeMinutes 127
setDuring World War I
stars Ben Lyon
James Hall
Jean Harlow
usesAircraftType World War I-era biplanes
wasOneOfMostExpensiveFilmsOf early sound era

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Howard Hughes notableWork Hell's Angels
Jean Harlow notableWork Hell's Angels