Hell's Angels (1930) on Netflix
Roy Rutledge idealizes Helen, but his brother Monte chases other women. Their Oxford friend Karl is against fighting England if war comes. Both brothers join the Royal Flying Corps.
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Plot summary
Roy and Monte Rutledge are British brothers attending Oxford, and they could hardly be more different. Roy is straitlaced and loves Helen, whom he takes for demure. Monte chases women. Their German friend Karl does not want to fight England if another war comes. In Munich, a husband finds Monte with his wife and demands a duel; Monte slips away that night, and Roy, mistaken for his brother, takes his place and is wounded. Karl is drafted into the German Navy, and the brothers enlist in the Royal Flying Corps.
Cast
- Roy Wilsonas Baldy Maloney
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hell's Angels (1930)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Stunt pilot Paul Mantz told Howard Hughes that the final strafing pullout was too dangerous for his team, so Hughes flew the aircraft himself; as Mantz predicted, he failed to pull out, crashed and suffered a skull fracture that required facial surgery. Three other aviators and a mechanic were killed during production.
- When Hughes learned Darryl F. Zanuck's The Dawn Patrol would compete with his film, he tried to lease every available period aircraft to stall it, then sued for plagiarism; the suit only rushed The Dawn Patrol into theaters first, and Warner Bros. and Zanuck won the case in late 1930.
- James Whale shut down production for three days to work 18-year-old Jean Harlow through her talking scenes, because the inexperienced actress required a great deal of attention from him.
- The only color film footage of Jean Harlow comes from one talking scene in Hell's Angels; it was filmed in Multicolor but printed by Technicolor, because Multicolor could not print the number of inserts Hughes wanted for the wide release.
- In 1962, Stanley Kubrick named Hell's Angels one of his 10 favorite films, saying it influenced his later career.
