Hell's Angels Theatrical Release poster

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Production

In 1929, aviation mogul Howard Hughes, fresh off the Oscar nomination for his film The Racket, decided to make his next film about the dogfighters of World War I and their "magnificent airplanes" as Hughes called them. Hughes poured money into the production, which he named Hell's Angels, filling it with death-defying airplane stunts, international locations, and scenes in Multicolor (print by Technicolor and the Handschiegl Color Process) all of which worked to eventually make the production cost $3.8 million. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The Racket was one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called Best Picture, Production) in 1927. ... Dog fight is a common term used to describe close-range aerial combat between military aircraft. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... Multicolor is a subtractive natural color process for motion pictures. ... Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary. ... The Handschiegl color process was a stencil color technique used on motion picture film to give the effect of real color. ... it makes the world go round ...

Originally, the film was to star James Hall and Ben Lyon as Roy and Monte Rutledge, and Norwegian silent film star Greta Nissen as Helen, the female lead, and was to be directed by Marshall Neilan. Before the picture even began filming, Hughes' overbearing production techniques forced Neilan to quit. Hughes took over the directing reins, assisted by Luther Reed. Midway through production, the advent of the sound motion picture came with the arrival of The Jazz Singer. Hughes incorporated the new technology into the half finished film, but the first casualty of the sound age became Greta Nissen and her Norwegian accent. He paid her for her work and cooperation and fired her, because her accent would make her role as a British aristrocrat ludicrous. The role was soon filled with a teenage up-and-coming star found by Hughes himself, Jean Harlow. The two color scenes provide the only color glimpse of Harlow on film. During the shoot, Hughes designed many aerial stunts for the dogfighting scenes. He hired actual WWI aces to fly the stunt planes, but after three of them died in the extreme sequences, the rest refused to fly for the final scene, saying that they were sure to crash. The aviator in Hughes came out and he flew the scene, getting the shot. As the pilots predicted, however, he crashed the plane, escaping with only minor injuries. There have been several well-known people named James Hall, including: Sir James Hall, Scots geologist and geophysicist (1761 - 1832). ... Ben Lyon (February 6, 1901 - March 22, 1979) was an United States film actor, and after his career as a leading man faltered, a 20th Century Fox studio executive. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Greta Nissen (1906 - 1988), born Grethe Ruzt-Nissen in Oslo, Norway, film and stage actor. ... Marshall Neilan, 1920 Marshall Ambrose Neilan (April 11, 1891 - October 27, 1958) was an important pioneer motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer. ... The Jazz Singer is a 1927 U.S. movie musical notable for being the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ... Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter, March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and top sex symbol of the 1930s. ... The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, perhaps the most famous ace of all. ...

Hell's Angels premiered at the Grauman's Chinese Theater on May 24, 1930 with the stars and makers of the film attending plus Charles Chaplin (accompanied by girlfriend Georgia Hale), Buster Keaton, Dolores del Rio, Norma Talmadge, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. While Harlow, Lyon, and Hall received mixed reviews for their acting, Hughes was praised for his hard work on the filming and aircraft sequences. It did quite well at the box office and earned nearly $8 million, about double the production and marketing costs. This is equivalent to around $90 million in today's (2006) money. Graumans Chinese Theater Graumans Chinese Theater is a world-famous movie theater located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. ... For the Jamaican musician named Charlie Chaplin, see Charlie Chaplin (singer). ... Georgia Hale was an actress of the silent movie era most famous for her role in Charlie Chaplins The Gold Rush (1925). ... Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. ... Dolores Del Rio Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 - April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. ... Norma Talmadge Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress. ... Mary Pickford. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plot

A scene shot in Multicolor and printed in Technicolor Process 3 for Hell's Angels (1930)

Roy and Monte Rutledge are very different brothers studying at Oxford together at the outset of WWI. Mild-mannered Roy is in love with and idealizes the wayward Helen. Monte, on the other hand, is a free-wheeling womanizer who can't refuse Helen's advances. After the outbreak of WWI the two enlist--Roy enthusiastically and Monte reluctantly--in the Royal Flying Corps. It is here that Roy learns of Helen's duplicitous nature. The two brothers volunteer for a dangerous bombing mission. After the successful raid on a German munitions dump an aerial dogfight ensues, the brothers are shot down and captured. Given the option of firing squad or treason, Monte relents. However Roy shoots him before he can reveal anything and is subsequently executed himself for refusing to give up strategic information. Image File history File linksMetadata HellsAngelsMuliticolor. ... Image File history File linksMetadata HellsAngelsMuliticolor. ... Multicolor is a subtractive natural color process for motion pictures. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. Origin and Early History Formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ...

Quotes

"Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?" ― Jean Harlow as Helen

The Aviator

The production of Hell's Angels is depicted in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film, The Aviator, a biopic of Howard Hughes (who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio). The sequence emphasises the problems caused by Hughes' extravagant insistence on a convincing on-screen depiction of the action. Martin Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an acclaimed American film director. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor well known for roles in blockbuster movies like Titanic (1997) and The Aviator (2004), and was as famed for his global celebrity influence dubbed as Leomania in the late 1990s. ...

External links

• Hell's Angels at the Internet Movie Database