Hell's Angels (1930)

Note Générale:

7,9/10   

Réalisateur:

Howard Hughes

Scénaristes:

Harry Behn (writer)
Howard Estabrook (writer)

Date de sortie:

15 novembre 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Guerre

Accroche:

Howard Hughes' Thrilling Multi-Million Dollar Air Spectacle

Intrigue:

Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Roy and Monte Rutledge have very different personalities...

Plot Keywords:

Oxford | German | Munitions | Bomb | Royal Flying Corps

Récompenses:

Nominated for Oscar.

Avis des utilisateurs:

Dated, but still interesting and exciting.

Ensemble

Ben Lyon	...	Monte Rutledge
James Hall	...	Roy Rutledge
Jean Harlow	...	Helen (as Jean Harlowe)
John Darrow	...	Karl Armstedt
Lucien Prival	...	Baron Von Kranz
Frank Clarke	...	Lt. von Bruen
Roy Wilson	...	Baldy Maloney
Douglas Gilmore	...	Capt. Redfield
Jane Winton	...	Baroness Von Kranz
Evelyn Hall	...	Lady Randolph
William B. Davidson	...	Staff Major
Wyndham Standing	...	RFC squadron commander
Lena Melana	...	Gretchen, waitress (as Lena Malena)
Marian Marsh	...	Girl selling kisses (as Marilyn Morgan)
Carl von Haartman	...	Zeppelin commander

Durée:

127 min | Belgium:94 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Allemand | Français

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,20 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Classification:

Iceland:16 | Norway:16 | Brazil:14 | UK:A (original rating) (heavily cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (2005) (uncut) | USA:PG (re-release) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Lieux de tournage:

Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

The Caddo Company

Anecdotes:

Stunt pilots refused to perform an aerial sequence that director Howard Hughes wanted. Hughes, a noted aviator himself, did his own flying. He got the shot, but he also crashed the plane.

Guillemet:

Helen: I wanna be free. I wanna be gay and have fun. Life's short. And I wanna live while I'm alive.

Connexions:

figure dans Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993) (TV)

Bande son:

Symphony No. 5 Opus 64: 2nd movement

Dated, but still interesting and exciting.

This film, produced only three years after sound entered the movies, is entertaining and thoughtful. It makes good use of sound effects and has great visual effects as well. The flight scenes are impressive. Hughes flew a plane in this film (but crashed it) and three other pilots were killed during filming. The scenes of dozens of tiny aircraft swarming in the sky are still breathtaking. The plot is standard good-guys/bad-guys but adds some sensitivity to all parties. We have groups fighting a war in the air, and not too happy to be doing it. But they do their jobs, and give their lives for victory. The scene of Germans abandoning their airship is particularly wrenching and affective. Some token love interests and the usual inept comedy characters round out the cast, which all stood up to the task as well as anyone in 1930.

Jean Harlow gets her first billing in this film (she's one of my all time favorites), so it is her breakthrough movie.

Not a keeper, but see it if you can.