Ben Lyon

James Hall

Jean Harlow

John Darrow

Lucien Prival

Frank Clarke

Roy Wilson

Douglas Gilmore

Jane Winton

Evelyn Hall

William B. Davidson

Wyndham Standing

Lena Malena

Marian Marsh

Carl von Haartman

Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Stephen Carr

Thomas Carr

J. Granville-Davis

Nora Cecil

Rene Marvelle

Georgette Rhodes

Howard Batt

George Berliner

Bob Blair

Eddie Brownell

Hank Coffin

Ross Cooke

Lawford Davidson

Jack Deery

Lucy Doraine

David Findlay

Curt Furberg

Frank Goddard

Lisa Gora

Douglas Gordon

Owen Gorin

Pat Harmon

Hans Joby

Al Johnson

Morey Johnson

Werner Klingler

Burton Lane

Al Lary

Garland Lincoln

Harry Lipman

Maurice Murphy

Stewart Murphy

Leo Nomis

Ira Reed

Harry Semels

Ernie Smith

Pat Somerset

Joan Standing

Harry Strang

C.F. Sullivan

Gertrude Sutton

Frank Tomick

Roscoe Turner

Wilhelm von Brincken

Tibor von Janny

Al Wilson

Howard Hughes

Joseph Moncure March

Adolph Tandler

Sydney Moore

Phil Jones

Harry Zech

E. Burton Steene

Dewey Wrigley

Sterling Campbell

Perry Hollingsworth

William J. Scully

Harry Behn

Hugo Riesenfeld

Howard Estabrook

Roy Greiner

Edward A. Kull

John Silver

Jack Breamer

Paul Perry

Herman Schopp

Jack MacKenzie

Glenn Odekirk

Paul Kerschner

N. Hopecraft

Donald Biddle Keyes

Raymond Earl Pease Sr.

Edward Colman

Paul Ivano

Edward Snyder

Elmer Dyer

Dave Marks

Jockey Arthur Feindel

Sam Landers

Earl Metz

Florence 'Pancho' Barnes

Henry Cronjager Jr.

Pliny Goodfriend

Paul Mantz

Osmond Borradaile

Fred R. Eldridge

Charles P. Boyle

Ernest Laszlo

Clement K. Phillips

Jack Greenhalgh

Jerry Thrall

Roy H. Klaffki

William H. Tuers

Cliff Shirpser

L. Guy Wilky

Alvin Wyckoff

James Whale

Edmund Goulding

Fred Fleck

Marshall Neilan

Frank Lawrence

Joseph W. Engel

Julian Boone Fleming

Douglass Biggs	

Tony Gaudio

Harry Perry

Howard Greer

Carroll Clark

Lodge Cunningham

Drama

Action

Hell's Angels

The Caddo Company

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"Roy" (James Hall) and his brother "Monte" (Ben Lyon) are pretty much joined at the hip with the former frequently having to bail his rather wayward brother out of the stew now and again. He even has to fight a duel for him! Anyway, they both join the Royal Flying Corps just ahead of the Great War and both volunteer for an highly dangerous mission over occupied territory. Meantime, "Roy" is dating the rather fickle but candid "Helen" (Jean Harlow) who is also not averse to a bit of a dalliance with "Monte". The rather rakish brother gradually realises that his brother deserves better, and so - quite possibly when she seeks comfort elsewhere, might he! Their mission looms and pretty soon the boys are being pursued by the ruthless squadron known as "Von Richthofen's Flying Circus" in a race to get back home. As the scale of this conflict grows, it becomes more personal. They find themselves on the opposing side to their student friend "Karl" (John Darrow) who has his own covert task in a zeppelin. Though the acting here isn't the best, what does hit home is the way these characters become faced with a sudden need to grow up, to mature, and to be prepared to make sacrifices. That story itself is not so very original. What does make this really stand out is the standard of aerial photography and the whole aesthetic of this film. The dogfights are astonishing to watch unfold. The camerawork really does immerse the audience in the skills of these young and largely inexperienced pilots flying - quite literally - heavily armoured but flimsy wooden crates with engines. If they were damaged then they had virtually no hope of survival. The film does imbue a sense of the precariousness of the existence of the young men and when it steers clear of the melodrama is, at times, really quite exciting to watch.

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Hell's Angels 1930 Re-Release Trailer