Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.

The Blue Angel

1930

German

7.6

♡ 18

96%

86%

based on novel or book

Josef von Sternberg Director

Bess Flowers as Audience Member

Reinhold Bernt as Der Clown / The Clown

Marlene Dietrich as Lola Lola

Károly Huszár as Proprietor of The Blue Angel

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

Murder!

1930

English

6.3

♡ 18

83%

39%

Action

amnesia

based on novel or book

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Norah Baring as Diana Baring

Alfred Hitchcock as Man on Street

Una O'Connor as Mrs. Grogram

Herbert Marshall as Sir John Menier

When actress Diana Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation.

Juno and the Paycock

1930

English

4.6

♡ 2

30%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Dave Morris as Jerry Devine

Donald Calthrop as Needle Nugent

Dennis Wyndham as The Mobiliser

Barry Fitzgerald as The Orator

In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses after news of an unexpected inheritance lures them into a false sense of prosperity. Captain Boyle, a boastful idler, squanders their meager resources, while his wife Juno holds the household together. When the fortune proves illusory, the family faces ruin, betrayal, and tragedy.

The Bat Whispers

1930

English

6.3

♡ 9

67%

Roland West Director

William Bakewell as Brook

Chester Morris as Detective Anderson

Sidney D'Albrook as Police Sergeant

Spencer Charters as The Caretaker

Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the criminal as well. Meanwhile, Cornelia Van Gorder has various people arrive at her old mansion, including her niece, Dale, a bank employee, and police detective Anderson. When guests start turning up dead, Cornelia begins to suspect that The Bat may be lurking around the estate.

Another Fine Mess

1930

English

7.3

♡ 15

55%

James Parrott Director

Thelma Todd as Lady Plumtree

Charles K. Gerrard as Lord Leopold Ambrose Plumtree

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

English

8.1

♡ 57

98%

89%

Action

army

based on novel or book

Lewis Milestone Director

William Bakewell as Albert

Harold Goodwin as Detering

Fred Zinnemann as German soldier / French ambulance driver

Edmund Breese as Herr Meyer

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Borderline

1930

Xx

6.1

♡ 2

57%

Drama

Kenneth MacPherson Director

Eslanda Robeson as Adah - a Negro Woman

Hilda Doolittle as Astrid

Paul Robeson as Pete - a Negro

Gavin Arthur as Thorne - Her Husband

When a black couple vacations at a resort in Switzerland, an interracial affair stirs racial tensions among the townsfolk.

Brats

1930

English

7.3

♡ 7

74%

parent child relationship

singing lullaby

James Parrott Director

Oliver Hardy as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.

Stan Laurel as Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.

Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.