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    King of Jazz 1930 POSTER

    King of Jazz

    1930

    English

    6.7

    10

    58%

    58%

    Animation

    big band

    Comedy

    dance

    Music

    Musical

    pre-code

    sketch comedy

    John Murray Anderson John Murray Anderson Director Charles Murray Charles Murray as Comic Specialty Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi as Emcee - Hungarian Version Martin Garralaga Martin Garralaga as Emcee - Spanish Version Michael Vavitch Michael Vavitch as (uncredited)
    Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young Bing Crosby), and orchestral numbers—all lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson.
    Enthusiasm 1930 POSTER

    Enthusiasm

    1930

    Russian

    6.8

    6

    80%

    61%

    communist propaganda

    Documentary

    donbass

    industrialization

    komsomol

    planned economy

    ukrainian avantgarde

    Dziga Vertov Dziga Vertov Director
    An audiovisual symphony that delves into the industrial, agrarian, and cultural fabric of the Donbas region during the inaugural Soviet Five Year Plan. It spotlights anti-religious campaigns, propagandistic marches, and the vibrant athletic culture of its time
    Morocco 1930 POSTER

    Morocco

    1930

    English

    7.0

    11

    83%

    70%

    Action

    Drama

    foreign legion

    morocco

    nightclub singer

    pre-code

    Romance

    Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg Director Gary Cooper Gary Cooper as Légionnaire Tom Brown Paul Porcasi Paul Porcasi as Lo Tinto Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou as Monsieur La Bessiere Francis McDonald Francis McDonald as Sergeant Tatoche
    Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
    People on Sunday 1930 POSTER

    People on Sunday

    1930

    German

    7.3

    14

    100%

    76%

    Action

    beach

    berlin, germany

    Comedy

    countryside

    Drama

    farewell

    friendship

    Romance

    weekend

    Fred Zinnemann Fred Zinnemann Director Annie Schreyer Annie Schreyer as Self Wolfgang von Waltershausen Wolfgang von Waltershausen as Self Christl Ehlers Christl Ehlers as Self Brigitte Borchert Brigitte Borchert as Self
    A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.
    Up the River 1930 POSTER

    Up the River

    1930

    English

    5.9

    7

    14%

    14%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    pre-code

    prison escape

    John Ford John Ford Director Ward Bond Ward Bond as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis Robert Emmett O'Connor Robert Emmett O'Connor as Prison Warden Spencer Tracy Spencer Tracy as Saint Louis Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Bogart as Steve Jordan
    Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.
    Three from the Filling Station 1930 POSTER

    Three from the Filling Station

    1930

    German

    6.5

    6

    Action

    bankrupt

    clerk

    Comedy

    gas station

    marriage contract

    musical

    Musical

    Romance

    travel

    Wilhelm Thiele Wilhelm Thiele Director Olga Tschechowa Olga Tschechowa as Edith von Turoff Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers as Konsul Cossmann Oskar Karlweis Oskar Karlweis as Kurt Gertrud Wolle Gertrud Wolle as Secretary
    Die Drei von der Tankstelle, meaning The Three from the Gas Station, was advertised as a German operetta when release and with it’s star studded cast would become the forerunner of Musical films. Even today the soundtrack of the comic harmonists is popular in Germany.
    Westfront 1918 1930 POSTER

    Westfront 1918

    1930

    German

    7.3

    8

    100%

    83%

    Action

    comrade

    Drama

    infidelity

    nurse

    operation

    Romance

    steel helmet

    War

    world war i

    Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst Director Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers as Der Bayer - The Bavarian Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer as Hamburger Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Sokoloff as Meal Orderly Aribert Mog Aribert Mog as Undetermined Secdondary Role
    A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
    Fast and Loose 1930 POSTER

    Fast and Loose

    1930

    English

    6.2

    4

    14%

    14%

    based on play or musical

    Comedy

    new york city

    pre-code

    Romance

    wealth

    Fred C. Newmeyer Fred C. Newmeyer Director Carole Lombard Carole Lombard as Alice O'Neil Charles Starrett Charles Starrett as Henry Morgan Miriam Hopkins Miriam Hopkins as Marion Lenox Ilka Chase Ilka Chase as Millie Montgomery
    A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.
    Abraham Lincoln 1930 POSTER

    Abraham Lincoln

    1930

    English

    5.7

    11

    75%

    36%

    Action

    american civil war

    assassination

    biography

    Biography

    courtship

    debate

    Drama

    History

    illinois

    War

    D.W. Griffith D.W. Griffith Director Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing as Armstrong Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall as Colonel Marshall Jason Robards Sr. Jason Robards Sr. as Herndon E. Alyn Warren E. Alyn Warren as Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
    A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
    For Her Sake 1930 POSTER

    For Her Sake

    1930

    Swedish

    5.9

    1

    Action

    Comedy

    Paul Merzbach Paul Merzbach Director Arthur Natorp Arthur Natorp as Artist Torsten Winge Torsten Winge as Mind Reader Sven Jerring Sven Jerring as Radio announcer Håkan Westergren Håkan Westergren as Sigvard Löfgren
    The young married couple Sigvard and Isabella Löfgren are constantly being sought by different companies where they are trading on the bill. Sigvard is a traveling salesman and Isabella works as a secretary at a theatre agency seeking artists for a revue.
    Her Man 1930 POSTER

    Her Man

    1930

    English

    6.5

    4

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    paris, france

    pre-code

    Romance

    sailor

    Tay Garnett Tay Garnett Director George Chandler George Chandler as Barfly Ruth Hiatt Ruth Hiatt as Dance Hall Girl Frank Hagney Frank Hagney as Henchman Hank Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing as Marine
    A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
    Ingagi 1930 POSTER

    Ingagi

    1930

    English

    4.0

    3

    95%

    Action

    Adventure

    congo

    exploitation

    Fantasy

    gorilla

    Horror

    jungle

    pre-code

    virgin

    William Campbell William Campbell Director Sir Hubert Winstead Sir Hubert Winstead as Explorer Arthur Clayton Arthur Clayton as Explorer Charles Gemora Charles Gemora as Ingagi - The Gorilla Mel Koontz Mel Koontz as Photographer
    An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe.
    Love and Champagne 1930 POSTER

    Love and Champagne

    1930

    German

    1

    Action

    Robert Land Robert Land Director Brita Appelgren Brita Appelgren as Camilla von Hollay Camilla von Hollay as Eleonore Niewitz Iván Petrovich Iván Petrovich as Fritz von Hornthal Ernõ Szenes Ernõ Szenes as Paul Grill
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    Halka 1930 POSTER

    Halka

    1930

    Polish

    5.8

    4

    Action

    Drama

    Konstanty Meglicki Konstanty Meglicki Director Franciszek Petersile Franciszek Petersile as Henryk Kowalski Henryk Kowalski as Dzimba Wlodzimierz Czerski Wlodzimierz Czerski as Jontek Marian Palewicz Marian Palewicz as Stolnik
    The beautiful highlander Halka falls in love with the rich nobleman Janusz and rejects the adoring highlander Jontek. However, he soon finds out that the lord's love promises cannot be trusted. This is the plot of one of the most famous Polish operas in a nutshell. Konstanty Meglicki's Halka is one of three Polish pre-war adaptations of Stanisław Moniuszko's work.
    Hog Wild 1930 POSTER

    Hog Wild

    1930

    English

    7.4

    10

    70%

    70%

    Action

    black and white

    Comedy

    Family

    husband wife relationship

    in search of

    ladder

    rooftop

    short film

    James Parrott James Parrott Director Cy Slocum Cy Slocum as Bus Passenger Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy as Ollie Stan Laurel Stan Laurel as Stan Dorothy Granger Dorothy Granger as Tillie - The Hardys' Maid / Girl Lifting Her Skirt by Puddle
    First, Ollie can't find his hat. Then he and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
    The Virtuous Sin 1930 POSTER

    The Virtuous Sin

    1930

    English

    5.6

    4

    96%

    Action

    Drama

    pre-code

    Romance

    War

    George Cukor George Cukor Director Paul Cavanagh Paul Cavanagh as Capt. Orloff Walter Huston Walter Huston as Gen. Gregori Platoff Kay Francis Kay Francis as Marya Ivanova Sablin Anita Garvin Anita Garvin as Undetermined Secondary Role
    Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
    Farewell 1930 POSTER

    Farewell

    1930

    German

    6.9

    1

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak Director Esmée Symon Esmée Symon as 1. Lennox-Sister Gisela Draeger Gisela Draeger as 2. Lennox-Sister Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Sokoloff as Der Baron Aribert Mog Aribert Mog as Vertreter Peter Winkler
    Hella lives in a boarding house and has various romantic adventures before settling down with vacuum cleaner salesman Winkler.
    Hellbound Train 1930 POSTER

    Hellbound Train

    1930

    English

    5.2

    1

    allegorical

    Crime

    devil

    Drama

    Fantasy

    Horror

    jazz age

    train

    Eloyce Gist Eloyce Gist Director
    A jeremiad against intemperance, jazz music, and abortion, set on a train filled with unrepentant sinners hurtling toward damnation.
    Night Owls 1930 POSTER

    Night Owls

    1930

    English

    7.5

    9

    67%

    67%

    Action

    black and white

    Comedy

    pre-code

    short

    short film

    James Parrott James Parrott Director James Finlayson James Finlayson as Meadows Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy as Mr. Hardy Stan Laurel Stan Laurel as Mr. Laurel Baldwin Cooke Baldwin Cooke as Policeman
    Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.
    Mamba 1930 POSTER

    Mamba

    1930

    English

    5.8

    2

    Action

    africa

    Drama

    pre-code

    Albert S. Rogell Albert S. Rogell Director Jean Hersholt Jean Hersholt as August Bolte Francis McDonald Francis McDonald as British Soldier Noble Johnson Noble Johnson as Hassim Matthew 'Stymie' Beard Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Native Boy
    August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.
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