Men Without Law

Men Without Law 1930

1

Returning from the war, Buck finds his younger brother in trouble.

1930

Beyond the Cities

Beyond the Cities 1930

1

"A wealthy young man, through losing the bulk of his fortune, goes to Canada, where he encounters and loves the daughter of the scoundrel lawyer who has robbed him." (Synopsis from The Bioscope, November 1930.)

1930

Sleeping Partners

Sleeping Partners 1930

1

A neglected wife spends the night with a roué after drinking a sleeping draught.

1930

The Kibitzer

The Kibitzer 1930

4.70

In this comedy, a Yiddish fellow cannot keep from kibitzing into other people's lives. Trouble ensues when he is mistakenly given a huge fortune in stocks that he can spend any way he pleases. At the same time, his daughter has fallen in love with an impoverished, but good hearted boy. When the kibitzer suggests he bet all his money on a dog of a racehorse, the lad does it. Against all odds, the horse wins, and suddenly the young man is quite wealthy.

1930

Le défenseur

Le défenseur 1930

1

A wealthy financier fatally wounds himself while handling a dagger. Before dying, he leaves a private letter to his lawyer accusing his wife. It is the financier's son who becomes the suspect. In love with the young woman, the lawyer is torn between duty and love.

1930

Never Trust a Woman

Never Trust a Woman 1930

1

A sailor falls for a music hall performer with marital problems, after having been at sea a long 12 years, only to learn the distressing news that she is his own sister.

1930

Accordion Joe

Accordion Joe 1930

6.00

Bimbo becomes a long distance accordion champ and comes through with a load of credit.

1930

Soup to Nuts

Soup to Nuts 1930

5.80

Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.

1930

Wie werde ich reich und glücklich?

Wie werde ich reich und glücklich? 1930

1

The permanent lack of money is giving Kibis a real headache. The rent has been overdue for seven months and now he is threatened with eviction. Then one day he comes across the brochure "How to become rich and happy"...

1930

Cortile

Cortile 1930

1

Short comedy vehicle for performer Petrolini, about a blind man who sings in the streets and courtyards of Rome and who tries to score a kiss as a favor from a woman whose beauty he can only sense, not actually see.

1930

Convict's Code

Convict's Code 1930

1

Just before the scheduled electrocution of stockbroker Kenneth Avery for the murder of Mazie Lawrence, Nan Perry makes one last plea to the governor for a stay of execution and relates the incidents that led to Mazie's death. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

1930

The Royal Family of Broadway

The Royal Family of Broadway 1930

5.70

Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshall, the platinum magnate from South America.

1930

Thus is Life

Thus is Life 1930

1

A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work. After he is employed as a chauffeur to a wealthy family, he falls in love with his employer's daughter.

1930

Roseland

Roseland 1930

3.75

A pretty dance hall girl is looking for the right guy.

1930

The Truth About Youth

The Truth About Youth 1930

5.70

A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.

1930

Loose Ends

Loose Ends 1930

1

'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)

1930

The School for Scandal

The School for Scandal 1930

1

Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.

1930

Troopers Three

Troopers Three 1930

7.00

Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.

1930