City Girl

City Girl 1930

7.40

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

1930

The Volga Girl

The Volga Girl 1930

4.50

A love story between a simple peasant girl (Holt) and a dashing young officer (Sym), who however doesn't see more in her than a temporary affair.

1930

Tarakanova

Tarakanova 1930

1.00

Tarakanova is a 1930 French historical drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Édith Jéhanne, Paule Andral and Olaf Fjord. It depicts the life of Princess Tarakanoff, the pretender to the throne of Catherine II in Eighteenth Century Russia.

1930

Her Man

Her Man 1930

5.11

A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

1930

Burglars

Burglars 1930

6.20

The young wife of a rich old husband is prevented of a fling by a gentleman-burglar, who falls in love to her.

1930

Rookery Nook

Rookery Nook 1930

1

A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.

1930

Oceantics

Oceantics 1930

1

Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins. Felix then comes upon a billboard of a player piano.

1930

Kajastus

Kajastus 1930

1

A historical drama depicting the Finnish struggle against Tsarist Russia. Opens at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in February 1899. Tsar Nicholas II signs the February Manifesto, the purpose of which is to abolish Finnish self-government. An act that arouse widespread opposition in Finland.

1930

Midnight

Midnight 1930

2.00

It's a straight musical involving a barbershop quartet of alley cats and some dogs summoned from the pound to quiet them to little success. The animation and visual gags are simple and old fashioned, but the aural gags are nicely done and even if there's little coordination between the animation and the music.

1930

Girl Shock

Girl Shock 1930

5.00

Charley suffers a hysterical reaction whenever a woman touches him; a psychiatrist attempts to help him overcome his panicked reflex.

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front 1930

7.70

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.

1930

Party Girl

Party Girl 1930

3.46

Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a web involving an escort service or 'party girls' and trapped into an unhappy marriage.

1930

Her Wedding Night

Her Wedding Night 1930

6.00

Norma Martin is an American movie star in France trying to avoid the attention of men. Going to visit a friend in Southern France, she finds herself "married" to a playboy song writer Ralph Forbes she hadn't yet met. Some of his lady friends then show up. Some very good sequences, but also some flat spots. Her "husband's" house is very Hollywood deco and some of the costumes are very good.

1930

Naughty Husbands

Naughty Husbands 1930

1

'Convict dreams he runs marriage agency and tries to supply wife for man already married.' (British Film Catalogue)

1930

Two Worlds

Two Worlds 1930

1

German language version of Two Worlds.

1930

Steeplechase

Steeplechase 1930

1

This entry of Universal's Sporting Youth series goes to the racetrack. The father of Cudgie (Sumner Getchell) has a horse entered in the Big Steeplechase. Judy (Ann Christy, Cudgie's girlfriend, learns that the jockey has taken a bride to throw the race, so she replaces him and wins the stock-footage race from a Universal feature film.

1930

Africa

Africa 1930

5.50

Oswald is riding on a camel; he defeats an attacking lion, using the camel's humps as cannonballs. In Cairo, he meets a queen and sings her his theme song; the sphinx and a couple pyramids join in, but the king isn't as happy.

1930

Jungle Jazz

Jungle Jazz 1930

3.00

In this early synchronized sound cartoon from the Van Beuren cartoon factory, a dog and cat encounter huge, strange and terrifying creatures in the jungle. They seek refuge in a missionary hits, where they play an organ, which causes the animals to dance. They are captured by cannibals, but escape and lead the jungle animals in song.

1930