Disraeli

Disraeli 1929

5.10

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.

1929

Asphalt

Asphalt 1929

7.30

Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.

1929

Making the Grade

Making the Grade 1929

1

Based on George Ade's story about a wealthy young man whose life is changed by his love for a gardener's daughter, transforming him into a more compassionate person.

1929

Explodigger 1010

Explodigger 1010 1929

6.00

The engineer Karl Hartmann invents a new, gigantic brown coal excavator. He discovers that there are large deposits below his home country and decides to use the excavator there.

1929

Oh, Yeah!

Oh, Yeah! 1929

4.30

A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with the freight-yard bulls and other drifters, find romance in the persons of two waitresses at the camp restaurant. Meanwhile, two crooks are at-large, and the boys fall under suspicion.

1929

Christina

Christina 1929

1

This part-talkie (17 minutes of dialogue in its 83-minute running time) tells the tale of Christina, the daughter of Dutch toymaker Niklaas. Much to her dad's dismay, Christina falls in love with sideshow huckster Jan. Likewise disapproving of the romance is Jan's jealous employer Mme. Bosman, who frames the young man on an embezzlement charge.

1929

Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera 1929

7.80

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

1929

The Pub

The Pub 1929

1

An educational film about alcoholism.

1929

Marianne

Marianne 1929

6.30

At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.

1929

Skating Hounds

Skating Hounds 1929

3.00

A series of animated short subjects created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

1929

Evangeline

Evangeline 1929

6.10

A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British.

1929

Movie Night

Movie Night 1929

6.00

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

1929

Girl Crazy

Girl Crazy 1929

1

A rich widower finds unexpected romance after rescuing a young woman from drowning.

1929

Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou 1929

7.40

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

1929

The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair 1929

4.90

Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected she turns detective, in the hope of uncovering the true murderer.

1929

Perfect Day

Perfect Day 1929

7.00

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.

1929

Speedway

Speedway 1929

5.50

Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the track, Bill sees Pat Bannon, and tries his best to impress her, but to no avail. On his way to catch a flight, he tricks Pat into taking him to the airport and she gets even by taking him up in a plane. He hates to fly, but will not show her that he is afraid and when the plane breaks up, he is a hero for rescuing her. This gets him publicity and Renny offers him his car to drive in the Indianapolis 500. Bill breaks with Mac to drive the car and puts it on the pole for the race. Then Renny double crosses Bill and plans to drive the car himself since Bill has tuned it so well.

1929