Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1930
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All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930) A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Dir: Lewis Milestone With: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray Drama | War |
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Hell's Angels
(1930) Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Roy and Monte Rutledge have very different personalities... Dir: Howard Hughes With: Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow Drama | War United States-PASSED 127 mins. |
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The Blue Angel
(1930) Immanuel Rath, an old bachelor, is a professor at the town's university. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a speakeasy... Dir: Josef von Sternberg With: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron Drama | Musical 124 mins. |
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L'Age d'Or
(1930) Bunuel's first feature has more of a plot than Un Chien Andalou, but it's still a pure Surrealist film... Dir: Luis Buñuel With: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque Comedy 60 mins. |
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Animal Crackers
(1930) Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding. Dir: Victor Heerman With: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx Comedy | Musical |
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The Big Trail
(1930) Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West. Dir: Raoul Walsh With: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel Adventure | Western | Romance United States-PASSED |
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Morocco
(1930) The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret... Dir: Josef von Sternberg With: Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou Romance | Drama United States-PASSED 92 mins. |
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Murder!
(1930) A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam Crime | Mystery | Thriller |
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Charley's Aunt
(1930) Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia... Dir: Al Christie With: Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, Doris Lloyd Comedy |
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City Girl
(1930) Lem goes to Chicago to sell the wheat his family has grown on their farm in Minnesota. There he meets the waitress Kate... Dir: F.W. Murnau With: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence Drama | Romance 77 mins. |










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