Street Angel is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film. Although the film contains no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score and sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. Directed by Frank Borzage. As an early, transitional sound film, it used intertitles, recorded sound effects and musical selections, but did not include recorded dialogue. Street Angel… Read more →
Min and Bill is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film, directed by George W. Hill and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery. Adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson from Lorna Moon’s 1929 novel Dark Star, the film tells the story of dockside innkeeper Min’s tribulations as she tries to protect the innocence of her adopted daughter, Nancy, while loving… Read more →
Reaching for the Moon is a 1930 American pre-Code black and white musical film. Originally released at 91 minutes; surviving versions are usually cut to 62 minutes. A 74-minute version aired in 1998 on AMC. The film’s working title was Lucky Break and is known as Para alcanzar la Luna in Spain. It is not to be confused with the… Read more →
The Younger Generation is a 1929 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Ricardo Cortez. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film was produced by Jack Cohn… Read more →
Three Faces East is a 1930 American pre-Code spy drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim. Produced by Daryl Zanuck and released by Warner Bros. Pictures it is based on a 1918 Broadway play about World War I spies, Three Faces East, by Anthony Paul Kelly. It was filmed as a silent… Read more →
The Unholy Three is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama directed by Jack Conway and starring Lon Chaney. Its plot involves a crime spree. The film is a sound remake of the silent 1925 film of the same name, with both films based on the novel The Unholy Three, by Tod Robbins. In both versions, the roles of Professor Echo and… Read more →
Tom Sawyer is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Jackie Coogan. The screenplay by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Sam Mintz is based on the 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The film was the third screen adaptation of the Twain novel, following silent versions released in 1907 and… Read more →
His People (also known as Proud Heart) is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman about a young, Jewish boxer growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. According to film historian Lester Friedman, “Sloman portrays immigrant life in America.” Buy a subscription to watch this movie and hundreds more: Ready to watch? Click to start… Read more →
Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical Western film photographed in two-color Technicolor. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and stars Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Eleanor Hunt. The film’s plot closely follows that of the 1928 stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. The Walter Donaldson song “My Baby Just Cares for Me” was introduced in the film version… Read more →
Outside the Law is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Edward G. Robinson. The picture is a remake of the 1920 film of the same name, starring Lon Chaney which was also directed by Browning. Buy a subscription to watch this movie and hundreds more: Ready to watch? Click to start your free trial…. Read more →
