Cartoon: Fire Bugs, 1930
A Bimbo cartoon (though he is still unnamed). First Fleischer cartoon to credit animators
Passion Flower, 1930
Passion Flower is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed and produced by William C. deMille and starring Kay Francis, Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford in a romantic triangle. This production includes actor Ray Milland’s American screen debut, although his appearance as a party guest is uncredited.
Behind the Make-Up, 1930
Behind the Make-Up is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and Dorothy Arzner (who was uncredited), and based on the short story “The Feeder” by Mildred Cram. The film stars Hal Skelly, William Powell, Kay Francis, and Fay Wray. This was the first of seven in which Powell and Francis co-starred, the others being Street of… Read more →
Men Are Like That, 1930
Men Are Like That is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Marion Dix, based on the George Kelly play The Show-Off, which had already been the source material for a 1926 silent film and which would subsequently be remade in 1934 and 1946. Men Are Like That stars Hal… Read more →
Loose Ankles, 1930
Loose Ankles is a 1930 pre-Code romantic comedy with songs, produced and released by First National Pictures, which had become a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed by Ted Wilde and stars Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Louise Fazenda and Edward Nugent. It was a remake of the 1926 silent film titled Ladies at Play, which had… Read more →
Song o’ My Heart, 1930
Song o’ My Heart is a 1930 American pre-Code romance film directed by Frank Borzage and starring John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O’Sullivan, Effie Ellsler and John Garrick. It was O’Sullivan’s second film role. The film was double-shot in both conventional 35mm and the early 70 mm Grandeur film widescreen format. Very few theaters were equipped with the necessary projection… Read more →
Cartoon: The Barnyard Battle, 1929 starring Mickey Mouse
The Barnyard Battle is a 1929 American animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks. It is the seventh film of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the seventh Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the fourth of that year. As the title implies, it features a battle between an invading army of cats and an army of mice trying… Read more →
Lord Byron of Broadway, 1930
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930), also known as What Price Melody?, is an American Pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Harry Beaumont and William Nigh. It was based on a best selling book by Nell Martin, which “was widely praised by critics as an extremely true and amusing romance of stage life.” It was filmed in black and white with… Read more →
Golden Dawn, 1930
Golden Dawn is a 1930 American pre-Code musical operetta film directed by Ray Enright that was photographed entirely in Technicolor. It stars Vivienne Segal, Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name.
Ladies Love Brutes, 1930
Ladies Love Brutes is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Bancroft, Mary Astor, and Fredric March. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based on the play Pardon My Glove by Zoë Akins.
