1930 Movies

In this one, we get simple variations of people heading off to a May Day celebration, carrying a Maypole and a hippopotamus to serve as the Queen of t...

The first Terrytoons animated short

The Swordswoman of Huangjiang was a popular book that started with the decision to get revenge on her father's death. She left her birth town to trave...

A young rancher falsely accused of kidnapping his own stepfather, the aptly named Henry Pennypincher.

Otto Ott owns and operates a summer garden, which is successful if only because they serve the largest beers in town for only 5¢ apiece. The problem i...

Sergo and his wife Maro do not spare their care for Alyosha, who was taken out of an orphanage. The family's peace is disturbed by the arrival of an o...

The phenomenon of radio is hot, and everyone is listening, including an overambitious goldfish, a lazy spider and three terrified mouse-children.

Short silent film.

Drama based on a play by Friedrich Wolf. Hete is pregnant, hoping to have a family with her fiancé Paul. When the factory where she and Paul work sack...

Comical character piece climaxing in a boxing match. Set in the rough, tough city; apparently the Bowery, if we let the music tell us. With one of tho...

Three friends serve in the Australian Light Horse during the Palestine Campaign of World War I. One of them enlisted for excitement; another because h...

Eddie Lambert leads the tour; Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Joan Crawford return from their honeymoon trip; Carl Laemmle, Jr. welcomes Paul Whiteman to H...

A Krazy Kat short.

Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "El carretero", song composed and written by Arturo de Nava.

The gang creates a huge mess after they get into a taffy-pulling contest.

The female vocal ensemble Singing Babies, founded by Edmund Fritz, puts on a gig.

It seems to be mostly a stereotypical depiction of the Chinese-here portrayed as rats-and the way they run their laundry.

A symbolical telling of the history of the Belarusian people, their centuries-old struggle for liberation.

A French documentary short.

NEAT AND TIDY (1930) hilarious British Pathe comedy short with wonderful music hall comics. Newlyweds are old by the time their house is built.