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A Notorious Affair
A Notorious Affair (1930) on 4 may 1930
, 1h9
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis, Kenneth Thomson, Montagu Love, Malcolm Waite
Rating53% 2.661122.661122.661122.661122.66112
Billie Dove plays Lady Patricia, a socialite who, despite being engaged to an aristocrat, shocks her friends and social class by marrying a poor Italian violinist Paul Gherardi (Rathbone). Through her wealth and influence, Patricia makes Paul famous and wealthy. In spite of this, Paul falls for the charms of a vamp, Countess Olga Balakireff (Francis) who likes to fool around with rich men. Eventually Paul has a nervous breakdown due to overwork and collapses.
The Runaway Bride
The Runaway Bride (1930) on 4 may 1930
, 1h9
Directed by Donald Crisp, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst, David Newell, Natalie Moorhead, Francis McDonald
Rating49% 2.474112.474112.474112.474112.47411
Mary Gray (Mary Astor) and Dick Mercer (David Newell) are racing to Atlantic City, where they intend to elope, since Mary's wealthy parents would never approve of the marriage. In Atlantic City, they arrive at the humble efficiency hotel room Mary has rented. Dick is not impressed, and would prefer they stay in a fancier hotel. An argument ensues, ending with Dick storming out, leaving Mary alone.
The Man Hunter
The Man Hunter (1930) on 2 may 1930

Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Charles Delaney, Rintintin (acteur canin), John Litel, Nora Lane, John Loder, Pat Hartigan
Rating49% 2.492322.492322.492322.492322.49232
Lady Jane Winston (Lane), heiress to a company called the West Africa Ivory and Rubber Co., travels to Africa because she believes that George Castle (Loder), the company's manager in Africa, is stealing from the company. Rin Tin Tin sails on the same ship that she does.
The Cuckoos
The Cuckoos (1930) on 4 may 1930
, 1h37
Directed by Paul Sloane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, June Clyde, Hugh Trevor, Ivan Lebedeff
Rating60% 3.001913.001913.001913.001913.00191
Professor Bird (Woolsey) and his partner, Sparrow (Wheeler), are a pair of charlatan fortune tellers who are bankrupt and stranded at a Mexican resort just south of the border. An heiress, Ruth Chester (June Clyde), appears, who is running away from her aunt, Fanny Furst (Jobyna Howland). She is in love with an American pilot, Billy Shannon (Hugh Trevor), but her aunt wishes her to marry the European nobleman, The Baron (Ivan Lebedeff), whom the aunt believes is the "right" type of person for her niece.
The Big Pond
The Big Pond (1930) on 3 may 1930
, 1h12
Directed by Hobart Henley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton
Rating57% 2.8588552.8588552.8588552.8588552.858855
Pierre Mirande (Maurice Chevalier), is a Venetian tour guide from a poor French family who falls in love with Barbara Billings (Claudette Colbert), a wealthy American tourist whose father (George Barbier). Although Barbara loves Pierre as well, her suitor, Ronnie (Frank Lyon) and her father see him as a fortune-hunter. Barbara's mother (Marion Ballou) persuades her husband to give Pierre a job in his chewing-gum factory in the States. Despite living in a dingy boardinghouse and being given the hardest job in the plant, he manages to captivate his landlady (Andrée Corday) and the maid (Elaine Koch) with his humorous songs. Unfortunately, he falls asleep on the night he is to attend Barbara's party, and is then fired when he is wrongly accused of spilling rum on some chewing gum samples. He wins back his job, and is promoted as well, when he sells liquor-coated chewing gum as a sales gimmick. Barbara disapproves, and plans to marry Ronnie, but Pierre whisks her away in a speedboat.
The Bad One
The Bad One (1930) on 3 may 1930
, 1h10
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dolores del Río, Edmund Lowe, Don Alvarado, Blanche Friderici, Ullrich Haupt, Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Rating64% 3.243223.243223.243223.243223.24322
La jeune et belle Lita chante et danse dans un sordide bar à marins de Marseille. Une nuit, elle s'amourache d'un marin, Jerry Flanagan, et accepte de l'épouser. Malheureusement, l'un de ses anciens prétendants lui fait des avances et une terrible bagarre, entre l'époux de Lita et son Ex, éclate. Jerry tue son rival et se retrouve condamné à finir ses jours au bagne de Guyane. Les seules femmes autorisées à entrer sur l'île du Diable étant les épouses des gardiens, Lita, ne pouvant vivre sans l'amour de sa vie, est prête à épouser le chef des gardes.
Shivering and Shaking
Shivering and Shaking (1930) on 28 april 1930
, 27minutes
Directed by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Baldwin Cooke, Charlie Hall, Jack Hill
Rating64% 3.238233.238233.238233.238233.23823
« El helado invierno del 1929 nunca lo olvidaremos. La nariz del Sr; Hardy estaba azul de frio. El Sr. Laurel la confundio por un pájaro azul y le disporó un tiro ! »
Thus is Life
Thus is Life (1930) on 3 may 1930
, 1h12
Origin USA
Actors José Bohr, Delia Magaña, Tito Davison