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The Burning Heart (1929) on 10 may 1930
, 1h53Directed by Ludwig Berger, Paul Martin, Ludwig Berger
Origin German
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Mady Christians, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayßler, Frida Richard, Ida Wüst, Anton Edthofer
Le jeune compositeur Georg Wittig a développé un instrument de musique électronique révolutionnant la scène musicale, avec laquelle on peut produire des sons similaires à la voix humaine. Alors qu'il se prépare pour son premier concert, il tombe amoureux de la jeune chanteuse Dorothee, qu'il avait rencontrée dans le cimetière. La jeune femme vient de terminer ses études de chant et se produit dans le but de se nourrir à l'Odeon, un cabaret de seconde zone. Comme elle en a honte, elle se fait passer pour une employée de la poste. Une vraie postière, Inge Keller, la couvre auprès de Georg.
The Devil's Holiday (1930) on 9 may 1930
, 1h20Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, James Kirkwood Sr., Hobart Bosworth, Morgan Farley, Ned Sparks
Rating60%
A golddigger marries a young man for his money, but finds that she really loves him and wants to keep him despite his family's disapproval.
The Rogue Song (1930) on 9 may 1930
, 1h44Directed by Lionel Barrymore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Catherine Dale Owen, Oliver Hardy, Ullrich Haupt, Lionel Belmore, Nance O'Neil
Rating56%
The story takes place in Russia in the year 1910. Yegor (Lawrence Tibbett), a dashing (as well as singing) bandit leader meets Princess Vera (Catherine Dale Owen) at a mountain inn. They fall in love, but the relationship is shattered when Yegor kills Vera's brother, Prince Serge, for raping his sister, Nadja, and driving her to suicide. Yegor kidnaps Vera, forcing her to live a life of lowly servitude among the bandits. Vera manages to outwit Yegor, who is captured by soldiers and flogged. Vera begs Yegor's forgiveness. Although still in love with each other, they realize they cannot be together, at least for the time being.
Frolicking Fish (1930) on 8 may 1930
, 6minutesDirected by Walt Disney, Burton Gillett
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Rating59%
Des créatures sous-marines dansent en rythme. Un hippocampe tente de désarçonner son cavalier, un poisson s'amuse avec la chaîne d'une ancre, un chœur aquatique interprète une marche autour d'un coffre près d'une épave de navire. Une pieuvre sort du coffre et poursuit les petits poissons. Une écrevisse fait des percussions avec des coquillages tandis qu'un poisson fait des bulles. Un petit poisson parvient à échapper à la pieuvre en utilisant l'ancre du bateau englouti.
The Big Fight (1930) on 11 may 1930
, 1h5Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Ralph Ince, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Stepin Fetchit, Wheeler Oakman
Rating48%
Caught Short (1930) on 10 may 1930
, 1h15Directed by Charles Reisner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Charles Morton, Douglas Haig, Herbert Prior
Dumb-bells in Ermine (1930) on 10 may 1930
, 1h10Directed by John G. Adolfi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Armstrong, Barbara Kent, Beryl Mercer, James Gleason, Claude Gillingwater, Julia Swayne Gordon
Rating51%
In a small town in Virginia, Barbara Kent, is being forced into a marriage with a missionary reformer by her socially prominent parents. Kent meets Robert Armstrong, a prizefighter, and falls in love with him. Armstrong's manager, played by James Gleason, tries to dissuade Armstrong from the relationship.
The Flirting Widow (1930) on 11 may 1930
, 1h12Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Claude Gillingwater, William Austin, Emily Fitzroy
Rating60%
William Faraday refuses to let his youngest daughter, Evelyn, get married before her older sister, Celia, finds a husband. Faraday is afraid that people will call Celia an old maid. Celia, who has no interest in getting married, attempts to fool her father by pretending to be engaged. After a short vacation away from home she makes the announcement to her family and informs everyone that he has gone to Arabia but that they will be married upon his return to England. When her father receives this news, he finally consents to Evelyn's marriage. At Evelyn's insistence, Celia writes a love letter to her fiancé.
The Texan (1930) on 10 may 1930
, 1h19Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn, Oscar Apfel, James A. Marcus, Donald Reed
Rating63%
A young bandit called the Llano Kid (Gary Cooper) is wanted by the law and has a price on his head. After stopping in at the local blacksmith, John Brown (James A. Marcus), a highly religious man who fancies himself a sheriff, the Kid gets into a poker game during which he notices a young gambler cheating, confronts him, and is forced to kill him in self-defense. The Kid is then pursued by Sheriff Brown and is almost apprehended, but is able to get the draw on the zealous lawman. As the Kid leaps into the saddle, Sheriff Brown pledges, "God will deliver you into my hands."