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The Matrimonial Bed (1930) on 1 august 1930
, 1h9Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frank Fay, Lilyan Tashman, Florence Eldridge, Beryl Mercer, Vivien Oakland, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Rating57%
Leopold Trebel (Frank Fay) is a man who was in a train wreck five years earlier and was taken for dead by his wife, Juliet (Florence Eldridge) Leopold and Juliet have both remarried. Leopold, who remembers nothing that occurred before the train wreck, is the father of two sets of twins by his new wife, Sylvaine (Lilyan Tashman). Juliet has recently had a child with her new husband, Gustave Corton (James Gleason). Leopold is a very popular hairdresser and some of Juliet's friends urge her to try him out.
Numbered Men (1930) on 3 august 1930
, 1h10Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett, Ralph Ince, Ivan Linow, George Cooper
Rating48%
Conrad Nagel plays Bertie "Duke" Gray, a counterfeiter who has been sentenced to prison for ten years. Seeing that there is no chance to escape, he accepts his fate and settles down into prison life to make the best of it. Gray is friends with Bud Leonard (played by Raymond Hackett), a young man who can not stand prison for he is in love with Mary Dane (played by Bernice Claire) and misses her terribly. To make matters worse, while Hackett is in prison, the man who framed him, played by Lou Rinaldo (played by Maurice Black), is making a play for Mary. When she tempts Bud to escape he is ready to run the risk although it may mean his death. The two plan to meet each other when Hackett discloses to her that he is being sent to work on the road gang. Mary manages to get work at a farmhouse where the convicts usually eat, hoping to thereby see Bud. Rinaldo traces her to the house and schemes to get Hackett out of the way so he can have her instead. Rinaldo convinces Hackett and yet another prisoner ("King Callahan", played by Ralph Ince) whom Rinaldo had framed that now is the time to escape in the hope that he can have them caught in the attempt. Mary prevents Hackett's escape but Callahan falls for the trick. Callahan later shoots Rinaldo and is himself killed. To save Bud, who is supposed to be released soon, Gray informs against Rinaldo, although the evidence he provides will lead to an extra prison term for him. Gray is happy to make the sacrifice, knowing that Mary will be with the man she truly loves.
Wings of Adventure (1930) on 1 august 1930
, 53minutesDirected by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Rex Lease, Armida, Clyde Wilfred Cook, Fred Malatesta, Eddie Boland, Charles K. French
Rating49%
Dave Kent et son mécanicien "Skeets" Smith font un atterrissage forcé au Mexique et se retrouvent prisonniers de "La Panthera", un célèbre bandit. Ils réussiront à s'échapper, et à libérer la belle Maria, retenue elle aussi prisonnière...
Night (1930) on 31 july 1930
, 6minutesDirected by Walt Disney, Burton Gillett
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Rating59%
Une nuit dans un étang, près d'un vieux moulin, les animaux s'adonnent à la musique.
Way Out West (1930) on 2 august 1930
, 1h11Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Cliff Edwards, Charles Middleton
Rating58%
Windy, a sideshow barker, cheats a group of cowboys out of their pay but is then robbed himself. When the cowboys discover they have been cheated they initially decide to hang him, then decide to make him work off his debt. He falls in love with ranch owner Molly and, when he saves her life after she is bitten by a snake, he wins her heart.
Common Clay (1930) on 1 august 1930
, 1h29Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Constance Bennett, Lew Ayres, Beryl Mercer, Hale Hamilton, Tully Marshall, Matty Kemp
Rating61%
Dixiana (1930) on 1 august 1930
, 1h40Directed by Luther Reed, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bebe Daniels, Joseph Cawthorn, Bert Wheeler, Jobyna Howland, Robert Woolsey, Bill Robinson
Rating52%
Dixiana Caldwell and her friends, Peewee and Ginger, are circus performers in the antebellum South. When Dixiana falls in love with a young Southern aristocrat, Carl Van Horn, she leaves the circus where she is employed and, with Peewee and Ginger, accompanies Carl to his family's plantation in order to meet Van Horn's family. At first thrilled with the news of their impending nuptials, Carl's father and stepmother, Cornelius and Birdie Van Horn, throw a lavish party for the couple. However, Peewee and Ginger inadvertently disclose Dixiana's background as a circus performer, creating a scandal for the elder Van Horns.
Grumpy (1930) on 1 august 1930
, 1h14Directed by George Cukor, Cyril Gardner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Phillips Holmes, Paul Lukas, Halliwell Hobbes, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Bolder, Olaf Hytten
Rating49%
The titular character is a temperamental but lovable retired London barrister now living in the country with his granddaughter Virginia. Ernest Heron, Virginia's beau, returns from South Africa with a valuable diamond, and that night he is attacked and the gem is stolen. The only clue to the perpetrator's identity is a camellia Ernest is found clutching in his hand.
The Silent Enemy (1930) on 2 august 1930
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Rating69%
Dans le nord-ouest canadien, la tribu Chippewa a du mal à trouver de la nourriture avant le début de l'hiver.Ld
She's My Weakness (1930) on 1 august 1930
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sue Carol, Arthur Lake, Lucien Littlefield, William Collier Sr., William Collier Sr, Helen Ware
Rating49%
Tommy Mills wants to marry his girlfriend, Marie Thurber, but cannot afford it. When he inherits a piece of property, he plans on selling it in order to facilitate the marriage. However, Marie is also being pursued by Bernard Norton, who is not as seemingly dull as Tommy. Marie's parents would prefer their daughter to marry Tommy, but things get complicated when Marie's father, Warren, needs to sell a piece of property he owns in order to get himself out of financial difficulty. The town is interested in both pieces, but will only purchase one of them.