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One Night at Susie's
One Night at Susie's (1930) on 19 october 1930
, 1h25
Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helen Ware, Tully Marshall, John Loder, William Bailey
Rating57% 2.8634052.8634052.8634052.8634052.863405
Helen Ware, who runs a house for gangsters, is raising the son of a dead convict, who is played by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ware has raised Fairbanks well, making sure that he was not influenced by her gangster friends. Ware even gets Fairbanks a job as press agent. Fairbanks falls in love with a chorus girl, played by Billie Dove. When Fairbanks announces his engagement to Dove, Ware becomes infuriated because she believes that a girl of her type will urge him on to a life of crime. Her premonitions come to fruition. John Loder, who is producing Dove's show, gives her an engagement party. Fairbanks is called to work, however, and Dove attends the party alone. Loder attempts to rape Dove and she shoots him in self-defence. Despite Dove's protests, Fairbanks confesses to the murder and is convicted for manslaughter. While Fairbanks is in prison, he writes a play for Dove. Dove tries to find a producer for the play but is turned down everywhere. Knowing how much the play means to Fairbanks, she makes a deal with Claude Fleming, who is willing to produce the play only if she submits to his sexual advances. The play is a success and makes Dove a star making Fairbanks happy when he hears the news. James Crane, who had made advances to Dove's previously but had been rejected, goes to Ware and tells her everything concerning Dove's sordid affair. At first, when Ware confronts her, Dove denies everything. Dove eventually confesses and Ware promises to keep the whole affair a secret. When Fairbanks is finally released, the lovers are happily reunited.
The Pay-Off
The Pay-Off (1930) on 14 october 1930
, 1h5
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Hugh Trevor, William Janney, George F. Marion, Walter McGrail
Rating56% 2.806332.806332.806332.806332.80633
Gene Fenmore is a suave gentleman, safely ensconced in the upper crust of society. Unbeknownst to his society acquaintances, he is also the leader of the largest mob in the city. But it is a mob with scruples, thanks to Fenmore, and they only prey on dishonest businessmen, and never shoot or kill anyone. However, there is a power struggle developing between Fenmore and his number two man, Rocky, who disagrees with the moral constraints put on the gang by Fenmore. The tension between the two men is exacerbated by the fact Rocky has taken Fenmore's girlfriend, Dot away from him.
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid (1930) on 16 october 1930
, 1h35
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors John Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson, Karl Dane, Wyndham Standing, Russell Simpson
Rating59% 2.9900052.9900052.9900052.9900052.990005
Dans une vallée du Far-West, dirigée par le colonel Donovan, un propriétaire tyrannique et sans scrupules, Billy le kid arrive à point pour prendre la défense de nouveaux arrivants...
Playboy of Paris
Playboy of Paris (1930) on 18 october 1930
, 1h22
Directed by Ludwig Berger, Ludwig Berger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee, O. P. Heggie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette, Dorothy Christy
Rating60% 3.0498453.0498453.0498453.0498453.049845
Albert Loriflan, a waiter in a Paris cafe, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money from a wealthy relative. His unscrupulous boss, Philibert, refuses to release him from his long-term contract in the hope that Albert will buy him off with a large payment. But Albert refuses, and continues to work at the cafe even though he is now very rich. Before long he falls in love with Philibert's daughter Yvonne.
The Picnic
The Picnic (1930) on 15 october 1930
, 7minutes
Directed by Burton Gillett
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating61% 3.0844753.0844753.0844753.0844753.084475
C'est l'été. Mickey et Minnie partent en pique-nique. Minnie emmène avec elle son chien Rover. Tandis que ce dernier part à la chasse au lapin, Mickey et Minnie dansent joyeusement avant de manger. Les animaux de la forêt en profitent pour chapardonner dans leur panier repas. Les choses se gâtent encore plus lorsqu'il se met à pleuvoir.
Earth
Earth (1930) on 17 october 1930
, 1h15
Directed by Alexandre Dovjenko, Yuliya Solntseva
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Yuliya Solntseva
Rating71% 3.593883.593883.593883.593883.59388
The film begins with the final moments of grandfather Semyon (Simon) Opanas beneath a pear tree. Next local kulaks, including Arkhyp Bilokin, contemplate the process of collectivization and declare their resistance to it, while elsewhere Semyon's grandson Vasyl (Basil) and his komsomol friends also meet to discuss collectivization, although his father is skeptical.
Brothers
Brothers (1930) on 19 october 1930
, 1h3
Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Actors Bert Lytell

The Doorway to Hell
The Doorway to Hell (1930) on 18 october 1930
, 1h18
Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Lew Ayres, James Cagney, Charles Judels, Leon Janney, Dwight Frye, Jerry Mandy
Rating64% 3.245633.245633.245633.245633.24563
Lew Ayres plays as a young Chicago gang leader who is so successful that he becomes the underworld boss of the entire city. He meets Dorothy Mathews and immediately falls in love with her. Unfortunately, Mathews is a gold-digger who is secretly in love with Ayres's best friend, played by James Cagney. Ayres ends up marrying Mathews, who continues to be unfaithful to him during her marriage. Ayres eventually gets tired of being a gangster and attempts to go straight. Against the advice of all his underworld friends, Ayres buys a house in the country in Florida and brings along his wife. Cagney is left in charge of the gangsters and through his ineptitude things quickly become chaotic. Although his former friends plead for Ayres to return he ignores them and spends his time in the country writing his autobiography. In order to force Ayres to come back, some of the gangsters kidnap his younger brother, played by Leon Janney. Unfortunately, Janney is accidentally killed by a truck. Swearing revenge on the men who killed his brother, Ayres returns to the city.