January 1st, 2026 means that American movies released in 1930 are now in the public domain. As part of my commitment to trying to advocate for this era as much as possible, I spent my down time this last year putting together a list of all of the feature film releases from that year, their availability, and where you can watch these films.
Notes About This List
This list of titles is sourced from IMDB and Wikipedia. This list may be incomplete or missing titles; I found a few while putting it together, but this is the best I was able to assemble from those sources.
My process was first to build the list using IMDB search parameters to list American films by release date, . I then looked up each film on Wikipedia for the directors, stars, genre and studio information. Many pages would also have their current preservation or remake status, and that was added in the notes. I would then search for the film title on Amazon to see if it had a commercial release (normally a higher quality plus, truth be told, I earn an affiliate commission that help keep this site’s lights on), and then, failing that, I would search for the video on the DuckDuckGo search engine. I would prioritize YouTube, Archive.org, and then Ok.ru as sources. (For all video streaming sites, I highly recommend installing ad blockers and cookie blockers in your browser, as well as using a VPN to access them to minimize privacy violations.) I also want to note that I do know and am aware of torrenting services that may contain titles that aren’t listed here, but in my experience classic film trackers have a spotty history and are hard to rely on.
These links will change over time; it’s quite possible some of the ones listed on this page are already dead by the time I publish it. If you run into a link that needs revision, some bad information, or you know of a place to find something I’ve missed here, feel free to reach out to me at my email address here.
The Films of 1930 By Release Date
| Release Date | Film Details | Availability | Review | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/3 | The Bishop Murder Case Directed by David Burton and Nick Grime. Starring Basil Rathbone, Roland Young, Leila Hyams. Released by MGM. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | Basil Rathbone plays Philo Vance here. |
| 1/4 | Applause Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Starring Helen Morgan, Joan Peers. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 1/4 | Second Choice Directed by Howard Bretherton. Starring Dolores Costello, Chester Morris. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost Film | |
| 1/5 | Hell’s Heroes Directed by William Wyler. Starring Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, and Fred Kohler. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 1/5 | Lilies of the Field Directed by Alexander Korda. Starring Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, and John Loder. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost Film | |
| 1/5 | Love Comes Along Directed by Rupert Julian. Starring Bebe Daniels, Lloyd Hughes and Montagu Love. Released by RKO. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 1/5 | The Lone Star Ranger Directed by A.F. Erickson. Starring George O’Brien, Sue Carol. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Released as an all-talkie, only survives as an international version with intertitles. | |
| 1/11 | Behind the Make-Up Directed by Robert Milton. Starring Hal Skelly, William Powell, and Fay Wray. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Indifferent | |
| 1/11 | The Kibitzer Directed by Edward Sloman. Starring Harry Green, Mary Brian, Neil Hamilton. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 1/12 | Cameo Kirby Directed by Irving Cummings. Starring J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris, and Myrna Loy. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | All-talkie. | |
| 1/12 | Night Ride Directed by John S. Robertson. Starring Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, and Edward G. Robinson. Released by Universal. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Lost film. | ||
| 1/12 | Sally Directed by John Francis Dillon. Starring Joe E. Brown, Pert Kelton, Marilyn Miller. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | All Technicolour; survives only in black and white; color fragments survive | |
| 1/14 | Hit the Deck Directed by Luther Reed. Starring Jack Oakie, Polly Walker. Released by RKO. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Lost film. | One reel partially survives, last known copy lost in 1950 RKO fire | |
| 1/15 | The Melody Man Directed by Roy William Neill. Starring John St. Polis, Alice Day, William Collier, Jr.. Released by Columbia. Genre: Musical Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Part-Technicolor; print kept at Library of Congress | |
| 1/18 | Lummox Directed by Herbert Brenon. Starring Winifred Westover. Released by United Artists. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print kept at the British Film Institute | |
| 1/18 | The Love Parade Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette Macdonald. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Academy Award nominee for Best Picture; in the Eclipse ‘Early Lubitsch’ set. | |
| 1/19 | Harmony at Home Directed by Hamilton MacFadden. Starring Marguerite Churchill, Rex Bell. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Unknown. | All-talkie. | |
| 1/19 | Parade of the West Directed by Harry Joe Brown. Starring Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell, Otis Harlan. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Lost film. | ||
| 1/19 | Playing Around Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Alice White, Chester Morris, William Bakewell. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 1/24 | The Woman Racket Directed by Robert Ober, Albert H. Kelley. Starring Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 1/25 | General Crack Directed by Alan Crosland. Starring John Barrymore. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | part Technicolour; sound version lost; silent version survives | |
| 1/25 | Seven Days’ Leave Directed by Richard Wallace. Starring Beryl Mercer, Gary Cooper. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 1/26 | In the Next Room Directed by Edward Cline. Starring Jack Mulhall, Alice Day. Released by Warners. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film; Vitaphone soundtrack may survive | |
| 1/26 | The Climax Directed by Renaud Hoffman. Starring Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford. Released by Universal. Genre: Horror. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print (silent version-only) kept at UCLA. | |
| 1/26 | The Sky Hawk Directed by John G. Blystone. Starring Helen Chandler, John Garrick. Released by Fox Films. Genre: War. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Preservation status unknown, clips exist. | |
| 1/29 | Murder on the Roof Directed by George B. Seitz. Starring Dorothy Revier, Raymond Hatton. Released by Columbia. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Preservation status unknown. | |
| 1/31 | The Ship from Shanghai Directed by Charles Brabin. Starring Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 1/31 | They Learned About Women Directed by Jack Conway and Sam Wood. Starring Van and Schenck. Released by MGM. Genre: Baseball Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Dislike | |
| 2/1 | Burning Up Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Starring Mary Brian, Richard Arlen. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Like | |
| 2/1 | Street of Chance Directed by John Cromwell. Starring William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis and Regis Toomey. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 2/1 | Wide Open Directed by Archie Mayo. Starring Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Miller. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | |
| 2/2 | Girl of the Port Directed by Bert Glennon. Starring Sally O’Neil. Released by RKO. Genre: Romantic Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Like | |
| 2/2 | Let’s Go Places Directed by Frank R. Strayer. Starring Joseph Wagstaff, Lola Lane, Sharon Lynn. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film | |
| 2/2 | Loose Ankles Directed by Ted Wilde. Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Loretta Young. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 2/2 | Not So Dumb Directed by King Vidor. Starring Marion Davies. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 2/8 | Be Yourself Directed by Thornton Freeland. Starring Fanny Brice, Robert Armstrong. Released by United Artists. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 2/8 | The Mounted Stranger Directed by Arthur Rosson. Starring Hoot Gibson, Buddy Hunter, Milton Brown. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 2/9 | Dames Ahoy! Directed by William James Craft. Starring Glenn Tryon, Otis Harlan, Gertrude Astor. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 2/9 | Men Without Women Directed by John Ford. Starring Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, J. Farrell MacDonald. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print (‘International Sound Version’) kept at MOMA. | |
| 2/9 | Second Wife Directed by Russell Mack. Starring Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print kept at the Library of Congress | |
| 2/9 | The Other Tomorrow Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Starring Billie Dove, Kenneth Thomson, Grant Withers. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 2/14 | Personality Directed by Victor Heerman. Starring Sally Starr, Johnny Arthur, Blanche Friderici.. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 2/15 | Roadhouse Nights Directed by Hobart Henley. Starring Helen Morgan, Charles Ruggles, Fred Kohler. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Archive.org. | ||
| 2/15 | She Couldn’t Say No Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Starring Winnie Lightner, Chester Morris, Sally Eilers, Johnny Arthur. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Soundtrack survives. | |
| 2/16 | City Girl Directed by F.W. Murnau. Starring Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Part-talkie. Silent version also released. Sound version lost. Silent version survives. | |
| 2/16 | No, No, Nanette Directed by Clarence G. Badger. Starring Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Louise Fazenda. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Incomplete print kept at the British Film Institute. Vitaphone disk recordings can be found online. | |
| 2/21 | Anna Christie Directed by Clarence Brown. Starring Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 2/22 | Dangerous Paradise Directed by William A. Wellman. Starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Warner Oland, Gustav von Seyffertitz. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Archive.org. | ||
| 2/22 | Slightly Scarlet Directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Edwin H. Knopf. Starring Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Paul Lukas. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy . (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 2/22 | Vengeance Directed by Archie Mayo. Starring Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 2/23 | Chasing Rainbows Directed by Charles Reisner. Starring Charles King, Bessie Love. Released by MGM. Genre: Romantic Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 2/23 | The Big Party Directed by John G. Blystone. Starring Sue Carol, Dixie Lee, Walter Catlett. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Released both as talkie and silent. | |
| 2/23 | The Case of Sergeant Grischa Directed by Herbert Brenon. Starring Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Jean Herscholt. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Oscar nominated for Best Sound Recording. No Wikipedia page. | |
| 2/28 | A Lady to Love Directed by Victor Sjöström. Starring Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Dislike | Public domain. |
| 2/28 | Lord Byron of Broadway Directed by Harry Beaumont, William Nigh. Starring Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry, Marion Shilling. Released by MGM. Genre: Musical drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 3/1 | Isle of Escape Directed by Howard Bretherton. Starring Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, Betty Compson. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 3/1 | Puttin’ On the Ritz Directed by Edward Sloman. Starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, James Gleason. Released by United Artists. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Only survives in 1940 re-release version with 20 minutes of footage censored. | |
| 3/1 | The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland Directed by William James Craft. Starring George Sidney, Charles Murray. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Survives as a print at the Library of Congress. Fourth in the Cohens and Kellys series of films. | |
| 3/1 | Undertow Directed by Harry A. Pollard. Starring Mary Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Ellis. Released by Universal. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 3/2 | Beau Bandit Directed by Lambert Hillyer. Starring Rod La Rocque, Mitchell Lewis, Doris Kenyon. Released by RKO. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 3/2 | Happy Days Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. Starring Charles E. Evans, Marjorie White, Richard Keene, Stuart Erwin. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | YouTube. | First widescreen full-length feature film (Fox 70MM Granduer). Studio musical. | |
| 3/2 | Lucky Larkin Directed by Harry Joe Brown. Starring Ken Maynard, Nora Lane. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 3/2 | Strictly Modern Directed by William A. Seiter. Starring Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 3/3 | Guilty? Directed by George B. Seitz. Starring Virginia Valli, John Holland. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 3/8 | Only the Brave Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Phillips Holmes. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 3/8 | The Green Goddess Directed by Alfred E. Green. Starring George Arliss, Ralph Forbes, H.B. Warner. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Dislike | |
| 3/9 | Son of the Gods Directed by Frank Lloyd. Starring Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett. Released by Warners. Genre: Romantic drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Part Technicolour, but only survives in black and white. | |
| 3/9 | Such Men Are Dangerous Directed by Kenneth Hawks. Starring Warner Baxter, Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | All-talkie. Silent version also released. | |
| 3/15 | Hell Harbor Directed by Henry King. Starring Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland. Released by United Artists. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 3/15 | On the Border Directed by William C. McGann. Starring Rin Tin Tin, Armida, John Litel. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Survives as a print at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. | |
| 3/15 | Song of the West Directed by Ray Enright. Starring John Boles, Vivienne Segal, Joe E. Brown. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film; few short fragments survive. First all-Technicolor film shot entirely outdoors. | |
| 3/15 | The Girl Said No Directed by Sam Wood. Starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Marie Dressler. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 3/16 | Framed Directed by George Archainbaud. Starring Evelyn Brent, William Holden, Regis Toomey, Ralf Harolde. Released by RKO. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Archive.org. | ||
| 3/16 | The Furies Directed by Alan Crosland. Starring Lois Wilson, H.B. Warner, Natalie Moorhead, Theodore von Eltz. Released by Warners. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 3/16 | The Golden Calf Directed by Millard White. Starring Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol, El Brendel, Marjorie White. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. IMDB page lists it as ‘Her Golden Calf’ for apparently no sourced reason. | |
| 3/17 | A Royal Romance Directed by Eric C. Kenton. Starring William Collier, Pauline Starke, Clarence Muse. Released by Columbia. Genre: Romantic comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 3/20 | Montana Moon Directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Starring Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Ricardo Cortez. Released by MGM. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 3/21 | Lovin’ the Ladies Directed by Melville W. Brown, Charles Kehr. Starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Allen Kearns. Released by RKO. Genre: Romantic comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Premiered in New York City, wide release April 6, 1930[39] | |
| 3/22 | Free and Easy Directed by Edward Sedgwick. Starring Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Robert Montgomery. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | |
| 3/22 | Men Are Like That Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring Hal Skelly, Doris Hill, Clara Blandick. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 3/22 | Sarah and Son Directed by Dorothy Arzner. Starring Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 3/23 | High Society Blues Directed by David Butler. Starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Romantic musical. (Wiki) | Unknown. | All-talkie. | |
| 3/23 | Trailing Trouble Directed by Arthur Rosson. Starring Hoot Gibson, Margaret Quimby. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 3/26 | Prince of Diamonds Directed by Karl Brown, A. H. Van Buren. Starring Aileen Pringle, Ian Keith, Fritzi Ridgeway. Released by Columbia. Genre: Adventure. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 3/29 | Captain of the Guard Directed by John S. Brown. Starring Laura La Plante, John Boles, Sam De Grasse. Released by Universal. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 3/29 | Honey Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Starring Nancy Carroll, Harry Green, Lillian Roth. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 3/30 | Crazy That Way Directed by Hamilton MacFadden. Starring Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett, Regis Toomey. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. All-talkie. Silent version also released. | |
| 4/1 | Hide-Out Directed by Reginald Barker. Starring James Murray, Kathryn Crawford, Carl Stockdale. Released by Universal. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 4/1 | Under a Texas Moon Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Frank Fay, Raquel Torres, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery. Released by Warners. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Surives as a print at UCLA. | |
| 4/5 | Ladies of Leisure Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 4/5 | Young Eagles Directed by William A. Wellman. Starring Charles “”Buddy”” Rogers, Jean Arthur, Paul Lukas. Released by Paramount. Genre: War. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 4/6 | Murder Will Out Directed by Clarence Badger. Starring Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee. Released by Warners. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Soundtrack may survive in private collections. | |
| 4/6 | The Fighting Legion Directed by Ken Maynard. Starring Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan, Harry Todd. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 4/6 | The Three Sisters Directed by Paul Sloane. Starring Louise Dresser, Joyce Compton. Released by Fox Films. Genre: ?. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. All-talkie. Silent version also released. | |
| 4/11 | Alias French Gertie Directed by George Archainbaud. Starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon. Released by RKO. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Like | Premiered in New York City, wide release April 20, 1930[40] |
| 4/12 | The Benson Murder Case Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring William Powell, William “”Stage”” Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorhead. Released by Paramount. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 4/12 | This Mad World Directed by William C. DeMille. Starring Kay Johnson, Basil Rathbone, Louise Dresser. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | ||
| 4/13 | Spring Is Here Directed by John Francis Dillon. Starring Lawrence Gray, Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | |
| 4/13 | Temple Tower Directed by Donald Gallaher. Starring Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day, Peter Gawthorne. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print survives at UCLA. All-talkie. Silent version also released. | |
| 4/18 | He Knew Women Directed by Hugh Herbert. Starring Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce. Released by RKO. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Premiered in New York City, wide release May 18, 1930[41] | |
| 4/19 | King of Jazz Directed by John Murray Anderson. Starring Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante. Released by Universal. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifference | |
| 4/19 | The Divorcee Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Starring Normal Shearer, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 4/19 | The Light of Western Stars Directed by Otto Brower and Edwin K. Knopf. Starring Richard Arlen, Mary Brian. Released by Paramount. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Dislike | Reissue title: Winning the West. |
| 4/19 | The Vagabond King Directed by Ernst Lubitsch and Ludwig Berger. Starring Dennis King, Jeanette MacDonald. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Indifference | Paramount’s first all-Technicolor (two-color process) talkie. |
| 4/19 | Those Who Dance Directed by William Beaudine. Starring Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Betty Compson. Released by Warners. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 4/20 | Double Cross Roads Directed by Alfred L. Werker and George E. Middleton. Starring Robert Ames, Lila Lee, Edythe Chapman. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Unknown. | All-talkie. Silent version also released. | |
| 4/20 | Showgirl in Hollywood Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Alice White. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | part Technicolour; survives only in black and white |
| 4/25 | Around the Corner Directed by Bert Glennon. Starring George Sidney, Charles Murray, Joan Peers. Released by Columbia. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 4/25 | The Cuckoos Directed by Paul Sloane. Starring Wheeler & Woolsey. Released by RKO. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | Premiered in New York City, wide release May 4, 1930[42] |
| 4/26 | Children of Pleasure Directed by Harry Beaumont. Starring Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson. Released by MGM. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 4/26 | Ladies Love Brutes Directed by Rowland V. Lee. Starring George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 4/26 | Paramount on Parade Directed by Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Lothar Mendes, Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf, Frank Tuttle, and Victor Schertzinger. Starring Jean Arthur, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Evelyn Brent, Charles “”Buddy”” Rogers, Jack Oakie, Helen Kane, Maurice Chevalier, Nancy Carroll, George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Richard “”Skeets”” Gallagher, Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Lillian Roth . Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Variety. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Indifferent | Two-color Technicolor sequences. |
| 4/26 | The Second Floor Mystery Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H. B. Warner. Released by Warners. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print survives at UCLA. | |
| 4/27 | Roaring Ranch Directed by B. Reeves Easton. Starring Hoot Gibson. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 4/27 | The Arizona Kid Directed by Alfred Santell. Starring Warner Baxter, Carole Lombard. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Indifference | All-talkie. Silent version also released. |
| 4/30 | Soldiers and Women Directed by Edward Sloman. Starring Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers. Released by Columbia. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print survives at the Library of Congress. | |
| 5/1 | Hold Everything Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Sound disks survive. | |
| 5/2 | Redemption Directed by Fred Niblo. Starring John Gilbert. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | |
| 5/3 | One Romantic Night Directed by Paul L. Stien. Starring Lillian Gish, Rod LaRocque. Released by United Artists. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 5/3 | Strictly Unconventional Directed by David Burton . Starring Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 5/3 | The Bad One Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Starring Edmund Lowe, Dolores Del Rio. Released by United Artists. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 5/3 | The Big Pond Directed by Hobart Henley. Starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Like | French language version filmed simultaneously with mostly same cast. |
| 5/4 | A Notorious Affair Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Starring Billie Dove. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | DVD. | Indifferent | |
| 5/4 | Fox Movietone Follies of 1930 Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. Starring El Brendel, Marjorie White. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print survives at UCLA. Part Technicolor. | |
| 5/4 | Mountain Justice Directed by Harry Joe Brown. Starring Ken Maynard, Otis Harlan, Kathryn Crawford, Paul Hurst. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Unknown. | |
| 5/4 | The Runaway Bride Directed by Donald Crisp. Starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Dislike | [43] |
| 5/5 | The Man Hunter Directed by D. Ross Lederman. Starring Rin Tin Tin, Nora Lane, Charles Delaney. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 5/10 | Call of the West Directed by Albert Ray. Starring Dorothy Revier, Matt Moore, Tom O’Brien. Released by Columbia. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 5/10 | Caught Short Directed by Charles Reisner. Starring Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Sound disks survive at UCLA. Condition of print materials unknown. | |
| 5/10 | Dumbbells in Ermine Directed by John G. Adolfi. Starring Robert Armstrong, Barbara Kent. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 5/10 | The Rogue Song Directed by Lionel Barrymore, Hal Roach. Starring Lawrence Tibbett, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy. Released by MGM. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Some materials survive; reconstruction available on YouTube. | |
| 5/10 | The Texan Directed by John Cromwell. Starring Gary Cooper, Fay Wray. Released by Paramount. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 5/11 | Born Reckless Directed by John Ford. Starring Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Marguerite Churchill. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | YouTube. | All-talkie. Silent version also released. | |
| 5/11 | The Flirting Widow Directed by William A. Seiter. Starring Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Indifferent | |
| 5/15 | Ladies in Love Directed by Edgar Lewis. Starring Alice Day, Johnnie Walker. Released by . Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 5/17 | In Gay Madrid Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Starring Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Lottice Howell. Released by MGM. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 5/17 | The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu Directed by Rowland V. Lee. Starring Warner Oland, O. P. Heggie, Jean Arthur, Neil Hamilton. Released by Paramount. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 5/17 | Young Man of Manhattan Directed by Monta Bell. Starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Archive.org. | ||
| 5/18 | On the Level Directed by Irving Cummings. Starring Victor McLaglen, William Harrigan, Lilyan Tashman, Fifi D’Orsay. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Action. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print survives at UCLA. All-talkie. Silent version also released. All subsequent Fox Film features were released only as all-talkies. | |
| 5/24 | The Devil’s Holiday Directed by Edmund Goulding. Starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, Ned Sparks. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 5/24 | The Lady of Scandal Directed by Franklin Sidney. Starring Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone, Ralph Forbes. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifference | |
| 5/24 | The Man from Blankley’s Directed by Alfred E. Green. Starring John Barrymore, Loretta Young. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Vitaphone soundtrack survives. | |
| 5/25 | Not Damaged Directed by Chandler Sprague. Starring Lois Moran, Walter Byron, Robert Ames, Inez Courtney. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 5/25 | Song of the Flame Directed by Alan Crosland. Starring Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Vitaphone soundtrack survives. Shot in color. | |
| 5/25 | The Czar of Broadway Directed by William James Craft. Starring John Wray, Betty Compson, John Harron, Claud Allister. Released by Universal. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Survives as a print in the Library of Congress. | |
| 5/30 | Midnight Mystery Directed by George B. Seitz. Starring Betty Compson. Released by RKO. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Premiered in New York City, wide release May 1, 1930[44] | |
| 5/30 | The Florodora Girl Directed by Harry Beaumont. Starring Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett, Ilka Chase. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | A Marion Davies production | |
| 5/31 | Mammy Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Al Jolson. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Technicolour segments | |
| 5/31 | True to the Navy Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring Clara Bow, Fredric March, Stanley “”Tiny”” Morner, Rex Bell. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 6/1 | Back Pay Directed by William A. Seiter. Starring Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 6/1 | Embarrassing Moments Directed by William James Craft. Starring Reginald Denny, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan, Greta Granstedt. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 6/1 | Women Everywhere Directed by Alexander Korda. Starring J. Harold Murray, Fifi D’Orsay, George Grossmith, Jr. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print survives at UCLA. | |
| 6/5 | Temptation Directed by E. Mason Hopper. Starring Lois Wilson, Lawrence Gray, Billy Bevan. Released by Columbia. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Weirdly, no Wikipedia page. | |
| 6/7 | Courage Directed by Archie Mayo. Starring Belle Bennett, Marian Nixon, Leon Janney, Richard Tucker, Rex Bell. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. Vitaphone soundtrack survives. | |
| 6/7 | Rough Waters Directed by Josh Daumery. Starring Rin Tin Tin, Lane Chandler, Jobyna Ralston, Edmund Breese. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 6/7 | Safety in Numbers Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Starring Charles “”Buddy”” Rogers, Kathryn Crawford, Josephine Dunn. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 6/8 | So This Is London Directed by John G. Blystone. Starring Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Frank Albertson, Maureen O’Sullivan. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 6/8 | Trigger Tricks Directed by B. Reeves Eason. Starring Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Robert Homans, Jack Richardson, Monte Montague, Neal Hart. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 6/8 | Young Desire Directed by Lewis D. Collins. Starring Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Harolde, Mae Busch. Released by Universal. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 6/14 | Golden Dawn Directed by Ray Enright. Starring Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal, Alice Gentle, Noah Beery, Sr.. Released by Warners. Genre: Racist Drama Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | all Technicolour; survives only in black and white |
| 6/14 | Shadow of the Law Directed by Louis J. Gasnier. Starring William Powell, Richard Tucker, Regis Toomey. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 6/14 | The Big House Directed by George Hill. Starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, Leila Hyams. Released by MGM. Genre: Prison Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 6/15 | Rough Romance Directed by A.F. Erickson. Starring George O’Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart, Harry Cording. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Lumberjack Western. (Wiki) | Archive.org. | ||
| 6/15 | Sisters Directed by James Flood. Starring Sally O’Neil, Molly O’Day, Russell Gleason. Released by Columbia. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 6/15 | Sweethearts and Wives Directed by Clarence G. Badger. Starring Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer, Leila Hyams. Released by Warners. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print survives at University of Wisconsin and UCLA. | |
| 6/15 | The Fall Guy Directed by Leslie Pierce. Starring Jack Mulhall, Pat O’Malley, Mae Clarke. Released by RKO. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 6/20 | She’s My Weakness Directed by Melville W. Brown. Starring Sue Carol, Arthur Lake. Released by RKO. Genre: Romantic Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Premiered in New York City, wide release August 1, 1930[46] | |
| 6/21 | One Embarrassing Night Directed by Tom Walls. Starring Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Mary Brough. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | AKA Rookery Nook. British. | |
| 6/21 | The Social Lion Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Starring Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, Richard “”Skeets”” Gallagher. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 6/22 | Bride of the Regiment Directed by John Francis Dillon. Starring Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Myrna Loy. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. All-Technicolor. Soundtrack and 20-second clip survives. | |
| 6/22 | Cheer Up and Smile Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Starring Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 6/28 | The Border Legion Directed by Otto Brower. Starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen. Released by Paramount. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 6/28 | The Sins of the Children Directed by Sam Wood. Starring Louis Mann, Robert Montgomery, Elliott Nugent, Ralph Bushman. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | A Cosmopolitan production | |
| 6/28 | With Byrd at the South Pole Directed by Julian Johnson. Starring Richard E. Byrd. Released by Paramount. Genre: Documentary. (Wiki) | Milestone. | ||
| 6/29 | Good Intentions Directed by William K. Howard. Starring Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill, Regis Toomey, Earle Foxe. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 6/29 | Song of the Caballero Directed by Harry Joe Brown. Starring Ken Maynard, Doris Hill, and Francis Ford. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 7/5 | Dangerous Nan McGrew Directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Starring Helen Kane, James Hall, Stuart Erwin. Released by Paramount. Genre: Western comedy. (Wiki) | Archive.org. | ||
| 7/5 | Inside the Lines Directed by Roy Pomeroy. Starring Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes and Mischa Auer. Released by RKO. Genre: War. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Remake of 1918 silent film by the same title. | |
| 7/5 | The Sea Bat Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Starring Charles Bickford, Raquel Torres, Nils Asther. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 7/6 | Sweet Mama Directed by Edward F. Cline. Starring Alice White, David Manners, Kenneth Thomson. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Originally released as a full musical but the numbers were removed upon rerelease. | |
| 7/6 | Wild Company Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring Frank Albertson, Joyce Compton, Sharon Lynn. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 7/7 | Estrellados Directed by Salvador de Alberich and Edward Sedgwick. Starring Buster Keaton, Raquel Torres and Don Alvarado. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Spanish-language version of Free and Easy | |
| 7/8 | Recaptured Love Directed by John G. Adolfi. Starring Belle Bennett, John Halliday, Dorothy Burgess. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Drama. (Wiki) | ???. | Preserved at the Library of Congress | |
| 7/11 | Lawful Larceny Directed by Lowell Sherman. Starring Bebe Daniels, Kenneth Thomson, Olive Tell. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Remake of a silent 1923 film. | |
| 7/12 | A Man from Wyoming Directed by Rowland V. Lee. Starring Gary Cooper, June Collyer, Regis Toomey. Released by Paramount. Genre: War Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 7/12 | The Unholy Three Directed by Jack Conway. Starring Lon Chaney. Released by MGM. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 7/13 | One Mad Kiss Directed by Marcel Silver and James Tinling. Starring Jose Mojica, Mona Maris. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film. | |
| 7/13 | The Lone Rider Directed by Louis King. Starring Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds, Harry Woods. Released by Columbia. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | ???. | ||
| 7/13 | What Men Want Directed by Ernst Laemmle. Starring Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon, Hallam Cooley. Released by Universal. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Archive.org. | ||
| 7/16 | Hell’s Island Directed by Edward Sloman. Starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Dorothy Sebastian. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Partially survives. | |
| 7/19 | Dancing Sweeties Directed by Ray Enright. Starring Grant Withers, Sue Carol. Released by Warners. Genre: Romantic Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 7/19 | Love Among the Millionaires Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring Clara Bow, Stanley Smith, Stuart Erwin, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher, Mitzi Green. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 7/19 | Our Blushing Brides Directed by Harry Beaumont. Starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian, Raymond Hackett. Released by MGM. Genre: Romantic Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 7/20 | Road to Paradise Directed by William Beaudine . Starring Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, and Raymond Hatton. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Print held at the Library of Congress |
| 7/20 | Shooting Straight Directed by George Archainbaud. Starring Richard Dix, Mary Lawlor. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Like | |
| 7/24 | Raffles Directed by George Fitzmaurice, Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast. Starring Ronald Colman, Kay Francis. Released by United Artists. Genre: Gentleman Thief. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Produced by Sam Goldwyn. Produced as both talkie and silent. |
| 7/26 | For the Defense Directed by John Cromwell. Starring William Powell, Kay Francis. Released by Paramount. Genre: Legal Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 7/26 | The Sap from Syracuse Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Starring Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 7/26 | Three Faces East Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring Constance Bennett, Eric Von Stroheim. Released by Warners. Genre: War. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Prints at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research and The Library of Congress. | |
| 8/1 | Dixiana Directed by Luther Reed. Starring Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey. Released by RKO. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Public domain. With Technicolor sequences. |
| 8/1 | Ladies Must Play Directed by Raymond Cannon. Starring Dorothy Sebastian, Neil Hamilton, Natalie Moorhead. Released by Columbia. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/2 | Anybody’s War Directed by Richard Wallace. Starring George Moran, Charles Mack, Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Two Black Crows’ film | |
| 8/2 | The Matrimonial Bed Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Frank Fay, Lilyan Tashman, Florence Eldridge, Beryl Mercer. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 8/2 | The Silent Enemy Directed by H.P. Carver. Starring Chauncey Yellow Robe, Chief Akawanush, Mary Alice Nelson Archambaud. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Part-talkie. | |
| 8/2 | Way Out West Directed by Fred Niblo. Starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 8/3 | Sons of the Saddle Directed by Harry Joe Brown. Starring Ken Maynard. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/3 | The Little Accident Directed by William James Craft. Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anita Page, Sally Blane, Zasu Pitts, Roscoe Karns. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 8/6 | Numbered Men Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett, Ralph Ince. Released by Warners. Genre: Prison Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 8/9 | Let Us Be Gay Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Starring Norma Shearer, Rod La Rocque, Sally Eilers, Marie Dressler. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy/Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 8/9 | Manslaughter Directed by George Abbott. Starring Claudette Colbert, Fredric March. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print preserved at UCLA Film and Televison Archive. Remake of a 1922 picture. | |
| 8/9 | Sweet Kitty Bellairs Directed by Alfred E. Green. Starring Claudia Dell, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Torrence. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | all Technicolour; survives only in black and white | |
| 8/10 | Conspiracy Directed by Christy Cabanne. Starring Bessie Love, Ned Sparks. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ?? | |
| 8/10 | The Dawn Patrol Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton. Released by Warners. Genre: War Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Also known as Flight Commander. |
| 8/15 | Africa Speaks! Directed by Walter Futter. Starring Lowell Thomas. Released by Columbia. Genre: Documentary?. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Dislike | Feature-length documentary |
| 8/15 | Rain or Shine Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Musical numbers stripped from film before release. | |
| 8/16 | Call of the Flesh Directed by Charles Brabin. Starring Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Russell Hopton. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama . (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Like | |
| 8/16 | Let’s Go Native Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher, James Hall. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/16 | Oh Sailor Behave Directed by Archie Mayo. Starring Irene Delroy, Andrew Eisnor, Charles King, Lowell Sherman. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 8/17 | Common Clay Directed by Victor Fleming. Starring Constance Bennett, Lew Ayres, Beryl Mercer, Tully Marshall. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/20 | The Squealer Directed by Harry Joe Brown. Starring Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Davey Lee. Released by Columbia. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/22 | The Storm Directed by William Wyler. Starring Lupe Velez, Paul Cavanagh. Released by Universal. Genre: Adventure. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 8/23 | Good News Directed by Nick Grinde. Starring Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards, Penny Singleton. Released by MGM. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Shot in black and white with a Technicolor finale; no footage of the finale is known to survive. | |
| 8/23 | Grumpy Directed by George Cukor. Starring Cyril Maude, Frances Dade, Paul Lukas. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/23 | The Office Wife Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Starring Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Natalie Moorhead, Joan Blondell. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Like | |
| 8/24 | All Quiet on the Western Front Directed by Lewis Milestone. Starring Lew Ayers, Louis Wolheim. Released by Universal. Genre: War Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | Winner, Academy Award for Best Picture |
| 8/24 | Man Trouble Directed by Berthold Viertel. Starring Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print held at UCLA | |
| 8/24 | Spurs Directed by B. Reeves Easton. Starring Hoot Gibson, Helen Wright. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/24 | Top Speed Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Joe E. Brown, Bernice Claire, Jack Whiting. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 8/26 | Romance Directed by Clarence Brown. Starring Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Gavin Gordon. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | |
| 8/26 | The Last of the Lone Wolf Directed by Richard Boleslavsky. Starring Bert Lytell, Patsy Ruth Miller. Released by Columbia. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/29 | For the Love o’ Lil Directed by James Tinling. Starring Jack Mulhall, Sally Starr, Elliott Nugent. Released by Columbia. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 8/30 | Anybody’s Woman Directed by Dorothy Arzner. Starring Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Paul Lukas. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 8/30 | Doughboys Directed by Edward Sedgwick. Starring Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Cliff Edwards, Edward Brophy. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Also filmed in Spanish as De Frente Marchen |
| 8/30 | Queen High Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer. Starring Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Ginger Rogers, Stanley Smith. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 8/30 | The Eyes of the World Directed by Henry King. Starring Eulalie Jensen, Florence Roberts, Una Merkel. Released by United Artists. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | ||
| 8/31 | Last of the Duanes Directed by Alfred L. Werker. Starring George O’Brien, Lucile Browne, Myrna Loy. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Based on Zane Grey’s 1914 novel; novel was also adapted in 1914, 1919, and 1941 | |
| 9/6 | Animal Crackers Directed by Victor Heerman. Starring The Marx Brothers. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 9/6 | Big Boy Directed by Alan Crosland. Starring Al Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, Noah Beery. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 9/6 | Love in the Rough Directed by Charles Reisner. Starring Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan, Benny Rubin. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Remake of Spring Fever (1927). | |
| 9/7 | Song o’ My Heart Directed by Frank Borzage. Starring John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O’Sullivan. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Shot in both 35 mm and Fox Grandeur (70 mm), but was never released in that format. | |
| 9/7 | The Way of All Men Directed by Frank Lloyd. Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier, Noah Beery. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film; no known elements survive. | |
| 9/12 | Leathernecking Directed by Edward F. Cline. Starring Irene Dunne, Eddie Foy Jr.. Released by RKO. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Print survives in the Warner Bros. Vault | |
| 9/13 | Moby Dick Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Starring John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Walter Lang. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | A German version, Damon des Meeres, was directed by Michael Curtiz. |
| 9/13 | The Sea God Directed by George Abbott. Starring Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette. Released by Paramount. Genre: Adventure. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 9/13 | What a Widow! Directed by Allan Dwan. Starring Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore, Lew Cody. Released by United Artists. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Negatives preserved at the George Eastman Museum. | |
| 9/14 | On Your Back Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Starring Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H.B. Warner, Marion Shilling. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 9/15 | The Bad Man Directed by Clarence G. Badger. Starring Walter Huston, Dorothy Revier, Sidney Blackmer. Released by Warners. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Print survives. | unpreserved nitrate print at UCLA; in danger of being lost | |
| 9/18 | Her Wedding Night Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes, Charlie Ruggles, Richard Skeets Gallagher. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Remake of 1925’s Miss Bluebeard. | |
| 9/18 | Outside the Law Directed by Tod Browning. Starring Edward G. Robinson, Mary Nolan. Released by Universal. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 9/20 | Madam Satan Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Starring Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, Roland Young. Released by MGM. Genre: Musical Comedy (Insane). (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 9/20 | The Spoilers Directed by Edwin Carewe. Starring Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, Betty Compson. Released by Paramount. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Based on a Rex Beach novel that was also filmed in 1914, 1923, 1942, and 1955 | |
| 9/21 | Bright Lights Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery, Frank McHugh. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Indifferent | Filmed all Technicolour; survives only in black and white; color fragments at LOC |
| 9/21 | The Sea Wolf Directed by Alfred Santell. Starring Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 9/27 | Follow Thru Directed by Laurence Schwab, Lloyd Corrigan. Starring Charles Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Euguene Pallette, Thelma Todd. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Filmed in two-color Technicolor. | |
| 9/27 | Men of the North Directed by Hal Roach. Starring Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff. Released by MGM. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 9/27 | Old English Directed by Alfred E. Green. Starring George Arliss, Leon Janney, Betty Lawford. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 9/27 | The Santa Fe Trail Directed by Otto Brower. Starring Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, Euguene Palllette. Released by Paramount. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 9/28 | Scarlet Pages Directed by Ray Enright. Starring Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers. Released by Warners. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 9/28 | Shadow Ranch Directed by Louis King. Starring Buck Jones, Marguerite De La Motte, Kate Price. Released by Columbia. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 9/28 | Soup to Nuts Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. Starring Ted Healy, Charles Winninger, Rube Goldberg. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | First film appearance of The Three Stooges. | |
| 9/28 | Sweethearts on Parade Directed by Marshall Neilan. Starring Alice White, Lloyd Hughes, Marie Prevost. Released by Columbia. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 10/4 | Half Shot at Sunrise Directed by Paul Sloane. Starring Wheeler & Woolsey. Released by RKO. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ?? | |
| 10/4 | Maybe It’s Love Directed by William A. Wellman. Starring Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, James Hall. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Better known as Eleven Men and a Girl. | |
| 10/4 | Monte Carlo Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Starring Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 10/5 | College Lovers Directed by John G. Adolfi. Starring Jack Whiting, Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Lost film; no known elements survive. May have been a musical. | |
| 10/5 | Liliom Directed by Frank Borzage. Starring Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estell Taylor, H.B. Warner, Lee Tracey. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Remade in 1934 by Fritz Lang. | |
| 10/5 | Whoopee! Directed by Thornton Freeland. Starring Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Eleanor Hunt. Released by United Artists. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| 10/6 | A Lady Surrenders Directed by John M. Stahl. Starring Genevieve Tobin, Rose Hobart, Conrad Nagel, Basil Rathbone. Released by Universal. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 10/11 | Du Barry, Woman of Passion Directed by Sam Taylor. Starring Norma Talmadge. Released by United Artists. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 10/11 | Heads Up Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Starring Charles Buddy Rogers, Helen Kane, Victor Moore. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 10/11 | Sinner’s Holiday Directed by John G. Adolfi. Starring Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp, James Cagney, Joan Blondell. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | |
| 10/11 | Those Three French Girls Directed by Harry Beaumont. Starring Fifi D’Orsay, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Dislike | A Cosmopolitan production |
| 10/12 | The Girl of the Golden West Directed by John Francis Dillon. Starring Ann Harding, James Rennie. Released by Warners. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Lost film. | No known elements survive. | |
| 10/12 | Up the River Directed by John Ford. Starring Claire Luce, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Only film to pair Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart | |
| 10/15 | Men Without Law Directed by Louis King. Starring Buck Jones, Carmelita Geraghty, Thomas Carr. Released by Columbia. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 10/15 | The Pay-Off Directed by Lowell Sherman. Starring Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Hugh Trevor. Released by RKO. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 10/18 | Billy the Kid Directed by King Vidor. Starring Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery. Released by MGM. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Print survives. | ||
| 10/18 | Playboy of Paris Directed by Ludwig Berger. Starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee, O.P. Heggie. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Also filmed in French as Le Petit Café. | |
| 10/18 | The Doorway to Hell Directed by Archie Mayo. Starring Lew Ayres, James Cagney. Released by Warners. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | |
| 10/19 | Brothers Directed by Walter Lang. Starring Bert Lytell, Dorothy Sebastian, William Morris. Released by Columbia. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 10/19 | Scotland Yard Directed by William K. Howard. Starring Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett, Donald Crisp. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 10/19 | The Truth About Youth Directed by William A. Seiter. Starring Loretta Young, Conway Tearle, David Manners, Myrna Loy. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | |
| 10/23 | East Is West Directed by Monta Bell. Starring Lupe Velez, Lew Ayres, Edward G. Robinson. Released by Universal. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 10/24 | The Silver Horde Directed by George Archainbaud. Starring Joel McCrea, Evelyn Brent, Jean Arthur. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Indifferent | Remade from a silent 1920 film. |
| 10/25 | Check and Double Check Directed by Melville W. Brown. Starring Amos & Andy. Released by RKO. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 10/25 | Laughter Directed by Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast. Starring Nancy Carroll, Fredric March, Frank Morgan. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 10/25 | The Life of the Party Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring Winnie Lightner, Irene Delroy. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | All Technicolour; survives only in black and white. Musical numbers almost entirely trimmed before release, but were kept in the international version. | |
| 10/26 | Renegades Directed by Victor Fleming. Starring Warner Baxter, Myran Loy, Noah Beery. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Adventure. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 10/26 | The Concentratin’ Kid Directed by Arthur Rosson. Starring Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford, Duke R. Lee. Released by Universal. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 11/1 | A Soldier’s Plaything Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Lotti Loder, Noah Beery. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Filmed in ‘Vitascope’ wide-screen process but never released that way. Filmed as a full musical but numbers trimmed before release in the United States. Musical numbers were kept in foreign territories but none of those prints survive. | |
| 11/1 | River’s End Directed by Michael Curtiz. Starring Charles Bickford, Evalyn Knapp. Released by Warners. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Print held at the Library of Congress | |
| 11/1 | The Virtuous Sin Directed by George Cukor, Louis J. Gasnier. Starring Walter Huston, Kay Francis, Kenneth MacKenna. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | A separate 1931 German-language version The Night of Decision was shot at Paramount’s Joinville Studios in Paris. | |
| 11/1 | Way for a Sailor Directed by Sam Wood . Starring John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | MGM produced a Spanish language version of this film, Love in Every Port, starring Jose Crespo and Conchita Montenegro | |
| 11/2 | The Big Trail Directed by Raoul Walsh. Starring John Wayne, Margueritte Churchill, Tyrone Power Sr.. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Fox Grandeur (70mm) widescreen. Part of the National Film Registry. | |
| 11/2 | The Gorilla Directed by Bryan Foy. Starring Joe Frisco, Harry Gribbon, Walter Pidgeon, Lila Lee. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Lost film; no elements known to have survived. | |
| 11/8 | A Lady’s Morals Directed by Sidney Franklin. Starring Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, Wallace Beery. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 11/8 | Abraham Lincoln Directed by D.W. Griffith. Starring Walter Huston, Una Merkel. Released by United Artists. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Preserved at the Museum of Modern Art. | |
| 11/8 | Fast and Loose Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer. Starring Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, Frank Morgan. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Error in the credits listed Carol Lombard as ‘Carole’, a name change she kept the rest of her career. | |
| 11/8 | Feet First Directed by Clyde Bruckman. Starring Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade, Willie Best. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Distribution only, produced by Harold Lloyd Corporation. |
| 11/9 | Sunny Directed by William A. Seiter. Starring Lawrence Gray, O.P. Heggie, Inez Courtney. Released by Warners. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 11/9 | The Dancers Directed by Chandler Sprague. Starring Lois Moran, Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 11/10 | Sin Takes a Holiday Directed by Paul L. Stein. Starring Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone. Released by RKO. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Produced by Pathé; might have been released on November 20, 1930[58] | |
| 11/10 | The Cat Creeps Directed by Rupert Julian. Starring Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman, Jean Hersholt. Released by Universal. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Lost film. | Sound remake of The Cat and the Canary (1927). Only two minutes of footage was known to exist prior to 2025, but new footage has been found. | |
| 11/13 | The Bat Whispers Directed by Roland West. Starring Chester Morris, Una Merkel. Released by United Artists. Genre: Mystery. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Shot in 65 mm widescreen as well as 35mm. Considered lost until the late 1980s. | |
| 11/15 | Danger Lights Directed by George B. Seitz. Starring Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur. Released by RKO. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Premiered Chicago, wide release December 12, 1930[59] |
| 11/15 | Hell’s Angels Directed by Howard Hughes. Starring Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow. Released by United Artists. Genre: War Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 11/15 | Remote Control Directed by Nick Grinde, Edward Sedgwick, Malcolm St. Clair. Starring William Haines, Charles King, John Miljan, Polly Moran. Released by MGM. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Dislike | |
| 11/15 | Tol’able David Directed by John G. Blystone. Starring Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Print preserved at the Library of Congress. | |
| 11/15 | Tom Sawyer Directed by John Cromwell. Starring Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. | |
| 11/16 | A Devil with Women Directed by Irving Cummings. Starring Victor McLaglen, Mona Maris, Humphrey Bogart. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Adventure. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 11/22 | Derelict Directed by Rowland V. Lee. Starring George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis, William “”Stage”” Boyd. Released by Paramount. Genre: Adventure. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 11/22 | War Nurse Directed by Edgar Selwyn. Starring Robert Montgomer, Anita Page, June Walker. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ?? | |
| 11/23 | Just Imagine Directed by David Butler. Starring El Brendel, Maureen O’Sullivan, John Garrick, Marjorie White. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Indifferent | |
| 11/23 | See America Thirst Directed by William James Craft. Starring Harry Langdon, Slim Summerville, Bessie Love. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Copies preserved at UCLA and the Library of Congress | |
| 11/23 | The Widow from Chicago Directed by Edward F. Cline. Starring Alice White, Edward G. Robinson, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh. Released by Warners. Genre: Crime. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Dislike | |
| 11/25 | Madonna of the Streets Directed by John S. Robertson. Starring Evelyn Brent. Released by Columbia. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Print preserved at the Library of Congress. | |
| 11/28 | The Dawn Trail Directed by Christy Cabanne. Starring Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar, Charles Morton. Released by Columbia. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Remade in 1939. | |
| 11/28 | The Lottery Bride Directed by Paul L. Stein. Starring Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Zasu Pitts, Joe E. Brown. Released by United Artists. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Originally an 80-minute release with a final reel in Technicolor, but the 1937 re-release is what survives, in black and white and running 67 minutes. | |
| 11/29 | Min and Bill Directed by George W. Hill. Starring Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Dressler won Best Actress for her role as Min. |
| 11/29 | Outward Bound Directed by Robert Milton. Starring Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Chandler, Beryl Mercer. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 11/29 | Sea Legs Directed by Victor Heerman. Starring Jack Oakie, Eugene Pallette, Lillian Roth. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 11/30 | One Night at Susie’s Directed by John Francis Dillon. Starring Billie Love, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Ware, Tully Marshall. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | |
| 12/1 | Free Love Directed by Hobart Henley. Starring Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Print survives. | Print preserved at the Library of Congress. | |
| 12/5 | The Boudoir Diplomat Directed by Malcolm St. Clair. Starring Betty Compson, Mary Duncan, Ian Keith. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Print preserved at the Library of Congress. | |
| 12/6 | Man to Man Directed by Allan Dwan. Starring Phillips Holmes, Grant Mitchell, Dwight Frye. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | ||
| 12/6 | Morocco Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Starring Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Indifferent | Adapted from the novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny. |
| 12/6 | Only Saps Work Directed by Cyril Gardner, Edwin H. Knopf. Starring Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 12/6 | Passion Flower Directed by William C. DeMille. Starring Kay Francis, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | |
| 12/7 | Lightnin’ Directed by Henry King. Starring Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 12/7 | Mothers Cry Directed by Hobart Henley. Starring Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Evelyn Knapp. Released by Warners. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Currently only the censored post-Code rerelease version of this film survives. The Library of Congress has a print preserved. | |
| 12/13 | Divorce Among Friends Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Starring James Hall, Lew Cody, Natalie Moorhead. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 12/13 | Follow the Leader Directed by Norman Taurog, Albert Parker. Starring Ginger Rogers, Ed Wynn. Released by Paramount. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 12/14 | Oh, For a Man! Directed by Hamilton MacFadden. Starring Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Denny, Warren Hymer, Marjorie White, Bela Lugosi. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Musical Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | ||
| 12/14 | The Lash Directed by Frank Lloyd. Starring Ricahrd Barthelmess, Mary Astor, James Rennie, Marian Nixon. Released by Warners. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | ||
| 12/20 | Along Came Youth Directed by Lloyd Corrigan, Norman Z. McLeod. Starring Charles Buddy Rogers, Frances Dee, Stuart Erwin, William Austin. Released by Paramount. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Suggested by the novel Molinoff by Maurice Bedel. | |
| 12/20 | The Devil to Pay! Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Starring Ronald Colman, Frederick Kerr, Myrna Loy, Loretta Young. Released by United Artists. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Like | distribution only; produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| 12/21 | Going Wild Directed by Willliam A. Seiter. Starring Joe E. Brown, Frank McHugh, Johnny Arthur. Released by Warners. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Print preserved at the Library of Congress. | |
| 12/21 | The Cohens and Kellys in Africa Directed by Vin Moore. Starring George Sidney, Charles Murray, Vera Gordon. Released by Universal. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | Fifth entry in the Cohens and Kellys series. | |
| 12/21 | The Princess and the Plumber Directed by Alexander Korda. Starring Charles Farrell, Maureen O’Sullivan, H.B. Warner. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 12/24 | Hook, Line and Sinker Directed by Edward F. Cline. Starring Wheeler & Woolsey, Dorothy Lee. Released by RKO. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | YouTube. | Indifferent | |
| 12/25 | Charley’s Aunt Directed by Al Christie. Starring Charlie Ruggles, June Collywer, Hugh Williams. Released by Columbia. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 12/27 | Captain Thunder Directed by Alan Crosland. Starring Fay Wray, Victor Varconi, Charles Judels. Released by Warners. Genre: Western. (Wiki) | Amazon. | Dislike | |
| 12/27 | The Right to Love Directed by Richard Wallace. Starring Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, David Manners. Released by Paramount. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 12/28 | New Moon Directed by Jack Conway. Starring Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou, Roland Young. Released by MGM. Genre: Musical. (Wiki) | Ok.ru. | Remade in 1940; sometimes this version is retitled Parisian Belle. | |
| 12/28 | Part Time Wife Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring Edmund Lowe, Leila Hyams. Released by Fox Films. Genre: Comedy. (Wiki) | Unknown. | ||
| 12/30 | Paid Directed by Sam Wood . Starring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Kent Douglass. Released by MGM. Genre: Drama. (Wiki) | Amazon. |
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