All Films

The Hunted Men

1930 • 57 min • United States of America

Spitzer wants the Gordon ranch, so he has his men waylay and rob him as he returns with money. Dick finding the body also finds a blood soaked money wrapper, a clue that will help him find the culprits.

The Song Plugger

1930 • 15 min • United States of America

'Blind Bob' has written a song and the folks at the music publishing company think that Joe Frisco, his old friend from the Bowery is just right for it. So we see Joe at stage doing his peddler routine. He goes over to the publishing company, where he flirts with a girl act, and then tries out some eccentric dancing to the new song, which happens to be 'Get Happy.'

Viejo smoking

1930 • 6 min • Argentina

One of Carlos Gardel's singing short films.

Under the Cock-eyed Moon

1930 • 20 min • United States of America

Horace and Chester search for peace and quiet in the Arizona desert, with Lizzy, their personalized jalopy. Arriving in a small town they befriend two girls, a crack-pot prospector, and attract the ire of a dangerous outlaw.

Kisses and Kurses

1930 • 10 min • United States of America

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

The Night Ride

1930 • 60 min • United States of America

Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.

Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog

1930 • 4 min • France

Jean Painleve short about an experimental canine surgery.

Chilly Con Carmen

1930 • 7 min • United States of America

Set in Spain, Oswald is featured as a guitarist who ends up in a bullring as a toreador.

Mano a mano

1930 • 4 min • Argentina

Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "Mano a mano", tango composed by Gardel and José Razzano, and written by Celedonio Flores.

Are You There?

1930 • 60 min

Beatrice Lillie shines in disguise as a private detective.

Thieves

1930 • 35 min • United States of America

Police officer Edgar Kennedy is warned by his police chief to make arrests to stop a burglary epidemic on his patch or face the sack.

Colour Tests

1930 • 6 min • Germany

Recreational activities, family, fashion shows, and swimming – plus nature footage and dance: short two-colour films (red/green) made by Sirius Kleuren Film Maatschappij, Utrecht, and its Berlin branch, Sirius Farben-Film-Gesellschaft.

The Cheyenne Kid

1930 • 54 min • United States of America

Buck Allen, The Cheyenne Kid, has been accused of holding up the payroll car of the Cody Dam Construction Company, and is being pursued by U.S. Marshal Utah Kane and Sheriff Hank Bates but they lose him.

The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

1930 • 22 min • United Kingdom

A dying man meets a stranger at a bar.

South of Sonora

1930 • 55 min • United States of America

Bill Tracy is a Cattleman's Protective Association agent. Working undercover on his way to Sonora, a town dominated by rustlers, saves Betty Carter from a situation, but her rancher father, believing Blackie's suggestion that Bill is a rustler, forbids her to see him. Bill and his pal Heinie Schmaltz rescue each other from rustlers' various plots and ambushes and eventually discover that Blackie, Carter's foreman, is the leader of the rustlers.

The Office Wife

1930 • 59 min • United States of America

Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife. Little does Larry know that sometimes literature mirrors life.

Die Ferien-Reise

1930 • 6 min • Germany

In this animated commercial for the German Savings Banks and Giro Association, a man loses his wallet as he heads off on vacation. An honest finder risks everything to return it to him, then passes on a well-intentioned tip: “Give the savings bank your fare and travel cash-free!”

A Hollywood Theme Song

1930 • 21 min

During the war, a hick soldier bursts into song at every turn.

Gems of M-G-M

1930 • 20 min • United States of America

Benny Rubin performs vaudeville routines between singing and dancing acts.

Jungle Jazz

1930 • 8 min • United States of America

In this early synchronized sound cartoon from the Van Beuren cartoon factory, a dog and cat encounter huge, strange and terrifying creatures in the jungle. They seek refuge in a missionary hits, where they play an organ, which causes the animals to dance. They are captured by cannibals, but escape and lead the jungle animals in song.

The Oklahoma Sheriff

1930 • 49 min • United States of America

Sheriff has a crooked deputy, also objects to his daughter's boyfriend. Crooked deputy kills the sheriff in a robbery. Boyfriend saves the dough, captures the murderer, and gets the girl.

Marlene Dietrich, “The Blue Angel” Screen Test

1930 • 4 min

Marlene Dietrich's screen tests for the classic 1930 German film The Blue Angel directed by Josef von Sternberg.

The Fighting Parson

1930 • 20 min • United States of America

Harry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.

Bar-L Ranch

1930 • 60 min • United States of America

Bob Tyler has rustler trouble while driving a herd of cattle to the new owner, but he refuses to turn the herd over to Frank Kellogg. He has a run-in with Jean Polk, discovers she is the owner of the cattle, and is fired. With his friend, Barney McCool , Bob snoops around and discovers that Kellogg is behind the rustling.