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| Abraham Lincoln | 1930 | Historical, Drama, Biography | Walter Huston, Kay Hammond | Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Husto… |
| Across the World with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson | 1930 | Documentary | Martin and Osa Johnson, George Eastman | |
| Africa Speaks! | 1930 | Documentary | Paul Hoefler, Lowell Thomas | Africa Speaks! is a 1930 American documentary film directed by Walter Futter and narrated by Lowell Thomas. It is an exploitation film. |
| Alias French Gertie | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Crime | Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon | Alias French Gertie is an American pre-Code crime film directed by George Archainbaud from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based upon the unproduced play The Chatterbox by Bayard Veiller. The film star… |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | 1930 | War, Drama | Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Arnold Lucy | All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 American pre-Code epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by German novelist Erich Maria Remarque. Directed by Lewis Milestone, it stars Le… |
| Alma de Gaucho | 1930 | Musical, Drama | Manuel Granada, Mona Rico, Francisco Amerise | |
| Along Came Youth | 1930 | Comedy | Frances Dee, Charles Rogers, Evelyn Hall | Along Came Youth is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and Norman Z. McLeod and written by George Marion, Jr., Maurice Bedel and Marion Dix. The film stars Charles "Buddy"… |
| Amor Audaz | 1930 | Comedy, Drama | Adolphe Menjou, Rosita Moreno | |
| Animal Crackers | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont | Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers,, with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont. It was based on their Broadw… |
| Anna Christie | 1930 | Drama | Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, Charles Bickford | Anna Christie is a 1930 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pre-Code tragedy film adaptation of the 1921 play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill. It was adapted by Frances Marion, produced and directed by Clarence Br… |
| Anybody's War | 1930 | Comedy | Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton | Anybody's War is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Hector Turnbull and Walter Weems. The film stars George Moran, Charles Mack, Joan Peers… |
| Anybody's Woman | 1930 | Drama | Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Clive Brook | Anybody's Woman is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and written by Zoe Akins, Doris Anderson, and Gouverneur Morris. The film stars Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook, Paul Luk… |
| The Apache Kid's Escape | 1930 | Western | Jack Perrin, Fred Church, Josephine Hill | The Apache Kid's Escape is a 1930 American Western film written, produced and directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Jack Perrin and his wife Josephine Hill. It was a remake of The White Outlaw (1… |
| The Arizona Kid | 1930 | Western | Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Carole Lombard | The Arizona Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alfred Santell. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation. |
| Around the Corner | 1930 | Comedy, Drama | Charles Murray, George Sidney, Joan Peers | Around the Corner is a 1930 American comedy-drama film directed by Bert Glennon and starring George Sidney, Charles Murray and Joan Peers. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. |
| Así es la Vida | 1930 | Comedy | José Bohr, Lolita Vendrell, Delia Magaña | |
| Az Orvos Titka | 1930 | Drama | Artúr Somlay, Dezső Kertész | |
| Back Pay | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Vivien Oakland | Back Pay is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film with songs, produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and starring Corinne Griffith and Grant Withers. It is ba… |
| The Bad Man | 1930 | Western | Walter Huston, James Rennie, Myrna Loy | The Bad Man is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film starring Walter Huston which was produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The movie is based on Porter Emerso… |
| The Bad One | 1930 | Musical | Dolores del Río, Edmund Lowe, Blanche Friderici | The Bad One is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white musical film directed by George Fitzmaurice, starring Dolores del Río and Edmund Lowe, and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a romantic prison dram… |
| Bar L Ranch | 1930 | Western | Buffalo Bill Jr., Yakima Canutt, Betty Baker | |
| The Bat Whispers | 1930 | Mystery, Drama | Chester Morris, Maude Eburne, Chance Ward | The Bat Whispers is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists. The film is based on the 1920 mystery play The Bat, wr… |
| Be Yourself | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Fanny Brice, Robert Armstrong | Be Yourself! is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong. The plot involves an entertainer (Brice) managing a boxer (Arm… |
| Beau Bandit | 1930 | Western, Comedy | Rod La Rocque, Doris Kenyon | Beau Bandit is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film, directed by Lambert Hillyer, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on his short story, "Strictly Business" which appeared in the April 1929 ed… |
| Behind the Make-Up | 1930 | Drama | William Powell, Fay Wray, Kay Francis | Behind the Make-Up is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and Dorothy Arzner, and based on the short story "The Feeder" by Mildred Cram. The film stars Hal Skelly, William Po… |
| The Benson Murder Case | 1930 | Mystery, Drama, Crime | William Powell, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorehead | The Benson Murder Case is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by S. S. Van Dine and Bartlett Cormack. The film stars William Powell, William "Stage" Boyd, Eugene P… |
| Beyond the Law | 1930 | Western | Robert Frazer, Louise Lorraine, Lane Chandler | Beyond the Law is a 1930 American western film directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Robert Frazer, Lane Chandler and Louise Lorraine. It was one of the final productions of the independent Rayart Pi… |
| Beyond the Rio Grande | 1930 | Western | Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum, Charline Burt | Beyond the Rio Grande is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum and Jay Wilsey. |
| Big Boy | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Al Jolson, Lloyd Hughes, Claudia Dell | Big Boy is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Alan Crosland and stars Al Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, and Noah Beery. The film… |
| The Big Fight | 1930 | Drama | Lola Lane, Ralph Ince, Guinn Williams | The Big Fight is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film starring Lola Lane, Ralph Ince, Guinn Williams and Stepin Fetchit, based upon the play by Max Marcin and Herbert Gropper, directed by Walter Lang,… |
| The Big House | 1930 | Drama | Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone | The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The… |
| Big Money | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason | Big Money is a 1930 American comedy-drama film directed by Russell Mack and starring Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, and James Gleason. It was produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange, shortly befo… |
| The Big Party | 1930 | Comedy | Sue Carol, Dixie Lee | The Big Party is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Harlan Thompson. The film stars Sue Carol, Dixie Lee, Walter Catlett, Frank Albertson, Richard Keene,… |
| The Big Pond | 1930 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert | The Big Pond is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film based on a 1928 play of the same name by George Middleton and A.E. Thomas. The film was written by Garrett Fort, Robert Presnell Sr. and P… |
| The Big Trail | 1930 | Western | John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill | The Big Trail is a 1930 American pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh. |
| Billy the Kid | 1930 | Western | Wallace Beery, Johnny Mack Brown | Billy the Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed in widescreen by King Vidor about the relationship between frontier outlaw Billy the Kid and lawman Pat Garrett. In February 2020, the f… |
| The Bishop Murder Case | 1930 | Mystery, Drama | Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young | The Bishop Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by David Burton and Nick Grinde and starring Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Roland Young. Ten years before assuming his role a… |
| The Border Legion | 1930 | Western | Fay Wray, Richard Arlen | The Border Legion is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower. It stars Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Richard Arlen. It is based on the novel with the same title by Zane Grey. |
| Born Reckless | 1930 | Crime, Drama | Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Frank Albertson | Born Reckless is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John Ford and staged by Andrew Bennison from a screenplay written by Dudley Nichols based on the novel Louis Beretti. The film starred… |
| Borrowed Wives | 1930 | Comedy | Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds | Borrowed Wives is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer. It stars silent performers Vera Reynolds, Rex Lease, and Sam Hardy. It was distributed by Tiffany Pictures. |
| The Boudoir Diplomat | 1930 | Comedy, Romance | Betty Compson, Mary Duncan | The Boudoir Diplomat is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, from the play The Command To Love by Fritz Gottwald… |
| The Break Up | 1930 | Documentary | Jack Robertson | |
| Breed of the West | 1930 | Western | Wally Wales, Virginia Brown Faire, Buzz Barton | Breed of the West is a 1930 American Western film directed by Alan James, starring Hal Taliaferro, Virginia Brown Faire, and Buzz Barton. |
| Breezy Bill | 1930 | Western | Bob Steele, Edna Aslin, Bud Osborne | Breezy Bill is a 1930 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Steele, Edna Aslin and Bud Osborne. It was produced as an independent second feature on Poverty Row. |
| Bride of the Regiment | 1930 | Musical | Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon | Bride of the Regiment is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the boo… |
| Bright Lights | 1930 | Musical, Drama, Comedy | James Murray, Noah Beery, Dorothy Mackaill | Bright Lights, later retitled Adventures in Africa, is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor and produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidi… |
| Brothers | 1930 | Crime, Romance | Bert Lytell, Dorothy Sebastian | Brothers is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Walter Lang. A print of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. |
| Burning Up | 1930 | Sports, Drama, Action | Richard Arlen, Francis McDonald, Charles Sellon | Burning Up is a 1930 American Pre-Code action film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Richard Arlen as a racing driver and Mary Bri… |
| The Call of the Circus | 1930 | Drama | Francis X. Bushman, Ethel Clayton | Call of the Circus is a little-seen 1930 film written by Maxine Alton and directed by Frank O'Connor. The film stars Francis X. Bushman and Ethel Clayton. The film is noted as silent screen idol Bushm… |
| Call of the Flesh | 1930 | Musical, Romance, Drama | Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence | Call of the Flesh is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, and Renée Adorée. It featured several songs performed by Novarro an… |
| Call of the West | 1930 | Western | Dorothy Revier, Tom O'Brien, Alan Roscoe | Call of the West is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Albert Ray and starring Dorothy Revier, Matt Moore and Tom O'Brien. |
| Cameo Kirby | 1930 | Drama | J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris, Myrna Loy | Cameo Kirby is a 1930 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Marion Orth. It is based on the 1909 play Cameo Kirby by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars J.… |
| Captain of the Guard | 1930 | Drama, Musical | Laura La Plante, John Boles | Captain of the Guard is a 1930 American musical film directed by John S. Robertson and Pál Fejös and starring Laura La Plante, John Boles and Sam De Grasse. It is set during the French Revolution, but… |
| Captain Thunder | 1930 | Drama, Comedy, Historical, Western | Fay Wray, Victor Varconi | Captain Thunder is a 1930 American Pre-Code historical drama western film which was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and released late in 1930. The film was directed by Alan Crosland and stars… |
| Caught Short | 1930 | Comedy | Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page | Caught Short is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Robert E. Hopkins, Joseph H. Johnson and Willard Mack. The film stars Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita… |
| The Case of Sergeant Grischa | 1930 | War, Drama | Chester Morris, Betty Compson | The Case of Sergeant Grischa is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Herbert Brenon, based on the German novel of the same name by Arnold Zweig. John Tribby was nominated for an Academy Awa… |
| The Cat Creeps...While the Canary Sleeps! | 1930 | Horror, Mystery | Helen Twelvetrees, Neil Hamilton | The Cat Creeps is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Rupert Julian based on the 1922 play The Cat and the Canary by John Willard. The film is a sound remake of The Cat and the Canary (1… |
| Charley's Aunt | 1930 | Comedy | Charles Ruggles, Hugh Williams | Charley's Aunt is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Al Christie and starring Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, and Hugh Williams. It was an adaptation of the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Br… |
| Chasing Rainbows | 1930 | Musical, Comedy, Romance | Bessie Love, Charles King | Chasing Rainbows is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic musical film directed by Charles Reisner, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. |
| Check and Double Check | 1930 | Comedy | Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Duke Ellington | Check and Double Check is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures, based on the Amos 'n' Andy radio show. The title was derived from a catchphrase associated w… |
| Cheer Up and Smile | 1930 | Musical, Drama, Comedy | Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova | Cheer Up and Smile is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film starred Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee and Olga Baclanova and a 23-year-old John Wayne had a minor uncredited… |
| Children of Pleasure | 1930 | Romance, Musical, Comedy | Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson | Children of Pleasure is a 1930 American pre-Code MGM musical comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont, originally released with Technicolor sequences. It was adapted from Crane Wilbur's 1929 play, The… |
| City Girl | 1930 | Drama, Silent | Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Anne Shirley | City Girl is a 1930 American silent film directed by F. W. Murnau, and starring Charles Farrell and Mary Duncan. It is based upon the play "The Mud Turtle" by Elliot Lester. Though shot as a silent fe… |
| The Climax | 1930 | Romance, Thriller | Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford | The Climax is a 1930 American thriller film directed by Renaud Hoffman and written by Lillian Ducey, Julien Josephson, Leslie Mason and Clarence Thompson. The film is adapted from the play of the same… |
| Code of Honor | 1930 | Western | Mahlon Hamilton, Doris Hill, Lafe McKee | Code of Honor is a 1930 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Mahlon Hamilton, Doris Hill and Lafe McKee. |
| The Cohens and Kellys in Africa | 1930 | Comedy | George Sidney, Vera Gordon | The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa is a comedy film. It is one of The Cohens and Kellys series. |
| The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland | 1930 | Comedy | George Sidney, Vera Gordon | The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland is a 1930 American comedy film. It is one of The Cohens and Kellys series, and is also the series' first sound film. It was directed by William James Craft and pr… |
| College Lovers | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh | College Lovers is a 1930 American talkie Pre-Code comedy film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by John G. Adolfi. The movie stars Jack Whiti… |
| Common Clay | 1930 | Drama | Constance Bennett, Lew Ayres | Common Clay is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Constance Bennett and Lew Ayres, based on the 1915 play of the same name by Cleves Kinkead which starred Jane Cowl. |
| The Concentratin' Kid | 1930 | Western | Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford | The Concentratin' Kid is a 1930 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and written by Harold Tarshis. The film stars Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford, Duke R. Lee, Jim Mason and Robert Homans. T… |
| Conspiracy | 1930 | Drama, Mystery | Ned Sparks, Bessie Love, George Irving | Conspiracy is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery melodrama film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures and directed by Christy Cabanne. It is the second adaptation of the play The Conspiracy by Robert… |
| Courage | 1930 | Drama | Belle Bennett, Marian Nixon, Blanche Friderici | Courage is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, produced by Warner Bros. in 1929 and released early in 1930. The movie is based on a stage play of the same name by Tom Barry which was a hit on Broadwa… |
| Crazy That Way | 1930 | Comedy | Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett | Crazy That Way is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett and Regis Toomey, and based on the play In Love With Love by Vincent L… |
| The Cuckoos | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee | The Cuckoos is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film released by RKO Radio Pictures and partially filmed in two-strip Technicolor. Directed by Paul Sloane, the screenplay was adapted by Cyrus W… |
| The Czar of Broadway | 1930 | Crime | John Wray, Betty Compson, Claud Allister | The Czar of Broadway is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by William James Craft and starring John Wray, Betty Compson, John Harron and Claud… |
| Dames Ahoy! | 1930 | Comedy | Glenn Tryon, Gertrude Astor | Dames Ahoy! is a 1930 American comedy film directed by William James Craft and starring Glenn Tryon, Otis Harlan and Gertrude Astor. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, it was also release… |
| The Dancers | 1930 | Drama | Lois Moran, Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke | The Dancers is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama, produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, and directed by Chandler Sprague. It is based on a 1923 West End play of the same title by Viola Tr… |
| Dancing Sweeties | 1930 | Musical, Comedy, Romance | Grant Withers, Sue Carol, Tully Marshall | Dancing Sweeties (1930) is an American Pre-Code romantic comedy film with music directed by Ray Enright, released by Warner Bros., and starring Grant Withers and Sue Carol. The film is based on the st… |
| Danger Lights | 1930 | Drama | Jean Arthur, Hugh Herbert, Louis Wolheim | Danger Lights is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film, directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman. It stars Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong, and Jean Arthur. |
| Dangerous Nan McGrew | 1930 | Western, Comedy | Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Frank Morgan | Dangerous Nan McGrew is a 1930 Pre-Code American comedy film starring Helen Kane, Victor Moore and James Hall. |
| Dangerous Paradise | 1930 | Drama | Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Warner Oland | Dangerous Paradise is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen and Warner Oland. |
| A Daughter of the Congo | 1930 | Adventure | Kathleen Noisette, Lorenzo Tucker, Salem Tutt Whitney | A Daughter of the Congo is a 1930 race film directed, written and produced by Oscar Micheaux. The film is loosely based on the novel The American Cavalryman (1917), by African-American novelist and pl… |
| The Dawn Patrol | 1930 | War, Drama | Douglas Fairbanks, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh | The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 American pre-Code World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks, a former World War I flight instructor, who even fl… |
| The Dawn Trail | 1930 | Western | Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar | The Dawn Trail is a 1930 American Western film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar, and Charles Morton, and was released on November 28, 1930. It was remade as the 1939… |
| Derelict | 1930 | Adventure | George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis | Derelict is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and written by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis and William "… |
| The Devil to Pay! | 1930 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy | The Devil to Pay! is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman, Frederick Kerr, Myrna Loy, and Loretta Young. It was written by Frederick L… |
| A Devil with Women | 1930 | Action | Victor McLaglen, Humphrey Bogart, Mona Maris | A Devil with Women is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Victor McLaglen, Mona Maris, and Humphrey Bogart, and directed by Irving Cummings. Set in a Central American country, adventurer McLaglen a… |
| The Devil's Holiday | 1930 | Drama | Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes | The Devil's Holiday is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr., Hobart Bosworth, and Ned Sparks, and released by Paramount Pictures. |
| Divorce Among Friends | 1930 | Comedy | James Hall, Irene Delroy | Divorce Among Friends is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film. The film stars James Hall, Lew Cody and Natalie Moorhead. The film survives only in a 16mm copy made in the 1950s for television. |
| The Divorcee | 1930 | Drama | Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery | The Divorcee is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film written by Nick Grindé, John Meehan, and Zelda Sears, based on the 1929 novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who w… |
| Dixiana | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler | Dixiana (1930) is a lavish American pre-Code comedy, musical film directed by Luther Reed and produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The final twenty minutes of the picture were photographed… |
| The Doorway to Hell | 1930 | Crime, Drama | James Cagney, Lew Ayres, Robert Elliott | The Doorway to Hell is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Lew Ayres and James Cagney in his second film role. The film was based on the story A Handful of Clouds,… |
| Double Cross Roads | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Crime | Robert Ames, Lila Lee | Double Cross Roads is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film directed by George E. Middleton and Alfred L. Werker and starring Robert Ames, Lila Lee and Edythe Chapman. It was produced and distribu… |
| Doughboys | 1930 | Comedy | Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Edward Brophy | Doughboys is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's second starring talkie vehicle and has been called Keaton's "most successful sound Picture." A Spanish-languag… |
| Du Barry, Woman of Passion | 1930 | Historical, Drama | Norma Talmadge, William Farnum | Du Barry, Woman of Passion is a 1930 American pre-Code dramatic film starring Norma Talmadge, produced by her husband Joseph Schenck, released through United Artists, and based on a 1901 stage play Du… |
| The Dude Wrangler | 1930 | Western, Comedy | Lina Basquette, Tom Keene | The Dude Wrangler is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Lina Basquette, Tom Keene and Clyde Cook. |
| Dumbbells in Ermine | 1930 | Comedy | Robert Armstrong, Barbara Kent, Beryl Mercer | Dumbbells in Ermine is a 1930 American early talkie pre-Code comedy film based on the 1925 play Weak Sisters by Lynn Starling. The film stars Robert Armstrong and Barbara Kent, and features Beryl Merc… |
| East Is West | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Edward G. Robinson, Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres | East Is West is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by Universal. It was directed by Monta Bell and stars Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres and Edward G. Robinson. It is based on a… |
| Embarrassing Moments | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Reginald Denny, Merna Kennedy | Embarrassing Moments is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Albert DeMond, Gladys Lehman and Earle Snell. The film stars Reginald Denny, Merna Kennedy,… |
| Extravagance | 1930 | Drama, Romance | June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes | Extravagance is a 1930 pre-Code romance film directed by Phil Rosen and released by Tiffany Pictures. |
| Ex-Flame | 1930 | Drama | Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon | Ex-Flame is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon, and Norman Kerry. The film is an adaptation of the 1861 Victorian novel East Lynne… |
| The Eyes of the World | 1930 | Drama | Eulalie Jensen, Hugh Huntley, Una Merkel | The Eyes of the World is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Brewster Morse and Clarke Silvernail. The film stars Eulalie Jensen, Florence Roberts, Una Merkel, an… |
| The Fall Guy | 1930 | Crime, Comedy, Drama | Ned Sparks, Mae Clarke, Jack Mulhall | The Fall Guy is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Leslie Pearce and adapted for the screen by Tim Whelan. Based on the 1925 Broadway hit The Fall Guy, a Comedy in Three Acts, which… |
| Fast and Loose | 1930 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, Frank Morgan | Fast and Loose is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard and Frank Morgan. The film was written by Doris Anderson, Jack… |
| Feet First | 1930 | Comedy | Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent | Feet First is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, a popular daredevil comedian during the 1920s and early 1930s. It was Lloyd's second sound film. |
| The Fighting Legion | 1930 | Western | Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan | The Fighting Legion is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan, Harry Todd, Frank Rice… |
| Firebrand Jordan | 1930 | Western | Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis, Yakima Canutt | Firebrand Jordan is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by Alan James and starring Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis and Yakima Canutt. |
| The Flirting Widow | 1930 | Comedy | Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone | The Flirting Widow is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Claude Gillingwater. It was produced and release… |
| The Florodora Girl | 1930 | Musical, Drama | Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray | The Florodora Girl is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Ralph Spence, Al Boasberg and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter… |
| Follow the Leader | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Ed Wynn, Ginger Rogers, Ethel Merman | Follow the Leader is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, starring Ed Wynn and Ginger Rogers. It was by and distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation. |
| Follow Thru | 1930 | Musical, Comedy, Romance | Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll | Follow Thru is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the second all-color, all-talking feature to be produced by Paramount Pictures. The fi… |
| For the Defense | 1930 | Drama, Crime | William Powell, Kay Francis, William B. Davidson | For the Defense is a 1930 pre-Code crime drama film starring William Powell as a lawyer whose ethics are challenged when the woman he loves hits and kills a pedestrian while out driving with another s… |
| Framed | 1930 | Crime, Action | Evelyn Brent, Regis Toomey | Framed is a 1930 American pre-Code crime action film, directed by George Archainbaud, based on a screenplay by Paul Schofield and Wallace Smith. It starred Evelyn Brent, William Holden, Regis Toomey,… |
| Free and Easy | 1930 | Comedy | Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page | Free and Easy is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's first leading role in a talking motion picture. |
| Free Love | 1930 | Comedy | Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin | Free Love is a 1930 Pre-Code film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Hobart Henley and starring Conrad Nagel. |
| The Furies | 1930 | Mystery, Drama | Lois Wilson, H. B. Warner | The Furies (1930) is an all-talking pre-Code murder mystery film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Alan Crosland. The movie stars Lois Wilson, H.B. War… |
| General Crack | 1930 | Drama, Historical | John Barrymore, Marian Nixon, Lowell Sherman | General Crack is a 1929 American pre-Code part-talkie historical costume melodrama with Technicolor sequences which was directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It was fi… |
| Girl of the Port | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Adventure | Sally O'Neil, Mitchell Lewis | Girl of the Port is a 1930 pre-Code melodramatic adventure/romance American film directed by Bert Glennon. The screenplay was written by Beulah Marie Dix and Frank Reicher based on the short story "Th… |
| The Girl of the Golden West | 1930 | Western | Ann Harding, James Rennie, Harry Bannister | The Girl of the Golden West is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., directed by John Francis Dillon and starring act… |
| The Girl Said No | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | William Haines, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran | The Girl Said No is a 1930 pre-Code American romantic comedy film starring William Haines and Leila Hyams. In the film, a young college graduate goes to extreme lengths to win the girl he loves. |
| The Gorilla | 1930 | Mystery, Comedy | Joe Frisco, Walter Pidgeon, Lila Lee | The Gorilla (1930) is an American pre-Code mystery-comedy film produced by First National Pictures, distributed by Warner Bros., and directed by Bryan Foy. It stars Joe Frisco, Harry Gribbon, Walter P… |
| The Green Goddess | 1930 | Drama | George Arliss, Alice Joyce, H.B. Warner | The Green Goddess is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Alfred E. Green. It was a remake of the 1923 silent film, which was in turn based on the play of the same name by William Archer. It was… |
| The Golden Calf | 1930 | Musical, Romance, Comedy | Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol | The Golden Calf is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Millard Webb and written by Marion Orth and Harold R. Atteridge. The film stars Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol, El Brendel, Marjorie White,… |
| Golden Dawn | 1930 | Musical, Drama | Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal | Golden Dawn is a 1930 American pre-Code musical operetta film released by Warner Bros., photographed entirely in Technicolor, and starring Vivienne Segal, Walter Woolf King and Noah Beery. The film is… |
| Going Wild | 1930 | Musical, Comedy, War | Joe E. Brown, Lawrence Gray, Ona Munson | Going Wild is a 1930 Warner Brothers pre-Code comedy film based on the 1910 play The Aviator by James Montgomery and directed by William A. Seiter. The film stars many musical stars along with Joe E.… |
| Good Intentions | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill | Good Intentions is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by William K. Howard and written by George Manker Watters. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill, Regis Toomey, Earle Foxe, E… |
| Good News | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards | Good News is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards, and Penny Singleton. The film was shot in black-and-white, although the finale was… |
| The Grand Parade | 1930 | Drama | Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott | The Grand Parade is a 1930 American drama film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott and Richard Carle. It is now considered to be a lost film. |
| Grumpy | 1930 | Drama | Cyril Maude, Frances Dade | Grumpy is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay by Doris Anderson is based on a play by Horace Hodges and T… |
| Guilty? | 1930 | Drama | Virginia Valli, John Holland | Guilty? is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz. |
| Half Shot at Sunrise | 1930 | Comedy | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee | Half Shot at Sunrise is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey and Dorothy Lee. Their fourth film together, it was the second starring vehicle for the two, foll… |
| Harmony at Home | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Marguerite Churchill, Charlotte Henry | Harmony at Home is a 1930 pre-Code domestic-comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on a 1925 Broadway play, The Family Upstai… |
| He Knew Women | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce | He Knew Women is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hugh Herbert, from a screenplay by him and William B. Jutte, which was adapted from S. N. Behrman's 1927 play The Second Man. It starr… |
| Headin' North | 1930 | Western | Bob Steele, Barbara Luddy | Headin' North is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by John P. McCarthy. |
| Heads Up | 1930 | Comedy | Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Helen Kane | Heads Up is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Lorenz Hart, Rick Kirkland, John McGowan, Richard Rodgers, Paul Gerard Smith and Louis Stevens. The film… |
| Hell Harbor | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt | Hell Harbor is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry King and written by Fred de Gresac, Clarke Silvernail and Brewster Morse. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, G… |
| Hell's Angels | 1930 | War, Drama, Independent | Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall | Hell's Angels is a 1930 American pre-Code independent epic war film directed and produced by Howard Hughes and director of dialogue James Whale. Written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook and starring… |
| Hell's Heroes | 1930 | Western | Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton | Hell's Heroes is a 1929 American pre-Code Western sound film, one of many screen adaptations of Peter B. Kyne's 1913 novel The Three Godfathers. |
| Hell's Island | 1930 | Drama, War | Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Dorothy Sebastian | Hell's Island is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Dorothy Sebastian. |
| Her Wedding Night | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes | Her Wedding Night is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Avery Hopwood and Henry Myers. The film stars Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes, Charlie Ruggles, Richard "Skeet… |
| Hide-Out | 1930 | Drama | James Murray, Kathryn Crawford | Hide-Out is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Reginald Barker and written by Lambert Hillyer, Arthur Ripley and Matt Taylor. The film stars James Murray, Kathryn Crawford, Carl Stockdale… |
| High Society Blues | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Hedda Hopper | High Society Blues is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler. |
| Hit the Deck | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Jack Oakie, Roger Gray | Hit the Deck is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Luther Reed and starring Jack Oakie and Polly Walker, with Technicolor sequences. It was based on the 1927 musical Hit the Deck, which… |
| Hold Everything | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown | Hold Everything is a 1930 American Pre-Code film. It was the first musical comedy film to be released that was photographed entirely in early two-color Technicolor. It was adapted from the DeSylva-Bro… |
| Holiday | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Ann Harding, Mary Astor | Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. It star… |
| Honey | 1930 | Comedy | Nancy Carroll, Lillian Roth | Honey is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz. It is based on the 1916 novel Come Out of the Kitchen! by Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Nancy C… |
| Hook, Line and Sinker | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee | Hook, Line and Sinker is a 1930 American pre-Code slapstick comedy directed by Edward F. Cline from a screenplay by Ralph Spence and Tim Whelan. It was the third starring vehicle for the comedy team o… |
| Hot Curves | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Benny Rubin, Rex Lease, Alice Day | Hot Curves is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures and directed by Norman Taurog. A print is held by the Library of Congress. |
| In Gay Madrid | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan | In Gay Madrid (1930) is an American pre-Code musical comedy, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Ramón Novarro and Dorothy Jordan, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. |
| In the Next Room | 1930 | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Jack Mulhall, Alice Day | In The Next Room is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and directed by Edward F. Cline. The movie stars Jack Mulhall and Alice Day.… |
| Ingagi | 1930 | Satire | Ingagi is a 1930 pre-Code mockumentary exploitation film directed by William S. Campbell. It purports to be a documentary about "Sir Hubert Winstead" of London on an expedition to the Belgian Congo, a… | |
| Inside the Lines | 1930 | Drama, Spy | Betty Compson, Montagu Love, Betty Carter | Inside the Lines is a 1930 American pre-Code spy drama film starring Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes, and Mischa Auer. It was directed by Roy Pomeroy from a screenplay by John Farrow and Ewart Adamson, wh… |
| Isle of Escape | 1930 | Adventure | Monte Blue, Myrna Loy | Isle of Escape is a 1930 American pre-Code film produced and released by Warner Bros. The film stars Monte Blue and Myrna Loy and is set in the South Seas. Blue had been playing man-stranded-on-island… |
| The Jazz Cinderella | 1930 | Drama, Romance | Myrna Loy, Nancy Welford | The Jazz Cinderella is a 1930 American romantic drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Myrna Loy, Jason Robards Sr. and Nancy Welford. In Britain it was released under the alternative titl… |
| Journey's End | 1930 | War | Colin Clive, David Manners | Journey's End is a 1930 war film directed by James Whale. Based on the play of the same name by R. C. Sherriff, the film tells the story of several British army officers involved in trench warfare dur… |
| Just Imagine | 1930 | Musical, Comedy, Science Fiction | Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick | Just Imagine is a 1930 American pre-Code science fiction musical-comedy film, directed by David Butler. The film is known for its art direction and special effects in its portrayal of New York City in… |
| Kathleen Mavourneen | 1930 | Drama | Sally O'Neil, Charles Delaney | Kathleen Mavourneen is a 1930 American pre-Code sound/talking film directed by Albert Ray, stars Sally O'Neil and produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures, and is the first talking film version of… |
| The Kibitzer | 1930 | Comedy, War | Mary Brian, Neil Hamilton | The Kibitzer is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Marion Dix, Sam Mintz and Viola Brothers Shore. It is based on the 1929 play The Kibitzer by Jo Swerling a… |
| King of Jazz | 1930 | Musical | Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman, John Boles | King of Jazz is a 1930 American pre-Code color musical film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title refers to Whiteman's popular cultural appellation. At the time the film was made,… |
| Kismet | 1930 | Drama | Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners | Kismet is a 1930 American pre-Code costume drama film photographed entirely in an early widescreen process using 65mm film that Warner Bros. called Vitascope. The film, now considered lost, was based… |
| Ladies in Love | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Alice Day, Johnnie Walker | Ladies in Love is a 1930 talking film romance drama directed by Edgar Lewis and starring Alice Day and Johnnie Walker. A B-movie, it was produced independently by Hollywood Pictures and distributed by… |
| Ladies Love Brutes | 1930 | Comedy | George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March | Ladies Love Brutes is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Bancroft, Mary Astor, and Fredric March. The film was directed by Rowland V. Lee and based on the play Pardon My Glove by Zoë… |
| Ladies of Leisure | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves | Ladies of Leisure is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ralph Graves. The screenplay by Jo Swerling is based on the 1924 play Ladies… |
| The Lady of Scandal | 1930 | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone | The Lady of Scandal is a 1930 American pre-Code romance, comedy film, melodrama directed by Sidney Franklin based on the 1927 play The High Road by Frederick Lonsdale and starring Ruth Chatterton, Bas… |
| A Lady Surrenders | 1930 | Drama, Romance | Genevieve Tobin, Conrad Nagel | A Lady Surrenders is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Genevieve Tobin, Rose Hobart, Conrad Nagel, and Basil Rathbone. A copy exists in the Library of… |
| A Lady to Love | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Edward G. Robinson, Vilma Bánky, Robert Ames | A Lady to Love is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Sjöström and written by Sidney Howard. It stars Vilma Bánky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle and Lloyd Ingraham.… |
| A Lady's Morals | 1930 | Musical, Drama | Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, Wallace Beery | A Lady's Morals is a 1930 American pre-Code film offering a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The movie features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover, and Wallace Beer… |
| The Land of Missing Men | 1930 | Western | Bob Steele, Al St. John | The Land of Missing Men is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by John P. McCarthy – with a script from Bob Quigley – and produced by Trem Carr for his studio Trem Carr Producti… |
| The Lash | 1930 | Drama, Western | Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Marian Nixon | The Lash is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. It had an alternate title of Adios. The film was directed by Frank L… |
| The Last of the Duanes | 1930 | Western | George O'Brien, Lucile Browne | The Last of the Duanes is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film produced and released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Alfred L. Werker, and starring George O'Brien, Lucile Browne and Myrna Loy. |
| Laughter | 1930 | Comedy | Nancy Carroll, Fredric March | Laughter is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast and starring Nancy Carroll, Fredric March and Frank Morgan. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York. |
| Lawful Larceny | 1930 | Drama | Bebe Daniels, Olive Tell | Lawful Larceny is a 1930 American pre-Code melodramatic film, directed by Lowell Sherman from Jane Murfin's screenplay. The screenplay, a melodrama, was based on the play of the same name by Samuel Sh… |
| Leathernecking | 1930 | Musical, Comedy, Drama | Irene Dunne, Ken Murray | Leathernecking is a 1930 American musical comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from a screenplay by Alfred Jackson and Jane Murfin, adapted from the Broadway musical comedy Present Arms, by Richar… |
| Let Us Be Gay | 1930 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Norma Shearer, Marie Dressler, Rod La Rocque | Let Us Be Gay is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and stars Norma Shearer. It was filmed concurrently with and… |
| Let's Go Native | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald | Let's Go Native is a 1930 American pre-Code black-and-white musical comedy film, directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures. |
| Let's Go Places | 1930 | Musical | Joseph Wagstaff, Lola Lane | Let's Go Places is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film made by the Fox Film Corporation. |
| The Life of the Party | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Winnie Lightner, Jack Whiting | The Life of the Party is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy filmed entirely in Technicolor. The musical numbers of this film were cut out before general release in the United States because the p… |
| Lightnin' | 1930 | Comedy | Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea | Lightnin' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Henry King and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan, Jason Roba… |
| The Light of Western Stars | 1930 | Western | Richard Arlen, Mary Brian | The Light of Western Stars is a 1930 American pre-Code Western produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It had two directors, Otto Brower and Edward H. Knopf. This film is the third filming of… |
| Lilies of the Field | 1930 | Drama | Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes | Lilies of the Field is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda, and starring Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, and John Loder. It was a remake of the silent 1924 film Lilies of t… |
| Liliom | 1930 | Drama, Fantasy | Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart | Liliom is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. The film stars Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H. B. Warner, Lee Tr… |
| The Little Accident | 1930 | Comedy | Douglas Fairbanks, Anita Page, Sally Blane | The Little Accident is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Gladys Lehman and Gene Towne, based on the 1927 novel An Unmarried Father by Floyd Dell and t… |
| The Lone Rider | 1930 | Western | Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds, Harry Woods | The Lone Rider is a 1930 American western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds and Harry Woods. It was remade twice by Columbia first as The Man Trailer (1934) and then T… |
| The Lone Star Ranger | 1930 | Western | George O'Brien, Sue Carol | The Lone Star Ranger is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by A.F. Erickson and written by Seton I. Miller and John Hunter Booth. The film stars George O'Brien, Sue Carol, Walter McGrail,… |
| Loose Ankles | 1930 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Loose Ankles is a 1930 pre-Code romantic comedy with songs, produced and released by First National Pictures, which had become a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film was directed by Ted Wilde and stars… |
| Lord Byron of Broadway | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Musical | Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry | Lord Byron of Broadway (1930), also known as What Price Melody?, is an American Pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Harry Beaumont and William Nigh. It was based on a best selling book by Nell Ma… |
| The Lottery Bride | 1930 | Musical, Drama | Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Joe E. Brown | The Lottery Bride is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, ZaSu Pitts, and Joe E. Brown. The film was produced by Joseph M. Sch… |
| Lotus Lady | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Fern Andra, Betty Francisco | Lotus Lady is a 1930 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Fern Andra, Ralph Emerson and Betty Francisco. |
| Love Among the Millionaires | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Clara Bow, Stuart Erwin | Love Among the Millionaires is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by William M. Conselman, Grover Jones, Herman J. Mankiewicz and Keene Thompson. The film stars Clara Bow… |
| Love Comes Along | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Bebe Daniels, Montagu Love | Love Comes Along is a 1930 American romantic film directed by Rupert Julian, written by Wallace Smith, based on the uncompleted play Conchita by Edward Knoblock. It was a vehicle specifically picked t… |
| Love in the Rough | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan | Love in the Rough is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Sarah Y. Mason, Joseph Farnham and Robert E. Hopkins. The film stars Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jor… |
| The Love Trader | 1930 | Drama, Romance | Chester Conklin, Henry B. Walthall | The Love Trader is an early talkie pre-Code American romantic drama film preserved at the Library of Congress. It was directed by Joseph Henabery and starred silent greats Leatrice Joy, Henry B. Walth… |
| Lovin' the Ladies | 1930 | Comedy, Romance | Richard Dix, Rita La Roy, Lois Wilson | Lovin' the Ladies is a 1930 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville W. Brown, and starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson and Allen Kearns. It made a profit of $65,000. |
| Lucky Larkin | 1930 | Western | Ken Maynard, Nora Lane | Lucky Larkin is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Marion Jackson and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Nora Lane, Jim Farley, Harry Todd, Paul Hu… |
| Lummox | 1930 | Drama | Winifred Westover, Dorothy Janis | Lummox is a 1930 American pre-Code sound film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Winifred Westover. It was released through United Artists, and based on a 1923 novel by Fannie Hurst. |
| Madam Satan | 1930 | Musical, Romance, Comedy | Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny | Madam Satan or Madame Satan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Kay Johnson, Regi… |
| Madonna of the Streets | 1930 | Drama | Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames | Madonna of the Streets is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John S. Robertson and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is a sound remake of the 1924 silent film Madonna of the Streets starrin… |
| Mamba | 1930 | Drama | Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman | Mamba is a 1930 American pre-Code film, released by Tiffany Pictures. It was shot entirely in Technicolor and stars Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman, Ralph Forbes, Josef Swickard, Claude Fleming, Willi… |
| Mammy | 1930 | Musical, Drama | Al Jolson, Lois Moran | Mammy (1930) is an American pre-Code musical drama film with Technicolor sequences, released by Warner Bros. The film starred Al Jolson and was a follow-up to his previous film, Say It with Songs (192… |
| The Man from Blankley's | 1930 | Comedy | John Barrymore, Loretta Young | The Man from Blankley's is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Gut… |
| A Man from Wyoming | 1930 | War, Romance | Gary Cooper, June Collyer, Regis Toomey | A Man from Wyoming is a 1930 American Pre-Code war romance film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Gary Cooper, June Collyer, and Regis Toomey. Written by Albert S. Le Vino and John V.A. Weaver,… |
| The Man Hunter | 1930 | Adventure, Drama | Rin Tin Tin, Nora Lane | The Man Hunter is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking adventure drama that stars Rin Tin Tin. The film was released by Warner Brothers, and was adapted by James A. Starr from a story by Lillie Haywar… |
| Man to Man | 1930 | Drama | Phillips Holmes, Grant Mitchell | Man to Man is an all-talking American pre-Code drama film produced by Warner Bros. in 1930. The film was directed by Allan Dwan and stars Phillips Holmes. The film is based on the story "Barber John's… |
| Man Trouble | 1930 | Drama | Dorothy Mackaill, Kenneth MacKenna | Man Trouble is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and written by Marion Orth, George Manker Watters and Edwin J. Burke. The film stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Ken… |
| Manslaughter | 1930 | Drama | Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Natalie Moorehead | Manslaughter is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March. An original print of the film is saved in the UCLA Film and Television… |
| The Matrimonial Bed | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Frank Fay, Lilyan Tashman | The Matrimonial Bed is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. It was based on the French play by André Mouëzy-Éon and Yves Mirande. The English version of the play,… |
| Maybe It's Love | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown | Maybe It's Love, also known as Eleven Men and a Girl, is an all-talking 1930 pre-Code musical comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Wellman. The movie stars J… |
| The Medicine Man | 1930 | Romance, Comedy, Drama | Jack Benny, Betty Bronson | The Medicine Man is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Scott Pembroke, released by Tiffany Pictures, and starring Jack Benny, Betty Bronson and Eva Novak. |
| The Melody Man | 1930 | Musical, Drama | John St. Polis, Alice Day | The Melody Man is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama musical film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Roy William Neill and starred John St. Polis, Alice Day and William Coll… |
| Men Are Like That | 1930 | Drama | Hal Skelly, Doris Hill | Men Are Like That is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Marion Dix, based on the George Kelly play The Show-Off, which had already bee… |
| Men of the North | 1930 | Western | Gilbert Roland, Arnold Korff | Men of the North is a 1930 American Western film directed by Hal Roach and written by Richard Schayer from a story by Willard Mack. The film stars Gilbert Roland, Barbara Leonard, Arnold Korff, Robert… |
| Men Without Women | 1930 | Drama | Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson | Men Without Women is an American 1930 pre-Code drama film directed and written by John Ford, from the script by James Kevin McGuinness. The film also starred Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, and J.… |
| Midnight Daddies | 1930 | Comedy | Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, Rosemary Theby | Midnight Daddies is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, and Rosemary Theby. It was the last feature film that Sennett directed: his re… |
| Midnight Mystery | 1930 | Thriller, Mystery | Betty Compson, Lowell Sherman | Midnight Mystery is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix, which was adapted from the play Hawk Island by Howard Irving Young. Betty… |
| The Midnight Special | 1930 | Drama, Independent | Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy | The Midnight Special is a 1931 pre-Code sound film produced and released by independent film maker Chesterfield. It was directed by Duke Worne and starred Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy. |
| Min and Bill | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery | Min and Bill is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy-drama film, directed by George W. Hill and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery. Adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson from Lorna Moon's 192… |
| Moby Dick | 1930 | Drama | John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Noble Johnson | Moby Dick is a 1930 American pre-Code film from Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and starring John Barrymore, Joan Bennett and Walter Lang. The film is a sound remake of the 1926 silent movie, T… |
| A Modern Jean Val Jean; or a Frame Up | 1930 | Biography | Al Hagan | |
| Montana Moon | 1930 | Western, Drama, Comedy, Musical | Joan Crawford, Ricardo Cortez | Montana Moon is a 1930 Pre-Code Western musical film which introduced the concept of the singing cowboy to the screen. Starring Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, and Ricardo Cortez,… |
| Monte Carlo | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, ZaSu Pitts | Monte Carlo is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It co-stars Jack Buchanan as a French Count Rudolph Falliere masquerading as a hairdresser and Jeanette MacDona… |
| Morocco | 1930 | Drama, Romance | Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou | Morocco is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, and Adolphe Menjou. Based on the 1927 novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vign… |
| Mothers Cry | 1930 | Drama | Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners | Mothers Cry is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Hobart Henley. The movie stars Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, D… |
| Mountain Justice | 1930 | Western | Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford | Mountain Justice is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Otis Harlan, Kathryn Crawford, Paul Hu… |
| The Mounted Stranger | 1930 | Western | Hoot Gibson, Fred Burns | The Mounted Stranger is a 1930 American Western film that was a remake of The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924), which was an adaptation of Henry Herbert Knibbs's novel of the same name. |
| Murder on the Roof | 1930 | Mystery, Drama | Dorothy Revier, Raymond Hatton | Murder on the Roof is a 1930 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by George B. Seitz. |
| Murder Will Out | 1930 | Mystery | Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Noah Beery | Murder Will Out is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film with songs produced and released by First National Pictures and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The movie stars Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee and feat… |
| Near the Rainbow's End | 1930 | Western | Bob Steele, Louise Lorraine | Near the Rainbow's End is a 1930 American Western film directed by J. P. McGowan for Tiffany Productions. The film stars Bob Steele in his talking picture debut as a singing cowboy, Lafe McKee and Al… |
| New Moon | 1930 | Musical, Romance, Drama | Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou | New Moon is a 1930 black-and-white American, pre-Code romantic/drama/melodrama musical film version of the operetta The New Moon, with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein… |
| New Movietone Follies of 1930 | 1930 | Musical | El Brendel, Marjorie White | New Movietone Follies of 1930 is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Benjamin Stoloff. The film stars El Brendel and Marjorie White who also costarred i… |
| Night Ride | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, Edward G. Robinson | Night Ride is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John S. Robertson and written by Charles Logue, Edward T. Lowe, Jr. and Tom Reed. The film stars Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, Edward… |
| No, No, Nanette | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Lucien Littlefield | No, No, Nanette is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film with Technicolor sequences that was directed by Clarence G. Badger and released by First National Pictures. It was adapted from the play… |
| Not Damaged | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Comedy | Lois Moran, Robert Ames | Not Damaged is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Chandler Sprague and written by Harold R. Atteridge and Frank Gay. The film stars Lois Moran, Walter Byron, Robert Ames, Inez Courtney,… |
| Not So Dumb | 1930 | Comedy | Marion Davies, Franklin Pangborn, Julia Faye | Not So Dumb is a 1930 pre-Code comedy motion picture starring Marion Davies, directed by King Vidor, and produced for Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. |
| A Notorious Affair | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis | A Notorious Affair is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, produced and released by First National Pictures. It was directed by Lloyd Bacon, starred Billie Dove, and featured Basil Rathbone and Kay Fr… |
| Numbered Men | 1930 | Drama | Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel | Numbered Men is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The movie stars Bernice Claire,… |
| The Office Wife | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Joan Blondell | The Office Wife is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon, released by Warner Bros., and based on the novel of the same name by Faith Baldwin. It was the talkie debut for… |
| Officer O'Brien | 1930 | Crime, Comedy | William Boyd, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Sebastian | Officer O'Brien is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy crime film directed by Tay Garnett and starring William Boyd, Ernest Torrence and Dorothy Sebastian. The film's sets were designed by the art directo… |
| Oh, For a Man! | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Denny | Oh, For a Man! is a 1930 American black-and-white musical comedy film based on a short story, "Stolen Thunder" by Mary F. Watkins. The original story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post June 7, 1930… |
| Oh Sailor Behave | 1930 | Musical, Drama, Comedy, War | Irene Delroy, Lowell Sherman | Oh, Sailor, Behave! is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced and released by Warner Brothers, and based on the play See Naples and Die, written by Elmer Rice. The film was originally i… |
| Oklahoma Cyclone | 1930 | Western, Drama | Bob Steele, Slim Whitaker | Oklahoma Cyclone is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by John P. McCarthy that is a forerunner of the singing cowboy genre. It stars Bob Steele in his second talking picture playing the t… |
| Old English | 1930 | Drama | George Arliss, Leon Janney | Old English is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and produced by Warner Bros. The film is based on the 1924 West End play of the same name by John Galsworthy. The film st… |
| On the Border | 1930 | Adventure, Drama | Rin Tin Tin, Armida | On the Border is a 1930 all-talking drama with songs that stars Rin Tin Tin. It was adapted from a story by Lillie Hayward who also wrote the screenplay. Armida sings two songs in the picture. |
| On the Level | 1930 | Action | Victor McLaglen, Lilyan Tashman, Fifi D'Orsay | On the Level is a 1930 American pre-Code action film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Andrew Bennison, William K. Wells and Dudley Nichols. The film stars Victor McLaglen, William Harrigan,… |
| On Your Back | 1930 | Drama | Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner | On Your Back is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner, Wheeler Oakman, Marion Shill… |
| Once a Gentleman | 1930 | Comedy | Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, Francis X. Bushman | Once a Gentleman is a 1930 American comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson and Francis X. Bushman. A butler goes on vacation, where he is wrongly supposed… |
| One Mad Kiss | 1930 | Musical | José Mojica, Mona Maris | One Mad Kiss is a 1930 American musical film directed by Marcel Silver and James Tinling and starring José Mojica, Mona Maris and Antonio Moreno. The film was not a commercial success and lost $263,00… |
| One Night at Susie's | 1930 | Drama | Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | One Night at Susie's is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures and directed by John Francis Dillon. The movie stars Billie Dove and features Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Hel… |
| One Romantic Night | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Lillian Gish, Rod La Rocque | One Romantic Night is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Paul L. Stein. It is the first sound film version of Ferenc Molnár's play The Swan, and marked silent screen star Lillia… |
| Only Saps Work | 1930 | Comedy | Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian | Only Saps Work is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Cyril Gardner and Edwin H. Knopf and written by Owen Davis, Percy Heath, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz. The film stars Leon Erro… |
| Only the Brave | 1930 | War, Romance, Drama | Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Guy Oliver | Only the Brave is a 1930 American Pre-Code Civil War drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, and Phillips Holmes. |
| The Other Tomorrow | 1930 | Drama | Billie Dove, Kenneth Thomson, Grant Withers | The Other Tomorrow is a lost 1930 American Pre-Code film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The love-triangle drama, from a story by Octavus… |
| Our Blushing Brides | 1930 | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page | Our Blushing Brides is a 1930 American pre-Code society comedy/romantic melodrama directed and produced by Harry Beaumont and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastia… |
| Outside the Law | 1930 | Crime, Drama | Edward G. Robinson, Mary Nolan, Owen Moore | Outside the Law is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Edward G. Robinson. The picture is a remake of the 1920 film of the same name, starring Lon Chaney which wa… |
| Outward Bound | 1930 | Drama | Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helen Chandler | Outward Bound is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film based on the 1923 hit play of the same name by Sutton Vane. It stars Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen Chandler, Beryl Mercer, Montagu Lo… |
| Paid | 1930 | Drama | Joan Crawford, Marie Provost, Robert Armstrong | Paid is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film starring Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, and Kent Douglass in a story about a wrongly accused ex-convict who seeks revenge on those who sent her to prison… |
| Parade of the West | 1930 | Western | Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell | Parade of the West is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell, Otis Harlan, Jack H… |
| Paradise Island | 1930 | Musical, Adventure | Kenneth Harlan, Marceline Day | Paradise Island is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Kenneth Harlan, Marceline Day, and Tom Santschi. |
| Paramount on Parade | 1930 | Musical | Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper | Paramount on Parade is a 1930 all-star American pre-Code revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee,… |
| Part Time Wife | 1930 | Comedy | Edmund Lowe, Leila Hyams | Part Time Wife is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and written by Howard J. Green, Leo McCarey and Raymond L. Schrock. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Leila Hyams, Tommy Cliffo… |
| Party Girl | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, Marie Provost | Party Girl is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, and Marie Prevost. It is also known by the alternative title of Dangero… |
| Passion Flower | 1930 | Drama | Kay Francis, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford | Passion Flower is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed and produced by William C. deMille and starring Kay Francis, Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford in a romantic triangle. This production inc… |
| The Pay-Off | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, William Janney | The Pay-Off is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Lowell Sherman, who also starred in the film along with Marian Nixon and Hugh Trevor. The screenplay was adapted by Jane Murfin, al… |
| Peacock Alley | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Musical | Mae Murray, Jason Robards Sr. | Peacock Alley is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic drama film directed by Marcel de Sano, and starring Mae Murray and George Barraud. The film is a remake of the 1922 silent film of the same n… |
| The Phantom of the Desert | 1930 | Western | Jack Perrin, Eva Novak, Josef Swickard | The Phantom of the Desert is a 1930 American western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jack Perrin, Eva Novak and Josef Swickard. |
| Playboy of Paris | 1930 | Musical, Romance, Comedy | Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee | Playboy of Paris is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee, and O.P. Heggie. It was based on a 1911 play The Little Cafe by… |
| Playing Around | 1930 | Drama | Alice White, Chester Morris | Playing Around is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film with songs, starring Alice White, Chester Morris and William Bakewell. It was adapted from the story "Sheba", written by Viña Delmar. The film was… |
| Playthings of Hollywood | 1930 | Drama, Romance | Rita La Roy, Sheila Bromley, Donald Reed | Playthings of Hollywood is a 1930 American romantic drama film directed by William A. O'Connor and starring Phyllis Barrington, Rita La Roy, Sheila Bromley and Donald Reed. Made by the independent pro… |
| The Poor Millionaire | 1930 | Drama, Silent | Richard Talmadge, Constance Howard, George Irving | The Poor Millionaire is a 1930 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring Richard Talmadge, Constance Howard and George Irving. Made after the sound film revolution, it was the… |
| The Princess and the Plumber | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Comedy | Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan | The Princess and the Plumber is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan, H. B. Warner, Josep… |
| Puttin' On The Ritz | 1930 | Musical | Joan Bennett, Harry Richman, George Irving | "Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin. He wrote it in May 1927 and first published it on December 2, 1929. It was registered as an unpublished song August 24, 1927 and again on July… |
| Queen High | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Ginger Rogers | Queen High is the title of an American pre-Code musical comedy film, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Based upon the 1926 stage musical Queen High that Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurenc… |
| Raffles | 1930 | Mystery, Comedy | Ronald Colman, Kay Francis | Raffles is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-mystery film produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It stars Ronald Colman as the title character, a proper English gentleman who moonlights as a notorious jewel thief,… |
| Rain Or Shine | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, Joe Cook | Rain or Shine is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Joe Cook and Louise Fazenda. The film was adapted from a hit Broadway musical of the same name and was originally pl… |
| The Rampant Age | 1930 | Drama | James Murray, Merna Kennedy, Eddie Borden | The Rampant Age is a 1930 American melodrama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars James Murray, Merna Kennedy, and Eddie Borden, and was released on January 15, 1930. |
| Recaptured Love | 1930 | Comedy, Drama, Musical | Belle Bennett, Dorothy Burgess | Recaptured Love is a 1930 early talkie pre-Code musical drama film based on the play Misdeal by Basil Woon about a man who experiences a mid life crisis that results in his divorce. It stars Belle Ben… |
| Redemption | 1930 | Drama | John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Conrad Nagel | Redemption is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo, produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring John Gilbert. This production is Gilbert's first talking film, b… |
| Remote Control | 1930 | Comedy | William Haines, Mary Doran | Remote Control is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Nick Grinde, Edward Sedgwick, and Malcolm St. Clair and written by, among others, Frank Butler, F. Hugh Herbert, and Jack Nelson. |
| Renegades | 1930 | Western | Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery | Renegades is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Victor Fleming for Fox Film. It stars Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, and Noah Beery. Jules Furthman based his script on André Armandy's novel Le Renég… |
| The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | 1930 | Mystery | Warner Oland, Jean Arthur | The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Rowland V. Lee. It is the second of three films starring Warner Oland as the fiendish Fu Manchu, who returns from apparent deat… |
| The Right to Love | 1930 | Drama | Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Irving Pachel | The Right to Love is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film which was nominated at the 4th Academy Awards for Best Cinematography. It was based on Susan Glaspell's 1928 novel Brook Evans. |
| River's End | 1930 | Drama, Western | Charles Bickford, Evalyn Knapp | River's End is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Charles Bickford and Evalyn Knapp. Bickford plays two roles, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) sergean… |
| Road to Paradise | 1930 | Drama | Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, George Barraud | Road to Paradise is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, and starring Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall and Raymond Hatton. It was directed by William Bea… |
| Roadhouse Nights | 1930 | Crime, Comedy | Helen Morgan, Charles Ruggles | Roadhouse Nights is a 1930 American Pre-Code gangster film. A number of sources including Sally Cline in her book Dashiell Hammett Man of Mystery claim it is based on the classic novel Red Harvest wri… |
| Roaring Ranch | 1930 | Western | Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers | Roaring Ranch is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by B. Reeves Eason. The film stars Hoot Gibson, and it was released on April 27, 1930, by Universal Pictures. |
| Rogue of the Rio Grande | 1930 | Comedy, Musical, Western | José Bohr, Myrna Loy | Rogue of the Rio Grande is a 1930 American musical comedy Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring José Bohr, Myrna Loy and Walter Miller. |
| The Rogue Song | 1930 | Musical, Romance | Lawrence Tibbett, Clifford Grey | The Rogue Song is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic and musical film that tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and… |
| Romance | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone | Romance is a 1930 American Pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, and Gavin Gordon. |
| Romance of the West | 1930 | Western | Jack Perrin, Edna Marion, Tom London | Romance of the West is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by John Tansey and Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Jack Perrin, Edna Marion and Tom London. |
| Rough Romance | 1930 | Western | George O'Brien, Helen Chandler | Rough Romance is a 1930 American lumberjack Western film directed by A. F. Erickson. The film stars George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Antonio Moreno, Roy Stewart, and Harry Cording and a 23-year-old Joh… |
| Rough Waters | 1930 | Adventure, Drama | Rin Tin Tin, Jobyna Ralston | Rough Waters is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking adventure drama film that directed by John Daumery and starring Rin Tin Tin. The film was adapted by James A. Starr from a story by Lillie Hayward,… |
| A Royal Romance | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | William Collier Jr., Pauline Starke, Clarence Muse | A Royal Romance is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring William Collier, Pauline Starke and Clarence Muse. It was an unofficial remake of the 1925 sile… |
| The Runaway Bride | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst | The Runaway Bride is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film starring Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, and Paul Hurst. It was directed by Donald Crisp, from a screenplay by Jane Murfin, adapted from the play Coo… |
| Safety in Numbers | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Carole Lombard, Charles Rogers, Kathryn Crawford | Safety in Numbers is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film. Directed by Victor Schertzinger, it stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and features Kathryn Crawford, Josephine Dunn, and Carole Lombard. |
| The Santa Fe Trail | 1930 | Western | Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno | The Santa Fe Trail is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Otto Brower and Edwin H. Knopf, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno, and Eugene Pallette.… |
| The Sap from Syracuse | 1930 | Comedy | Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers | The Sap from Syracuse is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by John Griffith Wray, along with Jack O'Donnell, John Hayden and Gertrude Purcell. The film… |
| Sarah and Son | 1930 | Drama | Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March | Sarah and Son is a 1930 pre-Code American drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner. The screenplay by Zoë Akins was adapted from Timothy Shea's novel of the same name. It stars Ruth Chatterton, Fredric M… |
| Scarlet Pages | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers | Scarlet Pages is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of W… |
| Scotland Yard | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett | Scotland Yard is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by William K. Howard, written by Garrett Fort, and starring Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett, Donald Crisp, Georges Renavent, Lumsden Hare and Da… |
| The Sea Bat | 1930 | Drama, Thriller | Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford, Nils Asther | The Sea Bat is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama thriller film directed by Lionel Barrymore and Wesley Ruggles, starring Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford and featuring Boris Karloff. Part of the film… |
| The Sea God | 1930 | Adventure | Richard Arlen, Fay Wray | The Sea God is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film written and directed by George Abbott. The film stars Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette, Ivan Simpson, Maurice Black, and Bob Perry. The f… |
| Sea Legs | 1930 | Comedy | Jack Oakie, Lillian Roth | Sea Legs is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and written by George Marion Jr. and Marion Dix. The film stars Jack Oakie, Eugene Pallette, Lillian Roth, André Cheron, Alb… |
| The Sea Wolf | 1930 | Drama | Milton Sills, Raymond Hackett | The Sea Wolf is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred Santell and written by S. N. Behrman and Ralph Block. The film stars Milton Sills, Jane Keithley, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harri… |
| Second Choice | 1930 | Romance | Dolores Costello, Chester Morris | Second Choice is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white film released by Warner Bros. and starring Dolores Costello and Chester Morris. The film is notable as being the first in which Dolores Costel… |
| The Second Floor Mystery | 1930 | Mystery | Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H. B. Warner | The Second Floor Mystery is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth. It was based on the 1916 novel The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers. The film stars Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H… |
| Second Honeymoon | 1930 | Comedy, Drama, Silent | Josephine Dunn, Bernice Elliott, Edward Earle | Second Honeymoon is a 1930 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Josephine Dunn, Edward Earle, and Ernest Hilliard, and was released in September 1930. |
| Second Wife | 1930 | Drama | Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee | Second Wife is a 1930 American drama film produced and released by RKO Pictures. It was directed by Russell Mack, written by Hugh Herbert and Bert Glennon, based on the play All the King's Men by Fult… |
| See America Thirst | 1930 | Comedy | Harry Langdon, Bessie Love | See America Thirst is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and directed by William James Craft. Silent comics Harry Langdon and Slim Summerville star alo… |
| Seven Days Leave | 1930 | Drama | Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer | Seven Days Leave is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Richard Wallace and starring Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, and Daisy Belmore. |
| Shadow of the Law | 1930 | Crime, Romance | William Powell, Marion Shilling | Shadow of the Law is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring William Powell, Richard Tucker, and Regis Toomey. |
| Shadow Ranch | 1930 | Western | Buck Jones, Marguerite De La Motte | Shadow Ranch is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King. |
| She Couldn't Say No | 1930 | Drama | Winnie Lightner, Chester Morris | She Couldn't Say No is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama which stars Winnie Lightner, fresh from her success in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929). It was adapted from a play by Benjamin M. Kaye. An aspirin… |
| She Got What She Wanted | 1930 | Comedy, Drama | Betty Compson, Lee Tracy | She Got What She Wanted is an American pre-Code early talking film comedy-drama directed by James Cruze and starring his actress wife Betty Compson. The film was made for Tiffany Pictures with Cruze a… |
| She's My Weakness | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Sue Carol, Arthur Lake | She's My Weakness is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Melville W. Brown and starring Sue Carol and Arthur Lake. The screenplay was written by J. Walter Ruben, based on the Bro… |
| The Ship from Shanghai | 1930 | Drama, Action | Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson | The Ship from Shanghai is a 1930 Pre-Code American action film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Howard Lawson. The film stars Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert and… |
| Shooting Straight | 1930 | Crime, Drama | Richard Dix, James Neill | Shooting Straight is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film, directed by George Archainbaud and starring the early RKO staple Richard Dix and Mary Lawlor. The screenplay was written by J. Walter Ru… |
| Showgirl in Hollywood | 1930 | Musical, Drama, Comedy | Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet | Showgirl in Hollywood is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking musical film with Technicolor sequences, produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars… |
| The Silver Horde | 1930 | Drama, Romance | Evelyn Brent, Joel McCrea, Jean Arthur | The Silver Horde is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Joel McCrea as a fisherman torn between two women, played by top-billed Evelyn Brent and Jean Arthur. |
| Sin Takes a Holiday | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone | Sin Takes a Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film, directed by Paul L. Stein, from a screenplay by Horace Jackson, based on a story by Robert Milton and Dorothy Cairns. It starred C… |
| Sinners' Holiday | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp | Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers and Evalyn Knapp, and featuring James Cagney, Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the 1… |
| The Sins of the Children | 1930 | Drama | Louis Mann, Robert Montgomery | The Sins of the Children, also known as Father's Day and The Richest Man in the World, is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film, which was produced and directed by Sam Wood and distributed by Metro-Gold… |
| Sisters | 1930 | Crime | Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day | Sisters is a 1930 American crime film directed by James Flood and starring Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day and Russell Gleason. |
| Slightly Scarlet | 1930 | Comedy, Drama | Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook | Slightly Scarlet is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Edwin H. Knopf and starring Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook. The film was shot in several different languag… |
| So This Is London | 1930 | Comedy | Will Rogers, Irene Rich | So This Is London is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Frank Albertson and Lumsden Hare. |
| The Social Lion | 1930 | Sports, Romance, Comedy | Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | The Social Lion is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Octavus Roy Cohen, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Agnes Brand Leahy, and starring Jack Oakie, Mary Bri… |
| A Soldier's Plaything | 1930 | War, Comedy, Drama | Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Noah Beery | A Soldier's Plaything is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film with songs directed by Michael Curtiz. Warner Bros. filmed it simultaneously in 35mm and in a widescreen process called Vitascope, b… |
| Soldiers and Women | 1930 | Mystery, Crime, War | Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers | Soldiers and Women is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers and Walter McGrail. Produced by Columbia Pictures, it is based on… |
| Son of the Gods | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett | Son of the Gods is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film with Technicolor sequences, produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. It was adapted from the novel… |
| Song o' My Heart | 1930 | Musical, Drama | John McCormack, Maureen O'Sullivan | Song o' My Heart is a 1930 Pre-Code American film directed by Frank Borzage and starring John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O'Sullivan, Effie Ellsler and John Garrick. It was O'Sullivan's second fil… |
| Song of the Caballero | 1930 | Western | Ken Maynard, Doris Hill | Song of the Caballero is a 1930 pre-Code American Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason. The film stars Ken Maynard. The film was released on June 29,… |
| Song of the Flame | 1930 | Drama, Musical | Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Noah Beery | Song of the Flame is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was the first color film to feature a wi… |
| Song of the West | 1930 | Musical, Western | John Boles, Vivienne Segal | Song of the West is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical western film produced by Warner Bros., and photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the 1928 Broadway musical Rainbow by Vincent Youma… |
| Sons of the Saddle | 1930 | Western | Ken Maynard, Doris Hill | Sons of the Saddle is a 1930 pre-Code American Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown, written by Bennett Cohen and Leslie Mason, and starring Ken Maynard. It was released on August 3, 1930, by Univ… |
| Soup to Nuts | 1930 | Comedy, Animated | Ted Healy, Shemp Howard, Frances McCoy | Soup to Nuts is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film written by cartoonist, sculptor, author, and inventor Rube Goldberg and directed by Benjamin Stoloff. It was the film debut of the original four me… |
| The Spoilers | 1930 | Western | Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson | The Spoilers is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson, and Betty Compson. Set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, the film is abou… |
| Spring Is Here | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire | Spring Is Here is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced by First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. It was adapted by James A. Starr from the 1929 musical play, of the s… |
| The Squealer | 1930 | Crime | Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier | The Squealer is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier and Davey Lee. |
| Spurs | 1930 | Western | Hoot Gibson, Robert Homans | Spurs is a 1930 American Western film written and directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson, Helen Wright, Robert Homans, Philo McCullough, C.E. Anderson and Buddy Hunter. It was released o… |
| The Storm | 1930 | Western, Adventure | Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd | The Storm is a 1930 American pre-Code adventure film directed by William Wyler, written by John Huston, Charles Logue, Tom Reed and Wells Root, and starring Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William "Stage"… |
| Street of Chance | 1930 | Drama | William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis | Street of Chance is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by John Cromwell and starring William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis and Regis Toomey. Howard Estabrook was nominated for the Academy Award… |
| Strictly Modern | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer | Strictly Modern is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Sidney Blackmer. It was produced and released by First National Pictures and was… |
| Strictly Unconventional | 1930 | Drama | Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh | Strictly Unconventional is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton, written by Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler, and starring Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh, Tyrell Davis, Lew… |
| Such Men Are Dangerous | 1930 | Drama | Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Bela Lugosi | Such Men Are Dangerous is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Kenneth Hawks and written by Ernest Vajda. The film is based on a novella by Elinor Glyn who based her story on the 1928 real-… |
| Sunny | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie | Sunny is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie, and Inez Courtney. It was produced and released by First National Pictures… |
| Sunny Skies | 1930 | Comedy, Musical | Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease | Sunny Skies is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Benny Rubin and Marceline Day and produced by Tiffany Pictures. It is notable for a same-sex romantic su… |
| Sweet Kitty Bellairs | 1930 | Musical, Drama, Comedy, Historical | Claudia Dell, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Torrence | Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1930 American historical musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green. The film is based on the 1900 novel, The Bath Comedy by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle. Shot entire… |
| Sweet Mama | 1930 | Drama, Comedy | Alice White, David Manners | Sweet Mama is a 1930 American pre-Code talkie comedy drama film with songs, which was directed by Edward F. Cline and produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film stars Alice White, D… |
| Sweethearts and Wives | 1930 | Mystery | Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer | Sweethearts and Wives is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film with comedic elements produced and released by First National Pictures and directed by Clarence G. Badger. The film stars Billie Dove, Cl… |
| The Swellhead | 1930 | Drama, Sports | James Gleason, Marion Shilling | The Swellhead is a 1930 American pre-Code sports film directed by James Flood and starring James Gleason, Johnnie Walker, and Marion Shilling. It is also known by the alternative title of Counted Out. |
| Swing High | 1930 | Musical | Helen Twelvetrees, Dorothy Burgess, John Sheehan | Swing High is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott and Dorothy Burgess. |
| Take the Heir | 1930 | Comedy | Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore, Edythe Chapman | Take the Heir is a 1930 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore and Edythe Chapman. It was produced during the transition to sound film and a… |
| Temple Tower | 1930 | Thriller, Crime | Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day | Temple Tower is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Donald Gallaher and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day. and Peter Gawthorne. |
| The Texan | 1930 | Western | Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn | The Texan is a 1930 American Western film directed by John Cromwell and starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray. Based on the short story "The Double-Dyed Deceiver" by O. Henry, the film is about a daring b… |
| They Learned About Women | 1930 | Musical, Drama, Sports | Van and Schenck, Bessie Love | They Learned About Women is a 1930 American Pre-Code sports drama musical film directed by Jack Conway and Sam Wood, and starring Van and Schenck in their final film appearance together. |
| The Third Alarm | 1930 | Adventure, Drama | Anita Louise, Jean Hersholt | The Third Alarm is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Emory Johnson. The film is based on the original story by Emilie Johnson and is set in San Francisco, California. The photoplay stars… |
| This Mad World | 1930 | War, Drama | Kay Johnson, Basil Rathbone | This Mad World is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by William C. deMille and starring Basil Rathbone, Kay Johnson and Louise Dresser. A drama, it sees a French spy return home to German-occupied… |
| Those Three French Girls | 1930 | Comedy | Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny | Those Three French Girls is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny, and Cliff Edwards. The dialogue was written by P. G. Wodehouse. |
| Those Who Dance | 1930 | Crime | Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Betty Compson | Those Who Dance is a 1930 American Pre-Code crime film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by William Beaudine, and starring Monte Blue, Lila Lee, William "Stage" Boyd and Betty Compson… |
| Three Faces East | 1930 | War, Romance | Constance Bennett, Erich von Stroheim | Three Faces East is a 1930 American Pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim. Produced by Daryl Zanuck and released by Warner Brothers it is based o… |
| The Three Sisters | 1930 | Drama | Louise Dresser, Joyce Compton | The Three Sisters is a 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola and Kenneth MacKenna. It was distributed by Fox Film Corporation five years before… |
| Thus is Life | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | José Bohr, Delia Magana | Thus is Life is a 1930 American Spanish language romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring José Bohr, Delia Magana and Lolita Vendrell. It was produced as the Spanish version of the E… |
| Today | 1930 | Drama | Conrad Nagel, Catherine Dale Owen | Today is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Conrad Nagel, Catherine Dale Owen and Sarah Padden. It was co written by Seton I. Miller and was based on a play by G… |
| Tol'able David | 1930 | Drama | Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery | Tol'able David is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of the 1921 silent film Tol'able David, which starred… |
| Tom Sawyer | 1930 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green | Tom Sawyer is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Jackie Coogan. The screenplay by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Sam Mintz is based on the 187… |
| Top Speed | 1930 | Musical, Comedy | Joe E. Brown, Laura Lee, Frank McHugh | Top Speed is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. It was based on a 1929 stage musical of the same name by Harry Ruby, Guy… |
| Trailing Trouble | 1930 | Western | Hoot Gibson, William McCall | Trailing Trouble is a 1930 American Western film directed by Arthur Rosson, written by Harold Tarshis, and starring Hoot Gibson. It was released on March 23, 1930, by Universal Pictures. The title was… |
| Trigger Tricks | 1930 | Western | Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers | Trigger Tricks is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by B. Reeves Eason, and starring Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Robert Homans, Jack Richardson, Monte Montague and Neal Hart. I… |
| Troopers Three | 1930 | Comedy, Drama | Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver | Troopers Three is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and B. Reeves Eason and produced and distributed by Tiffany Studios. |
| True to the Navy | 1930 | Comedy, Romance | Fredric March, Clara Bow, Harry Green | True to the Navy is a 1930 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle for Paramount Pictures. The film stars Clara Bow as a counter girl at a San Diego drugstore with a predilection for sailors. Ev… |
| The Truth About Youth | 1930 | Romance, Drama | Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, David Manners | The Truth About Youth is a 1930 American pre-Code drama with songs produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Directed by William A. Seiter, the film stars Loret… |
| Under a Texas Moon | 1930 | Western, Comedy, Musical | Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Raquel Torres | Under A Texas Moon is a 1930 American pre-Code musical Western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the novel Two-Gun Man which was written by Stewart Edward White. It was the se… |
| Under Montana Skies | 1930 | Western | Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summerville, Dorothy Gulliver | Under Montana Skies is a 1930 American western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summerville and Dorothy Gulliver. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures,… |
| Undertow | 1930 | Drama | Mary Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown | Undertow is a 1930 American drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard, written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. and Winnifred Reeve, and starring Mary Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Ellis, Churchill Ross and Au… |
| The Unholy Three | 1930 | Crime, Drama | Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Harry Earles | The Unholy Three is a 1930 American Pre-Code melodrama directed by Jack Conway and starring Lon Chaney. Its plot involves a crime spree. The film is a sound remake of the silent 1925 film of the same… |
| Up the River | 1930 | Comedy, Drama | Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Luce | Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, and starring Claire Luce, Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart. The plot concerns escaped convicts, as well as a female convict… |
| The Utah Kid | 1930 | Western | Rex Lease, Dorothy Sebastian, Tom Santschi | The Utah Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease and Boris Karloff. |
| The Vagabond King | 1930 | Musical | Jeanette MacDonald, O.P. Heggie, Lillian Roth | The Vagabond King is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical operetta film photographed entirely in two-color Technicolor. The plot of the film was based on the 1925 operetta of the same name, which was base… |
| Viennese Nights | 1930 | Musical | Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon | Viennese Nights is a 1930 American all-talking pre-Code musical operetta film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Alexander Gray, Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt, Bela Lugosi and Loui… |
| The Virtuous Sin | 1930 | Comedy, Drama | Walter Huston, Kay Francis | The Virtuous Sin is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and Louis J. Gasnier and starring Walter Huston, Kay Francis, and Kenneth MacKenna. The screenplay by Martin Bro… |
| War Nurse | 1930 | War, Drama | Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker | War Nurse is a 1930 American pre-Code war film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker and Robert Ames. |
| Way for a Sailor | 1930 | Romance, Drama, Comedy | John Gilbert, Wallace Beery | Way for a Sailor is a 1930 American Pre-Code film starring John Gilbert. The supporting cast includes Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams, and Polly Moran. The film was directed by Sam Wood, who ins… |
| The Way of All Men | 1930 | Drama | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier | The Way of All Men is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier and Noah Beery. It was produced and released by First National Pict… |
| Way Out West | 1930 | Western, Comedy, Drama, Satire | William Haines, Polly Moran, Leila Hyams | Way Out West is a 1930 American pre-Code parody film, directed by Fred Niblo, starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, and Ralph Bushman. It tells the story of Windy, a con man who cheats a… |
| Westward Bound | 1930 | Western | Jay Wilsey, Allene Ray, Buddy Roosevelt | Westward Bound is a 1930 American pre-Code western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Jay Wilsey, Allene Ray and Buddy Roosevelt. |
| What a Man! | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar | What a Man is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar and Harvey Clark. It was an adaptation of the play They All Want Somethi… |
| What a Widow! | 1930 | Romance, Comedy | Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore | What a Widow! was a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and produced by and starring Gloria Swanson. It was distributed through United Artists. |
| What Men Want | 1930 | Drama | Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon | What Men Want is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ernst Laemmle and starring Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon, Hallam Cooley, Barbara Kent, Robert Ellis and Carmelita Geraghty. Written by John… |
| Whoopee! | 1930 | Musical, Comedy, Western | Eddie Cantor, Eleanor Hunt, Ethel Shutta | Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical western film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, and Eleanor Hunt. It was photographed in two-color Technicolor.… |
| Wide Open | 1930 | Comedy, Romance | Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller | Wide Open is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Archie Mayo, starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller, and featuring Louise Fazenda, T. Roy Barnes and Edna Murphy. R… |
| The Widow From Chicago | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Edward G. Robinson, Alice White, Frank McHugh | The Widow from Chicago is a 1930 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Alice White, Edward G. Robinson, Neil Hamilton, and Frank McHugh. It was released by First… |
| Wild Company | 1930 | Drama | Joyce Compton, H. B. Warner, Bela Lugosi | Wild Company is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Leo McCarey and written by Bradley King. The film stars Frank Albertson, Joyce Compton, Sharon Lynn, H. B. Warner, Richard Keene and Fra… |
| Wings of Adventure | 1930 | Action, Adventure | Rex Lease, Armida, Clyde Cook | Wings of Adventure is a 1930 American action adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Rex Lease, Armida and Clyde Cook. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures. |
| The Woman Racket | 1930 | Drama, Crime | Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet, Tenen Holtz | The Woman Racket is an extant 1930 Pre-Code talking film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet. It is based on a 1928 Broadway play, Night Hostess by Phi… |
| Women Everywhere | 1930 | Romance, Adventure, Musical | J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay | Women Everywhere is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay, and George Grossmith, Jr. It is set amongst the French Fore… |
| Worldly Goods | 1930 | Drama | James Kirkwood Sr., Merna Kennedy | Worldly Goods is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Phil Rosen based on a story by Andrew Soutar, starring James Kirkwood Sr. and Merna Kennedy. Distributed by Continental Talking Pic… |
| Young Desire | 1930 | Drama | Mary Nolan, William Janney | Young Desire is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Winnifred Reeve, C. Gardner Sullivan and Matt Taylor. The film stars Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Ha… |
| Young Eagles | 1930 | Drama, Romance | Jean Arthur, Charles Rogers, Paul Lukas | Young Eagles is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by William A. Wellman for Paramount Pictures. It stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Jean Arthur, and Paul Lukas. The story is based on… |
| Young Man of Manhattan | 1930 | Drama, Comedy, Musical | Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles | Young Man of Manhattan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Monta Bell and starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers, and Charles Ruggles. Made by Paramount Pictu… |
| The Age for Love | 1931 | Comedy | Billie Dove, Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson | The Age for Love is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Ernest Pascal. The film was a vehicle for Howard Hughes' mistress Billie Do… |
| Air Eagles | 1931 | Adventure, Action | Lloyd Hughes, Norman Kerry, Shirley Grey | Air Eagles is a 1931 American pre-Code action film starring Lloyd Hughes, Norman Kerry, and Shirley Grey. |
| Air Police | 1931 | Crime | Kenneth Harlan, Josephine Dunn, Richard Cramer | Air Police is a 1931 aviation sound film about air police produced by George W. Weeks Productions. It was distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures and William Steiner Productions. Air Police was di… |
| Alexander Hamilton | 1931 | Drama, Biography | George Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Montagu Love | Alexander Hamilton is a 1931 American pre-Code biographical film about Alexander Hamilton, produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and based on the 1917 play Hamilton by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin… |
| Alias the Bad Man | 1931 | Western | Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown Faire | Alias – the Bad Man, also known as Alias Bad Man, is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown Faire, and Frank Mayo. It was released on Ju… |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1931 | Fantasy, Adventure, Independent | Ruth Gilbert, Leslie King | Alice in Wonderland (1931) is an independently made black-and-white Pre-Code American film based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, directed by Bud Pollard, produced by Hu… |
| Aloha | 1931 | Drama | Ben Lyon, Raquel Torres, Thelma Todd | Aloha is a 1931 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Ben Lyon, Raquel Torres and Thelma Todd. It was produced and distributed by the independent studio Tiffany Pictures, one o… |
| Always Goodbye | 1931 | Drama | Elissa Landi, Paul Cavanagh | Always Goodbye is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and William Cameron Menzies and starring Elissa Landi, Lewis Stone and Paul Cavanagh. It was produced and distributed… |
| Ambassador Bill | 1931 | Comedy | Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen | Ambassador Bill is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Will Rogers and Marguerite Churchill. The film also features Greta Nissen and Ray Milland. |
| An American Tragedy | 1931 | Drama | Sylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes, Frances Dee | An American Tragedy (1931) is a pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An Americ… |
| Annabelle's Affairs | 1931 | Comedy, Romance | Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald, Roland Young | Annabelle's Affairs is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. The film is based on the 1916-17 pl… |
| Anybody's Blonde | 1931 | Mystery | Dorothy Revier, Reed Howes, Edna Murphy | Anybody's Blonde is a 1931 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer from an original screenplay by Betty Burbridge. The film stars Dorothy Revier, Reed Howes, and Edna Murphy, and w… |
| Are These Our Children? | 1931 | Drama | Eric Linden, Rochelle Hudson, Ben Alexander | Are These Our Children? is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Eric Linden, Ben Alexander, Beryl Mercer, Mary Kornman, Arline… |
| Are You There? | 1931 | Comedy | Beatrice Lillie, John Garrick | Are You There? is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Harlan Thompson. The film stars Beatrice Lillie, John Garrick, Olga Baclanova, George Grossmith Jr.… |
| Arizona | 1931 | Drama | Laura La Plante, John Wayne, June Clyde | Arizona is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Laura La Plante, John Wayne and June Clyde. It is one of several films based on Augustus Thomas's 1899 play of t… |
| Arizona Terror | 1931 | Western | Ken Maynard, Lina Basquette | Arizona Terror is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard, Lina Basquette and Hooper Atchley. |
| Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks | 1931 | Documentary | Douglas Fairbanks | Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks is a 1931 American Pre-Code documentary film directed by Douglas Fairbanks and Victor Fleming and written by Robert E. Sherwood. The film was rele… |
| Arrowsmith | 1931 | Drama | Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy | Arrowsmith is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Ford and starring Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, and Myrna Loy. It was adapted from Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel Arrowsm… |
| The Avenger | 1931 | Western | Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier | The Avenger is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Buck Jones and Dorothy Revier. The film is loosely based on the exploits of legendary Mexican bandit Joa… |
| Bachelor Apartment | 1931 | Comedy, Romance | Irene Dunne, Lowell Sherman, Mae Murray | Bachelor Apartment is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by and starring Lowell Sherman as a bachelor/playboy, Wayne Carter, who falls in love with Irene Dunne's honest working girl, Helen… |
| The Bachelor Father | 1931 | Comedy, Drama | Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith | The Bachelor Father is a 1931 American pre-Code MGM comedy drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Marion Davies and featuring Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland and Guinn "Big… |
| Bad Company | 1931 | Crime | Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, John Garrick | Bad Company is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film directed and co-written by Tay Garnett with Tom Buckingham based on Jack Lait's 1930 novel Put on the Spot. It stars Helen Twelvetrees and Ricardo… |
| Bad Girl | 1931 | Drama | Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell | Bad Girl is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Sally Eilers, James Dunn, and Minna Gombell. The screenplay was adapted by Edwin J. Burke from the 1928 novel by… |
| Bad Sister | 1931 | Drama | Conrad Nagel, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart | Bad Sister is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The screenplay by Edwin H. Knopf, Tom Reed, and Raymond L. Schrock is based on the 1913 novel The Flirt by Booth Tarkington… |
| The Bargain | 1931 | Drama, Comedy | Evalyn Knapp, Lewis Stone, Doris Kenyon | The Bargain (1931) is an all-talking American pre-Code comedy drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by Robert Milton. The movie stars… |
| Beau Ideal | 1931 | Adventure | Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young | Beau Ideal is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Herbert Brenon and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was based on the 1927 adventure novel Beau Ideal by P. C. Wren, the third… |
| Behind Office Doors | 1931 | Drama | Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Catherine Dale Owen | Behind Office Doors is a 1931 pre-Code American drama film directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Carey Wilson and J. Walter Ruben, based on Alan Schultz's 1929 novel, Private Secretary.… |
| The Beloved Bachelor | 1931 | Drama | Paul Lukas, Dorothy Jordan, Vivienne Osborne | The Beloved Bachelor is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, and written by Sidney Buchman, Raymond Griffith, Agnes Brand Leahy and Edward Peple. The film stars Paul Lukas,… |
| Beyond Victory | 1931 | War | Bill Boyd, James Gleason, Marion Shilling | Beyond Victory is a 1931 American pre-Code war film starring Bill Boyd, James Gleason, Lew Cody, and ZaSu Pitts. While John Robertson received directing credit, Edward H. Griffith supposedly took exte… |
| Big Business Girl | 1931 | Romance, Comedy | Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez | Big Business Girl is a 1931 pre-Code First National sound comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Loretta Young, then eighteen years old. It was released theatrically through First Nati… |
| The Big Gamble | 1931 | Drama | William Boyd, James Gleason, June MacCloy | The Big Gamble is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by Walter DeLeon and F. McGrew Willis. The film stars William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian, Warner Oland and James G… |
| The Big Shot | 1931 | Comedy, War | Eddie Quillan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Nolan | The Big Shot is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and Edward Sedgwick and written by Earl Baldwin, Hal Conklin, George Dromgold and Joseph Fields. The film stars Eddie Quil… |
| The Black Camel | 1931 | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi | The Black Camel is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, and Dorothy Revier. It is based on the 1929 novel of the s… |
| Blonde Crazy | 1931 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ray Milland | Blonde Crazy is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Noel Francis, Louis Calhern, Ray Milland, and Guy Kibbee. The fil… |
| Body and Soul | 1931 | Action, Drama | Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart | Body and Soul (1931) is an American Pre-Code action drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart, and Myrna Loy. The story, adapted from the stage… |
| Border Law | 1931 | Western | Buck Jones, Jim Mason, Lupita Tovar | Border Law is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones. The film was remade as Whistlin' Dan (1932) and again with Buck Jones as The Fighting Ranger (1934). |
| Born to Love | 1931 | Drama | Joel McCrea, Constance Bennett, Paul Cavanagh | Born to Love is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by Paul L. Stein from an original screenplay by Ernest Pascal. It starred Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea and Paul Cavanagh in a lovers… |
| Bought | 1931 | Drama | Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Ray Milland | Bought is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film produced and released by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The movie stars Constance Bennett and features Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett and Dorothy Pe… |
| Branded | 1931 | Western | Buck Jones, Wallace MacDonald | Branded is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman. |
| Branded Men | 1931 | Western, Comedy | Ken Maynard, June Clyde, Irving Bacon | Branded Men is a 1931 American pre-Code Western comedy film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Ken Maynard. It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures. |
| The Brat | 1931 | Comedy | Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart | The Brat is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, starring Sally O'Neil, and featuring Virginia Cherrill. The film is based on the 1917 play by Maude Fulton. A previous silent fi… |
| Broadminded | 1931 | Comedy | Joe E. Brown, Marjorie White, Bela Lugosi | Broadminded is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Joe E. Brown. |
| Captain Applejack | 1931 | Drama, Comedy | Mary Brian, Kay Strozzi, John Halliday | Captain Applejack is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film, produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film was directed by Hobart Henley and stars John Halliday, Mary Brian, and Arthur Edmund Ca… |
| Caught | 1931 | Western, War | Richard Arlen, Louise Dresser | Caught is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Agnes Brand Leahy and Keene Thompson. The film stars Richard Arlen, Louise Dresser, Frances Dee, Tom Kennedy, a… |
| Caught Cheating | 1931 | Comedy | Charles Murray, Dorothy Christy | Caught Cheating is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer from a screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Charles Murray, George Sidney, and Nita Martan, and it was re… |
| Caught Plastered | 1931 | Comedy, Musical | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee | Caught Plastered is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film, released by RKO Radio Pictures and starring the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey. |
| Cavalier of the West | 1931 | Western | Harry Carey, Carmen Laroux, Kane Richmond | Cavalier of the West is a 1931 American Western film written and directed by John P. McCarthy. Distributed by State Rights, Weiss Bros. and Artclass Pictures Corp., the film was released in the US on… |
| The Champ | 1931 | Drama | Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich | The Champ is a 1931 American pre-Code film starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper and directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Frances Marion, Leonard Praskins and Wanda Tuchock. The picture tell… |
| Chances | 1931 | War, Drama | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rose Hobart, Anthony Bushell | Chances is a 1931 American pre-Code war drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It is based on the 1930 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs. |
| Charlie Chan Carries On | 1931 | Mystery | Warner Oland, John Garrick | Charlie Chan Carries On is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, John Garrick and Marguerite Churchill. It is the first appearance of Warner O… |
| The Cheat | 1931 | Drama | Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens | The Cheat is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Abbott and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Harvey Stephens. The film is a remake of the 1915 silent film of the same title, directed… |
| The Cheyenne Cyclone | 1931 | Western | Lane Chandler, Marie Quillan, Frankie Darro | The Cheyenne Cyclone is a 1931 American Western film directed by Armand Schaefer and starring Lane Chandler, Marie Quillan and Frankie Darro. It is a remake of the 1928 silent film Phantom of the Rang… |
| Children of Dreams | 1931 | Musical, Drama | Tom Patricola, Marion Byron | Children of Dreams is a 1931 American pre-Code musical operetta drama film photographed entirely in Part Technicolor and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. |
| Chinatown After Dark | 1931 | Crime, Drama | Carmel Myers, Rex Lease, Barbara Kent | Chinatown After Dark is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Carmel Myers, Rex Lease and Barbara Kent. |
| Cimarron | 1931 | Drama, Western | Irene Dunne, Richard Dix, Estelle Taylor | Cimarron is a 1931 pre-Code epic Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne, and featuring Estelle Taylor and Roscoe Ates. The Oscar-winning script was written by Ho… |
| The Cisco Kid | 1931 | Western | Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe | The Cisco Kid is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and is a follow up to Fox's hugel… |
| City Lights | 1931 | Comedy, Drama, Silent, Romance | Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill | City Lights is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows the misadventures of Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in lov… |
| City Streets | 1931 | Drama, Crime, Noir | Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas | City Streets is a 1931 American Pre-Code film noir that is directed by Rouben Mamoulian from a story by Dashiell Hammett and stars Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney and Paul Lukas. |
| Clearing the Range | 1931 | Western | Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley | Clearing the Range is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and his then wife Sally Eilers. Directed by Otto Brower, it was the first film released by the Poverty Row studio Allie… |
| Command Performance | 1931 | Drama | Neil Hamilton, Una Merkel, Helen Ware | Command Performance is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Walter Lang. |
| The Common Law | 1931 | Drama, Romance | Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Hedda Hopper | The Common Law is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film, directed by Paul L. Stein and produced by Charles R. Rogers. Based on Robert W. Chambers' 1911 novel of the same name, this was the thir… |
| Compromised | 1931 | Drama | Rose Hobart, Ben Lyon | Compromised (1931) is an all-talking pre-code drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., and directed by John G. Adolfi. The film stars Rose Hobart, Ben… |
| Confessions of a Co-Ed | 1931 | Drama | Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Claudia Dell | Confessions of a Co-Ed is a 1931 American drama film starring Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney and Norman Foster, and featuring a rare onscreen appearance by the musical Rhythm Boys. The picture was dir… |
| A Connecticut Yankee | 1931 | Comedy | Will Rogers, Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna Loy | A Connecticut Yankee is a 1931 American Pre-Code film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was directed by David Butler to a script by William M. Cons… |
| The Conquering Horde | 1931 | Western, War | Richard Arlen, Fay Wray | The Conquering Horde is a 1931 American pre-Code Western directed by Edward Sloman and written by Emerson Hough, Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt. The film stars Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Claude… |
| Consolation Marriage | 1931 | Drama | Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, Myrna Loy | Consolation Marriage is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane and written by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, John Halliday, Myrna Loy, and Matt Moore.… |
| Convicted | 1931 | Mystery | Aileen Pringle, Jameson Thomas | Convicted is a 1931 American pre-Code film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Aileen Pringle and Jameson Thomas. |
| Corsair | 1931 | Crime, Drama | Chester Morris, Thelma Todd, Fred Kohler | Corsair is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama written, produced and directed by Roland West. The film is based on the 1931 novel Corsair, a Pirate in White Flannels by Walton Green and takes place i… |
| Cracked Nuts | 1931 | Comedy | Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee | Cracked Nuts is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from an original screenplay written by Al Boasberg and Ralph Spence. The film stars the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey a… |
| The Criminal Code | 1931 | Crime, Drama, War, Romance | Walter Huston, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff | The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name b… |
| The Cuban Love Song | 1931 | Musical | Lupe Vélez, Lawrence Tibbett, Jimmy Durante | The Cuban Love Song is a 1931 American pre-Code musical film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and written by C. Gardner Sullivan, Bess Meredyth, John Lynch, John Colton, Gilbert Emery, Robert E. Hopkins and… |
| Daddy Long Legs | 1931 | Comedy | Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel | Daddy Long Legs (1931) is an American pre-Code film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. The story involves an orphan who is taken under the wing of a wealthy benefa… |
| Damaged Love | 1931 | Drama | June Collyer, Charles Starrett, Betty Garde | |
| Dance, Fools, Dance | 1931 | Crime, Drama | Joan Crawford, Lester Vail, Clark Gable | Dance, Fools, Dance is a 1931 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Lester Vail in a story about a reporter investigating the murder of a colleague. Story an… |
| Dancing Dynamite | 1931 | Crime, Drama | Richard Talmadge, Blanche Mehaffey, Robert Ellis | Dancing Dynamite is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Noel M. Smith. It premiered in New York on 18 August 1931, and was distributed by State Rights and Mercury Pictures. Dancing D… |
| A Dangerous Affair | 1931 | Mystery, War | Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Sally Blane | A Dangerous Affair is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Sally Blane. |
| Daughter of the Dragon | 1931 | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa | Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime mystery film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah… |
| Daybreak | 1931 | Drama | Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt | Daybreak is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Jacques Feyder and written by Cyril Hume and Ruth Cummings. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt, C. Aubrey Smith, Wi… |
| The Deadline | 1931 | Western | Buck Jones, Robert Ellis | The Deadline is a 1931 American pre-Code western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Buck Jones and Robert Ellis. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. |
| The Deceiver | 1931 | Mystery | Lloyd Hughes, Dorothy Sebastian | The Deceiver is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis King. It was written by Jack Cunningham, based on a short story called "It Might Have Happened" by Bella Muni and Abem Finkel. T… |
| Defenders of the Law | 1931 | Crime | Catherine Dale Owen, Edmund Breese, Mae Busch | Defenders of the Law is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Catherine Dale Owen, John Holland and Robert Gleckler. |
| Delicious | 1931 | Musical, Comedy, Romance | Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Virginia Cherrill | Delicious (1931) is an American pre-Code Gershwin musical romantic comedy film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, directed by David Butler, with color sequences in Multicolor. |
| Demon of the Sea | 1931 | Drama | William Dieterle, Lissy Arna | Demon of the Sea is a lost 1931 film directed by Michael Curtiz and William Dieterle. |
| Desert Vengeance | 1931 | Western | Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford | Desert Vengeance is a 1931 American western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford and Douglas Gilmore. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. |
| The Devil Plays | 1931 | Mystery | Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Christy | The Devil Plays is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton and Thomas E. Jackson. It was given a British release under the altern… |
| Devotion | 1931 | Romance, Drama, War | Ann Harding, Leslie Howard | Devotion (1931) is an American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Ann Harding and Leslie Howard based on the 1930 Pamela Wynne novel A Little Flat in the Temple. Its plot involves a woman who disgu… |
| Dirigible | 1931 | Adventure | Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Ralph Graves | Dirigible is a 1931 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Frank Capra for Columbia Pictures and starring Jack Holt, Ralph Graves and Fay Wray. The picture focuses on the competition between nav… |
| Dishonored | 1931 | Drama, War, Spy, Romance | Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Warner Oland | Dishonored is a 1931 pre-Code romantic spy film about a female spy for Austria-Hungary during World War I. It was co-written, directed, and edited by Josef von Sternberg for Paramount Pictures. The co… |
| Doctors' Wives | 1931 | Drama, Romance | Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Victor Varconi | Doctors' Wives is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film made by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Borzage. The film stars Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Mau… |
| Don't Bet on Women | 1931 | Comedy, Romance | Jeanette MacDonald, Edmund Lowe, Roland Young | Don't Bet on Women is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young. |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1931 | Drama, Horror | Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March, who plays a possessed doctor who tests his new formula that can unleash people… |
| Dracula | 1931 | Horror, Supernatural | Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners | Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the titular role. It is base… |
| Dragnet Patrol | 1931 | Drama | Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Marjorie Beebe | Dragnet Patrol is a 1931 American Pre-Code melodrama film directed by Frank R. Strayer from a script by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, and Marjorie Beebe, and was release… |
| The Drums of Jeopardy | 1931 | Drama, Thriller, Horror | Warner Oland, June Collyer, Hale Hamilton | The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Warner Oland, June Collyer and Lloyd Hughes. It is the second film adaptation of Harold McGrath's… |
| Dude Ranch | 1931 | Comedy, Western | Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette | Dude Ranch is a 1931 American Western film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Milton Krims, Percy Heath, Grover Jones and Lloyd Corrigan. The film stars Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette,… |
| Dugan of the Badlands | 1931 | Western | Bill Cody, Blanche Mehaffey | Dugan of the Badlands is a 1931 American Western film written and directed by Robert North Bradbury. The film stars Bill Cody and Andy Shuford. It was released on June 24, 1931, by Monogram Pictures. |
| The Easiest Way | 1931 | Drama | Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Clark Gable | The Easiest Way is a 1931 American pre-Code MGM drama film directed by Jack Conway. Adapted from the 1909 play of the same name written by Eugene Walter and directed by David Belasco, the film stars C… |
| East Lynne | 1931 | Drama | Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Conrad Nagel | East Lynne is a 1931 American pre-Code film version of Ellen Wood's eponymous 1861 novel, which was adapted by Tom Barry and Bradley King and directed by Frank Lloyd. The film received an Academy Awar… |
| East of Borneo | 1931 | Adventure | Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Lupita Tovar | East of Borneo is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by George Melford, co-written by Edwin H. Knopf and Dale Van Every, starring Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita… |
| El código penal | 1931 | Drama, Crime, War, Romance | Barry Norton, Maria Alba | The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name b… |
| El Impostor | 1931 | Drama | Juan Torena, Blanca Castejon | |
| Enemies of the Law | 1931 | Crime | Mary Nolan, Johnnie Walker, Lou Tellegen | Enemies of the Law is a 1931 American crime film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and starring Mary Nolan, Johnnie Walker and Lou Tellegen. |
| Eran Trece | 1931 | Comedy, Mystery | Juan Torena, Ana Maria Custodio |