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Overview of the events of 1930 in film
Overview of the events of 1930 in film
The following is an overview of 1930 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1930 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1930
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
Whoopee!
United Artists
$2,655,000
[1]
2
Check and Double Check
RKO
$1,751,000
[2]
3
Hell's Angels
United Artists
$1,600,000
[3]
4
All Quiet on the Western Front
Universal
$1,500,000
[4]
5
The Big House
MGM
$1,279,000
[5]
6
Common Clay
Fox Film
$1,246,000
[6]
7
Min and Bill
MGM
$1,223,000
[5]
8
Song o' My Heart
Fox Film
$1,200,000
[4]
9
Son of the Gods
First National
$1,069,000
[7]
10
The Dawn Patrol
$1,061,000
[7]
Events
Academy Awards
Notable films released in 1930
United States unless stated
A
Abi and Rabi , starring and directed by
Ovanes Ohanian – (
Iran )
Abraham Lincoln , directed by
D. W. Griffith , starring
Walter Huston and
Una Merkel
L'Âge d'Or (The Golden Age) , directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
France )
All Quiet on the Western Front , directed by
Lewis Milestone , starring
Lew Ayres and
Louis Wolheim
Alraune , directed by
Richard Oswald – (
Germany )
Animal Crackers , directed by
Victor Heerman , starring the
Marx Brothers
Anna Christie , directed by
Clarence Brown , starring
Greta Garbo
The Arizona Kid , directed by
Alfred Santell , starring
Warner Baxter and
Carole Lombard
B
The Bad Man , directed by
Clarence G. Badger , starring
Walter Huston
The Bat Whispers , directed by
Roland West , starring
Chester Morris and
Una Merkel
The Benson Murder Case , directed by
Frank Tuttle , starring
William Powell
Big Boy , directed by
Alan Crosland , starring
Al Jolson
The Big House , directed by
George Hill , starring
Chester Morris ,
Wallace Beery ,
Lewis Stone and
Robert Montgomery
The Big Pond , directed by
Hobart Henley , starring
Maurice Chevalier and
Claudette Colbert
The Big Trail , directed by
Raoul Walsh , starring
John Wayne
Billy the Kid , directed by
King Vidor , starring
Johnny Mack Brown and
Wallace Beery
Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel) , directed by
Josef von Sternberg , starring
Marlene Dietrich and
Emil Jannings – (
Germany )
The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d'un Poète) , directed by
Jean Cocteau – (
France )
Borderline , directed by
Kenneth Macpherson , starring
Paul Robeson – (
GB )
Bride of the Regiment (lost), directed by
John Francis Dillon , starring
Walter Pidgeon
Bright Lights , directed by
Michael Curtiz
C
Call of the Flesh , directed by
Charles Brabin , starring
Ramón Novarro
The Cat Creeps (lost), directed by
Rupert Julian , starring
Helen Twelvetrees
Chasing Rainbows , directed by
Charles Reisner , starring
Charles King ,
Bessie Love ,
Jack Benny and
Marie Dressler
Check and Double Check , directed by
Melville W. Brown , starring
Amos 'n' Andy
Children of Pleasure , directed by
Harry Beaumont
City Girl , directed by
F. W. Murnau , starring
Mary Duncan and
Charles Farrell
Common Clay (lost), directed by
Victor Fleming , starring
Constance Bennett and
Lew Ayres
The Cuckoos , directed by
Paul Sloane , starring
Wheeler & Woolsey
D
Danger Lights , directed by
George B. Seitz , starring
Louis Wolheim ,
Robert Armstrong and
Jean Arthur
The Dawn Patrol , directed by
Howard Hawks , starring
Richard Barthelmess ,
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and
Neil Hamilton
The Devil to Pay! , directed by
George Fitzmaurice , starring
Ronald Colman ,
Loretta Young and
Myrna Loy
The Divorcee , directed by
Robert Z. Leonard , starring
Norma Shearer ,
Chester Morris ,
Conrad Nagel and
Robert Montgomery
Dixiana , directed by
Luther Reed , starring
Bebe Daniels and
Wheeler & Woolsey
Doughboys , directed by
Edward Sedgwick , starring
Buster Keaton and
Cliff Edwards
E
F
Fast and Loose , directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer , starring
Miriam Hopkins ,
Carole Lombard and
Frank Morgan
Feet First , directed by
Clyde Bruckman , starring
Harold Lloyd
The Florodora Girl , directed by
Harry Beaumont , starring
Marion Davies
The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci) , directed by
Gustav Ucicky , starring
Otto Gebühr – (
Germany )
Follow Thru , directed by
Laurence Schwab and
Lloyd Corrigan , starring
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Free and Easy , directed by
Edward Sedgwick , starring
Buster Keaton ,
Anita Page and
Robert Montgomery
G
H
Hell's Angels , directed by
Howard Hughes , starring
Jean Harlow and
Ben Lyon
Her Man , directed by
Tay Garnett , starring
Helen Twelvetrees
High Society Blues , directed by
David Butler , starring
Janet Gaynor and
Charles Farrell
Hold Everything (lost), directed by
Roy Del Ruth , starring
Joe E. Brown
Holiday , directed by
Edward H. Griffith , starring
Ann Harding and
Mary Astor
I
J
K
L
Ladies Love Brutes , directed by
Rowland V. Lee , starring
George Bancroft ,
Mary Astor and
Fredric March
Ladies of Leisure , directed by
Frank Capra , starring
Barbara Stanwyck
A Lady to Love , directed by
Victor Sjöström , starring
Vilma Bánky and
Edward G. Robinson
Leathernecking , directed by
Edward F. Cline , starring
Irene Dunne
Let's Go Native , directed by
Leo McCarey , starring
Jack Oakie and
Jeanette MacDonald
Liliom , directed by
Frank Borzage , starring
Charles Farrell and
Rose Hobart
Lightnin' , directed by
Henry King , starring
Will Rogers ,
Louise Dresser and
Joel McCrea
Loose Ankles , directed by
Ted Wilde , starring
Loretta Young and
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Lord Byron of Broadway , directed by
Harry Beaumont and
William Nigh
The Lottery Bride , directed by
Paul L. Stein , starring
Jeanette MacDonald ,
Joe E. Brown and
ZaSu Pitts
M
Madam Satan , directed by
Cecil B. DeMille , starring
Kay Johnson
Mamba , directed by
Albert S. Rogell , starring
Jean Hersholt and
Eleanor Boardman
Mammy , directed by
Michael Curtiz , starring
Al Jolson
The Man from Blankley's (lost), directed by
Alfred E. Green , starring
John Barrymore and
Loretta Young
A Man from Wyoming , directed by
Rowland V. Lee , starring
Gary Cooper
Manslaughter , directed by
George Abbott , starring
Claudette Colbert and
Fredric March
Min and Bill , directed by
George Hill , starring
Marie Dressler and
Wallace Beery
Montana Moon , directed by
Malcolm St. Clair , starring
Joan Crawford and
Johnny Mack Brown
Monte Carlo , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch , starring
Jack Buchanan and
Jeanette MacDonald
Morocco , directed by
Josef von Sternberg , starring
Gary Cooper ,
Marlene Dietrich and
Adolphe Menjou
Murder! , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Herbert Marshall – (
GB )
The Mystery of the Yellow Room [
fr ] (Le Mystère de la chambre jaune) , directed by
Marcel L'Herbier – (
France )
N
O
P
Paid , directed by
Sam Wood , starring
Joan Crawford ,
Robert Armstrong and
Marie Prevost
Paramount on Parade , an all-star revue
Peacock Alley , directed by Marcel de Sano, starring
Mae Murray
People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) , directed by
Robert Siodmak and
Edgar G. Ulmer – (
Germany )
Prix de Beauté (Beauty Prize) , directed by
Augusto Genina , starring
Louise Brooks – (
France )
Puttin' On the Ritz , directed by
Edward Sloman , starring
Harry Richman and
Joan Bennett
Q
R
Raffles , directed by
George Fitzmaurice , starring
Ronald Colman and
Kay Francis
Reaching for the Moon , directed by
Edmund Goulding , starring
Douglas Fairbanks and
Bebe Daniels
Renegades , directed by
Victor Fleming , starring
Warner Baxter ,
Myrna Loy and
Noah Beery Sr.
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu , directed by
Rowland V. Lee , starring
Warner Oland ,
Jean Arthur and
Neil Hamilton
The Rogue Song (lost), directed by
Lionel Barrymore , starring
Lawrence Tibbett
The Royal Family of Broadway , directed by
George Cukor and
Cyril Gardner , starring
Fredric March and
Mary Brian
S
Show Girl in Hollywood , directed by
Mervyn LeRoy , starring
Alice White
Son of the Gods ,,directed by
Frank Lloyd . starring
Richard Barthelmess and
Constance Bennett
Song o' My Heart , directed by
Frank Borzage , starring
John McCormack
The Song of Love (La canzone dell'amore) , directed by
Gennaro Righelli – (
Italy )
Soup to Nuts , directed by
Benjamin Stoloff , starring
Ted Healy and
His Stooges
Spring Is Here , directed by
John Francis Dillon
St. Jorgen's Day (Prazdnik svyatogo Yorgena) , directed by
Yakov Protazanov – (
U.S.S.R. )
Street of Chance , directed by
John Cromwell , starring
William Powell ,
Jean Arthur and
Kay Francis
Sweet Kitty Bellairs , directed by
Alfred E. Green , starring
Claudia Dell and
Walter Pidgeon
T
Tarakanova , directed by
Raymond Bernard – (
France )
The Temporary Widow , directed by
Gustav Ucicky , starring
Lilian Harvey and
Laurence Olivier – (
GB /
Germany )
Three Faces East , directed by
Roy Del Ruth , starring
Constance Bennett and
Erich von Stroheim
The Three from the Filling Station (Die Drei von der Tankstelle) , directed by
Wilhelm Thiele , starring
Lilian Harvey and
Willy Fritsch – (
Germany )
Tom Sawyer , directed by
John Cromwell , starring
Jackie Coogan
True to the Navy , directed by
Frank Tuttle , starring
Clara Bow and
Fredric March
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (Zwei Herzen im 3/4 Takt) , directed by
Géza von Bolváry – (
Germany )
U
V
W
Y
Z
Serials
Short film series
Animated short film series
Births
January 3
January 10 –
Roy E. Disney , American film executive and Walt Disney's nephew (died 2009)
[11]
January 11
January 12 –
Edgar Landsbury , British-born Irish-American producer
January 13 –
Frances Sternhagen , American actress (died
2023 )
January 19 –
Tippi Hedren , American actress
[13]
January 20 –
Henry Woolf , British actor (died
2021 )
January 24 –
Terence Bayler , New Zealand actor (died
2016 )
January 29 –
Benjamin Tatar , American actor (died
2012 )
January 30 –
Gene Hackman , American actor
[14]
February 6 –
Allan King , Canadian director (died
2009 )
February 10 –
Robert Wagner , American actor
February 16 –
Ricou Browning , American film director, actor, cinematographer and stuntman (died
2023 )
February 20 –
Patricia Smith , American actress (died
2011 )
February 22 –
Giuliano Montaldo , Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (died
2023 )
February 24 –
Barbara Lawrence , American actress, model (died
2013 )
February 27 –
Joanne Woodward , American actress
March 6 –
Allison Hayes , American actress (died 1977)
March 12 –
Scoey Mitchell , American actor, writer and director (died 2022)
March 13 –
Harrison Young , American character actor (died 2005)
March 16 –
Lotte Ledl , Austrian actress
March 21 –
Pauline Stroud , British actress (died 2022)
March 24 –
Steve McQueen , American actor (died 1980)
March 29 –
Naser Malek Motiei , Iranian actor, director (died 2018)
[15]
March 30
April 1 –
Grace Lee Whitney , American actress (died 2015)
April 5
Mary Costa , American singer and actress
Marietta Marich , American actress, singer, writer, stage director and television host (died 2017)
April 7 –
Andrew Sachs , German-born British actor and writer (died 2016)
April 13 –
Roger Browne , American actor
April 14 –
Bradford Dillman , American actor (died 2018)
April 18 –
Clive Revill , New Zealand actor
April 19 –
Dick Sargent , American actor (died
1994 )
April 21 –
Silvana Mangano , Italian actress (died 1989)
April 23 –
Alan Oppenheimer , American actor
April 24 –
Richard Donner , American director and producer (died
2021 )
April 25 –
Paul Mazursky , American director and actor (died 2014)
April 28 –
Carolyn Jones , American actress (died 1983)
April 29 -
Jean Rochefort , French actor (died 2017)
May 4
May 5 –
Will Hutchins , American actor
May 9 –
Joan Sims , English actress (died 2001)
May 11 –
Bud Ekins , American actor and stuntman (died 2007)
May 31 –
Clint Eastwood , American actor, director and producer
June 1
June 4
June 9 -
Terry Norris , Australian actor (died 2023)
June 15 –
Odile Versois , French actress (died 1980)
June 19
June 25 -
George Murdock , (died 2012)
June 29 –
Ariadna Welter , Mexican actress (died 1998)
July 5 -
Tommy Cook , American producer, screenwriter and actor
July 8 -
Jerry Vale , American actor and singer (died 2014)
July 10
July 12 -
Gordon Pinsent , Canadian actor, writer, director and singer (died
2023 )
July 13 -
Darrell Sandeen , American character actor (died 2009)
July 18 –
Burt Kwouk , British-Chinese actor (died 2016)
July 20 -
Sally Ann Howes , English actress and singer (died 2021)
[16]
July 21 -
Lukas Heller , German-born screenwriter (died 1988)
July 24 -
Jacqueline Brookes , American actress (died 2013)
July 25 -
Annie Ross , British-American singer and actress (died 2020)
July 28 -
Alfie Curtis , British actor (died 2017)
July 30 -
Tony Lip , American actor (died 2013)
August 1
August 5 -
Joan Weldon , American actress, singer (died 2021)
August 11 -
Paul Soles , Canadian actor (died 2021)
August 12 –
Peter Weck , Austrian film director and actor
August 14 –
Liz Fraser , English actress (died 2018)
August 17 -
Harve Bennett , American producer and screenwriter (died 2015)
August 25 – Sir
Sean Connery , Scottish actor (died 2020)
August 28 -
Ben Gazzara , American and director (died 2012)
September 16 –
Anne Francis , American actress (died 2011)
September 17 -
David Huddleston , American actor (died 2016)
September 21 –
Dawn Addams , English actress (died 1985)
September 26 -
Philip Bosco , American actor (died 2018)
October 1 –
Richard Harris , Irish actor (died 2002)
October 5
October 6 -
Lou Cutell , American actor (died 2021)
October 8 -
James Olson , American actor (died 2022)
October 10 -
Joan O'Hara , Irish actress (died 2007)
October 13 -
Paul Kent , American actor (died 2011)
October 23 –
Gérard Blain , French actor and director (died 2000)
October 24 –
Jack Angel , American voice actor and former radio personality (died 2021)
November 3 -
Lois Smith , American character actress
November 5
November 15 -
Whitman Mayo , American actor (died 2001)
November 20 -
Bernard Horsfall , English actor (died 2013)
November 23 -
Robert Easton , American actor (died 2011)
December 3 –
Jean-Luc Godard , French director (died 2022)
December 9 –
Francesco Maselli , Italian director (died 2023)
December 11 –
Jean-Louis Trintignant , French actor (died 2022)
December 13 -
Robert Prosky , American actor (died 2008)
December 17 –
Armin Mueller-Stahl , German actor
December 20 -
Noel Ferrier , Australian actor, television personality and producer (died 1997)
Deaths
Film debuts
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