UNIVERSAL '30
by chpknock | created - 07 Dec 2020 | updated - 07 Dec 2020 | PublicUniversal releases for 1930
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1. The Devil's Pit (1929)
64 min | Documentary
A look at the lives of some inhabitants of some of the more primitive regions of the world.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Patiti Warbrick, Witarina Mitchell, Ohana Keeha, Ani Warbrick
2. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man climbs a 12,000-foot mountain to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.
Directors: Arnold Fanck, Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Gustav Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl, Ernst Petersen, Ernst Udet
Votes: 1,109
3. Captain of the Guard (1930)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.
Directors: John S. Robertson, Pál Fejös | Stars: Laura La Plante, John Boles, Sam De Grasse, James A. Marcus
Votes: 44
4. The Cat Creeps (1930)
75 min | Horror, Mystery
Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
Directors: Rupert Julian, John Willard | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 95
5. A Lady Surrenders (1930)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he marries another woman. When his first wife returns, complications ensue.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Rose Hobart, Genevieve Tobin, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 42
6. The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930)
84 min | Comedy
The Cohens and the Kellys travel to Scotland to buy plaid in the hopes that a prince will start a new fashion trend.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: George Sidney, Charles Murray, Vera Gordon, Kate Price
7. The Night Ride (1930)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, Edward G. Robinson, Harry Stubbs
Votes: 43
8. The Last Performance (1929)
68 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant, who is in love with his young protege', who turns out to be a bum and a thief.
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton, Fred MacKaye
Votes: 477
9. Little Accident (1930)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anita Page, Sally Blane, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 42
10. Hell's Heroes (1929)
Passed | 68 min | Western
Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler, Fritzi Ridgeway
Votes: 967
11. See America Thirst (1930)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Slim Summerville, Harry Langdon, Bessie Love, Mitchell Lewis
Votes: 23
12. East Is West (1930)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Lupe Velez, Lew Ayres, Edward G. Robinson, E. Alyn Warren
Votes: 71
13. The Storm (1930)
80 min | Adventure, Western, Drama
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Lupe Velez, Paul Cavanagh, William 'Stage' Boyd, Alphonse Ethier
Votes: 100
14. Outside the Law (1930)
Passed | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Fingers is planning a half-million-dollar bank robbery in gang boss Cobra Collins' territory. Fingers' moll Connie tries to bluff Cobra into thinking the hit won't be for another week when the call comes through saying it's now.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Mary Nolan, Edward G. Robinson, Owen Moore, Rockliffe Fellowes
Votes: 225
15. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Passed | 152 min | Drama, War
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy
Votes: 67,706 | Gross: $3.27M
16. King of Jazz (1930)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical
American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.
Directors: John Murray Anderson, Walter Lantz | Stars: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff
Votes: 1,616
17. Barnum Was Right (1929)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Freddie owns a failing old hotel. To attract new business he spreads the rumor that there's pirate treasure hidden somewhere in the building.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan, Basil Radford
Votes: 20
18. The Boudoir Diplomat (1930)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
A ladies' man flirts with the wives of other governments' officials.
Directors: Malcolm St. Clair, John M. Stahl | Stars: Betty Compson, Ian Keith, Mary Duncan, Jeanette Loff
Votes: 15
19. The Climax (1930)
65 min | Thriller
Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer.
Director: Renaud Hoffman | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford, LeRoy Mason, John Reinhardt
Votes: 22
20. The Concentratin' Kid (1930)
Passed | 57 min | Western
A cowboy who loves a radio singer he's never met makes a bet that he can meet and win her.
Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford, Duke R. Lee, Jim Mason
21. Courtin' Wildcats (1929)
Passed | 58 min | Western
College boy Clarence Butts has been sent west by the Doctor to join McKenzie's circus. There he finds Calamity Jane running roughshod over everyone. So the dude decides to tame her.
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Eugenia Gilbert, Monte Montague, Joseph W. Girard
Votes: 16
22. Czar of Broadway (1930)
79 min | Crime, Drama
A reporter is assigned to do a story on a notorious racketeer.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: John Wray, Betty Compson, John Harron, Claud Allister
Votes: 25
23. Dames Ahoy (1930)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Romance
Three sailors go searching for a girl who swindled one of them out of half his pay.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Helen Wright, Otis Harlan, Eddie Gribbon
Votes: 36
24. Embarrassing Moments (1930)
58 min | Comedy, Romance
A couple meet, fall in love and get married in a 24-hour period.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Reginald Denny, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan, Greta Granstedt
25. The Fighting Legion (1930)
Passed | 74 min | Western
After being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his job. Dave becomes Marshal but when Bowie, the man that shot Dawson appears, he exposes Dave as... See full summary »
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Dorothy Dwan, Harry Todd
Votes: 46
26. Hide-Out (1930)
59 min | Drama
A bootlegger on the run from the law hides out on a college campus. He disguises himself as a student, and soon becomes the school's star athlete and most popular man on campus.
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: James Murray, Kathryn Crawford, Carl Stockdale, Lee Moran
Votes: 24
27. Lucky Larkin (1930)
Passed | 66 min | Western
Outlaws attempt to drive Colonel Lee (Charles Clary) off his ranch to prevent him from entering horses in the cross-country races. Martin Brierson (James Farley), the outlaw leader, tries ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Nora Lane, Jim Farley, Harry Todd
Votes: 13
28. Mountain Justice (1930)
Passed | 74 min | Western
A man returns to a small town in Kentucky to find his father's killers.
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Otis Harlan, Kathryn Crawford, Paul Hurst
Votes: 32
29. The Mounted Stranger (1930)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Romance, Western
Boy's father is murdered. As an adult, he tracks down the killers.
Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Louise Lorraine, Francis Ford, Fred Burns
Votes: 22
30. One Hysterical Night (1929)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are actually having him committed to an insane... See full summary »
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Reginald Denny, Nora Lane, E.J. Ratcliffe, Fritz Feld
Votes: 20
31. Parade of the West (1930)
Passed | 66 min | Western
A cowboy joins a Wild West show, where he has to ride a horse called "Mankiller."
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell, Otis Harlan, Jack Hanlon
Votes: 16
32. Roaring Ranch (1930)
Passed | 68 min | Western
Cowboy fights to keep his ranch after oil is discovered on it.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Frank Clark, Sally Eilers, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 30
33. Skinner Steps Out (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
William Henry Skinner's young wife has great confidence in her husband's abilities and is ambitious for his success. He informs her of his importance at the office; but in reality he is an ... See full summary »
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, E.J. Ratcliffe, Burr McIntosh
Votes: 12
34. Song of the Caballero (1930)
Passed | 73 min | Drama, Western
After El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves Anita in a runaway coach, Don Pedro invites him to the wedding of Anita and his son Don Jose. ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Doris Hill, Francis Ford, Gino Corrado
Votes: 15
35. Sons of the Saddle (1930)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Western
Jim Brandon, foreman of the Wind River Ranch owned by Martin Stavnow is in love with "Ronnie", the owner's daughter. Jim is unaware that Harvey, a young cowhand that Jim protects like a ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Doris Hill, Joseph W. Girard, Carroll Nye
Votes: 21
36. Spurs (1930)
60 min | Western
Bob Merril, looking for the killer of Buddy's father, has found the secret entrance to Pecos' hideout. There he captures Indian Joe who confesses that Marsdan was the killer, But while Bob is off riding in the rodeo his witness escapes.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Helen Wright, Robert Homans, Philo McCullough
Votes: 22
37. Tonight at Twelve (1929)
78 min | Drama
lice Keith, a suspicious wife, believes that her husband is running after his old sweetheart, Dora Eldredge, and two other married women in her circle. Making her accusation during a dinner... See full summary »
Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Madge Bellamy, Robert Ellis, Margaret Livingston, Vera Reynolds
38. Trailing Trouble (1930)
Passed | 58 min | Crime, Western
Ed King travels east to sell Pop Blake's cattle. While there Buck, another of Blake's hands, plans to rob Ed by using a local girl Ming Toy as a decoy. Ming Toy gets the money and returning... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Rosson | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Margaret Quimby, William McCall, Pete Morrison
Votes: 23
39. Trigger Tricks (1930)
61 min | Western
Out to avenge his brother's death at the hands of cattleman Kingston, Tim gets hired at Dawley's sheep ranch. The sheep men are greatly outnumbered but Tim has some tricks planned that will even the odds.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Robert Homans, Jack Richardson
40. Undertow (1930)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance
Coast Guardsman has affair with lighthouse keeper's wife.
Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Mary Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Ellis, Churchill Ross
Votes: 55
41. What Men Want (1930)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Romance
A playboy's mistress falls in love with another man. Her younger sister arrives in town. Complications ensue.
Director: Ernst Laemmle | Stars: Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon, Hallam Cooley, Barbara Kent
Votes: 57
42. Young Desire (1930)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Romance
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Harolde, Mae Busch
Votes: 39
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