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1. The Great Gabbo (1929)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
Directors: James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Donald Douglas, Betty Compson, Marjorie Kane
Votes: 1,004
2. The Terror (1928)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as 'The Terror.'
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 69 | Gross: $1.22M
3. The Singing Fool (1928)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Musical
A singing waiter and composer (Al Jolson) loves two women (Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn), conquers Broadway and holds his dying son, singing "Sonny Boy."
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Al Jolson, Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn, Arthur Housman
Votes: 282 | Gross: $10.90M
4. Seven Days Leave (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Based on J.M. Barrie's play "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals," about a young Canadian soldier (Gary Cooper) wounded while fighting in World War I. While recovering from his wounds in London, ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, Daisy Belmore, Nora Cecil
Votes: 147
5. So Long Letty (1929)
64 min | Comedy, Musical
Uncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets a wise talking employee named Letty ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Charlotte Greenwood, Claude Gillingwater, Grant Withers, Patsy Ruth Miller
Votes: 191
6. Say It with Songs (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Musical
Joe Lane kills another man in a fistfight after learning that the man has made improper advances towards his wife. Joe goes to prison for the murder. When Joe gets out of prison, he visits ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Al Jolson, Davey Lee, Marian Nixon, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 157
7. Sally (1929)
Passed | 103 min | Musical
Sally was an orphan who got her name from the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing and has been practicing since. ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, T. Roy Barnes
Votes: 416
8. Mother's Boy (1929)
82 min | Drama, Musical
Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day, who lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of ... See full summary »
Director: Bradley Barker | Stars: Morton Downey, Beryl Mercer, John T. Doyle, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 20
9. Étoile sans lumière (1946)
88 min | Drama, Music
An actress is afraid for her career when her agent decides to hire a young provincial with a fabulous voice.
Director: Marcel Blistène | Stars: Édith Piaf, Marcel Herrand, Jules Berry, Serge Reggiani
Votes: 223
10. Paris (1929)
Passed | 97 min | Musical, Romance
Cora Sabbot (Louise Closser Hale) leaves her Newton Center, Massachusetts home and goes to Paris, France with the express purpose of preventing the marriage of her son, Andrew Sabbot (Jason... See full summary »
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Irène Bordoni, Jack Buchanan, Louise Closser Hale, Jason Robards Sr.
Votes: 15 | Gross: $0.62M
11. The Beau Brummels (1928)
TV-G | 9 min | Short, Comedy
A happy and hilarious couple (also known as "The Beau Brummels") perform "While Strolling Through the Park" and "Don't Forget to Breathe or Else You'll Die."
Votes: 266
12. Wise Girls (1929)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The father of three grown daughters tries to keep his sanity, even after his free-spirited middle daughter rebelliously marries a poor plumber.
Directors: E. Mason Hopper, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Elliott Nugent, Norma Lee, Roland Young, J.C. Nugent
Votes: 132
13. Five Minutes from the Station (1930)
14 min | Drama, Short
When Bert Adams brings his boss, Mr. Mason, home for dinner, he and his wife Carrie hope Mason will take the opportunity to announce that Bert will be promoted to fill a new vacancy in the ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Lynne Overman, Sylvia Sidney, Berton Churchill, Leila Lee
Votes: 109
14. The Lion and the Mouse (1928)
Passed | 60 min | Drama
Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns considerable stock has been subsumed by the ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: May McAvoy, Lionel Barrymore, Alec B. Francis, William Collier Jr.
Votes: 13
15. The Band Beautiful (1928)
9 min | Short, Music
An all-female orchestra plays popular songs of the day.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: The Ingenues, Genevieve Brown, Ruth Carnahan, Babe Colby
Votes: 127
17. Rarin' to Go (1929)
7 min | Short, Comedy
A cowboy, Jack just came to the golden west in a comedy skit. He fiddles around with a lariat. He meets a cowgirl named Elsie and asks her to dance for him.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Jack Kraft, Elsie Lamont
Votes: 15
18. Sharps and Flats (1928)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Stars: Jimmy Conlin, Myrtle Glass
Votes: 63
19. Trifles (1930)
16 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
The Sheriff and County Prosecutor come to an isolated country farm where a woman killed her husband, attempting to gather evidence. Only their wives are able to solve the mystery, which they decide to keep to themselves.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Jason Robards Sr., Sarah Padden, Blanche Friderici, Frank Campeau
Votes: 13
20. The Happy Hottentots (1930)
11 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
Two desperate singers take a job as the singing act in a movie theater between shows. They soon regret their decision.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Joe Frisco, Bob Callahan, Billy Gilbert, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Votes: 169
21. The Night Court (1927)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A police raid on a night club results in the entire cast of the club's floor show being hauled into court, where they must perform their routines for the judge.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: William Demarest, Joyzelle Joyner, Dottie Lewis, Ronald R. Rondell
Votes: 131
22. The Opry House (II) (1929)
9 min | Short, Musical
The Mound City Blue Blowers and Doris Walker perform popular songs of the day.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Lew Hearn, Doris Walker, The Mound City Blue Blowers, Josh Billings
Votes: 92
23. Getting a Ticket (1930)
11 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
Eddie Cantor tries to fix a speeding ticket.
Director: Mort Blumenstock | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Charles C. Wilson
Votes: 56
24. The Roof Garden Revue (1928)
10 min | Short, Music
A musical Vitaphone short by Larry Ceballos. The songs include "Over the Garden Wall", It Was the Dawn of Love", and Baily and Barnum singing "Pretty Little Bom Bom Maid From Bombay".
Director: Larry Ceballos | Stars: Lyda Roberti, Bailey and Barnum, The Larry Ceballos Girls
Votes: 40
25. Top Speed (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An order clerk poses as a millionaire.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Bernice Claire, Jack Whiting, Frank McHugh
Votes: 259
27. Twinkle, Twinkle (1927)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Directing a want to be actor, P. T. Robinson to visually portray emotions, after he told the lady he just met. He tries to emote a variety of human actions for the actress after she asks him to portray some emotions. What an actor.
Stars: Joe E. Brown, Perquita Courtney
Votes: 9
28. The Playboy (1930)
14 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Harry Fox, Beatrice Curtis, Stanley Jessup, Frederick Roland
29. Thanksgiving Day (1928)
9 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Harry Kelly, Cornelius Keefe, Fred Howard, Walter Rodgers
Votes: 12
30. The Cowboy and the Girl (1928)
TV-G | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The scene is a parlor out West, with Ray Mayer sitting at the piano in is cowboy duds - hat, scarf, and chaps. He plays a little barrel-house music and then introduces Edith Evans, who ... See full summary »
Stars: Ray Mayer, Edith Evans
Votes: 86
31. Always Faithful (1929)
11 min | Short, Drama
The wife and secretary of a mine operator attempt to conceal their romantic affair.
Director: Alfred A. Cohn | Stars: Blanche Sweet, William B. Davidson, John Litel
Votes: 22
32. Pirates (1930)
Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Marty Brooks | Stars: Benny Rubin, The Connor Sisters, Jack Randall & Company, MGM Ensemble
33. Charles C. Peterson: Billiard Champion of Fancy Shots (1929)
9 min | Short, Sport
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Charles C. Peterson
Votes: 16
34. Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields (1927)
10 min | Short, Music
The curtain opens; behind it are two pianos where Charles Bourne and Phil Ellis, billed as the Music Boxes, are seated playing. After a few bars, Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields enter - ... See full summary »
Stars: Blossom Seeley, Benny Fields, Charles Bourne, Phil Ellis
Votes: 133
35. Behind the Lines (1926)
8 min | Short, Music
Elsie Janis entertains the troops from the back of a truck. She calls a French soldier up to sing with her, then dances to an American song while everyone sings, and finally shares the stage with an English soldier.
Stars: Elsie Janis, William Kernell
Votes: 75
37. Rubeville (1929)
15 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
Director: Bradley Barker | Stars: Harry Watson, Reginald Merville, Jere Delaney, Josephine Fontaine
38. Dumbbells in Ermine (1930)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
The story of a fighter's romance with a small-town girl.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Barbara Kent, Claude Gillingwater
Votes: 26
39. Revival Day (1930)
9 min | Short, Comedy
A black-face minstrel preacher motivates his congregation in song. Gags include a stockpile of guns outside the church and stolen chickens.
Directors: Roy Mack, Tenny Wright | Stars: Charles Timblin, Bobbe Arnst, Peggy Ellis
Votes: 9
40. Let's Elope! (1930)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Edmund Joseph | Stars: Betty Brown, Jerry Browne, Marion Abbott, Francis Pierlot
Votes: 13
41. English as She Is Not Spoken (1928)
7 min | Short, Comedy
The Stanton Brothers are at it again. An early talkie featuring the fast talking duo trading puns and singing comedic songs.
Stars: Val Stanton, Ernie Stanton
Votes: 12
42. Yamekraw (1930)
10 min | Short, Musical
In a wordless story with semi-surreal stage sets, a poor black man ventures from his ramshackle rural home to the big city, where a dancing girl in a dive two-times him. He returns to his home and wife's arms.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Louise Cook, Hugo Mariani, Jimmy Mordecai, Margaret Simms
Votes: 86
43. Clara Barry and Orval Whitledge in 'Jest for a While' (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Clara Barry, Orville
Votes: 5
44. A Musicale Melange (1929)
7 min | Short, Music
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Kjerulf's Mayfair Quintette, Myra Dennis, Gladys Hubmer, Barbara Kjerulf
Votes: 25
45. Two Good Boys Gone Wrong (1929)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Harry Jans, Harold Whalen
Votes: 31
46. Gus Visser and His Singing Duck (1925)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Comedy
Gus Visser performs part of his vaudeville act, appearing on the stage holding a white duck. Gus sings the song, "Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)", and soon the duck begins to accompany him by quacking.
Directors: Theodore Case, Earl I. Sponable | Star: Gus Visser
Votes: 534
47. Poor Aubrey (1930)
15 min | Comedy, Short
A poor clerk pretends that he has lots of money.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Franklin Pangborn, Helen Ferguson, Clara Blandick, Ruth Lyons
Votes: 37
48. When East Meets West (1928)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Comic cowboy piano player Ray Mayer and blonde singer Edith Evans perform "Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie," "It All Belongs to Me," "Sleep, Little One, Sleep" and "Side by Side."
Stars: Ray Mayer, Edith Evans
Votes: 43
49. The Belle of Samoa (1929)
Passed | 16 min | Short, Comedy
Clark and McCullogh, come to a Samoan temple where all the beautiful maidens are kept. They trick the guard at the door get inside, heedless of a death threat. Inside, they meet the tribal ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Silver | Stars: Lois Moran, Bobby Clark, Paul McCullough, Filoi
Votes: 30
50. Bernado De Pace (1927)
7 min | Musical, Short
Bernardo De Pace, known as "The Wizard of the Mandolin," plays several tunes, including "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" and "That's Why I Love You."
Star: Bernardo De Pace
Votes: 54