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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[]

The top ten 1930 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1930
Rank Title Studio Box office gross rental
1 Whoopee! United Artists/Samuel Goldwyn Productions $2,655,000[1]
2 Check and Double Check RKO Radio Pictures $1,751,000[2]
3 All Quiet on the Western Front Universal Pictures $1,634,000[2]
4 Hell's Angels United Artists $1,600,000[3]
5 The Big House Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $1,300,000[4]
6 Common Clay Fox Film Corporation $1,246,000[2]
7 Min and Bill Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $1,223,000[4]
8 Song o' My Heart Fox Film Corporation $1,200,000[5]
9 Son of the Gods Warner Bros. $1,069,000[6]
10 Animal Crackers Paramount Pictures $1,050,000[2]

Events[]

  • February 21: Anna Christie, Greta Garbo's first sound film is released, it grosses $1.5 million.
  • February 23: Silent screen legend Mabel Normand dies at the age of 37 in Monrovia, California after a lengthy battle with tuberculosis.
  • March 10: Release of Goodbye Argentina (Adiós Argentina), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. Ada Cornaro has her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque makes her film debut.
  • April 6: William Fox sells his interest in Fox Film for $18 million and Harley L. Clarke becomes president.[7][8]
  • May 27: Howard Hughes' epic film Hell's Angels premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and features Jean Harlow in her first major role as well as some impressive aerial sequences. Although not a financial success upon its release due to its bloated budget, the film is acclaimed by critics and launches Harlow as one of the 1930s' biggest stars.
  • September 3: The Hollywood Reporter is first published.
  • September 19: The Love Parade receives a record six Academy Award nominations.
  • November 1: The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm and a very early form of 70mm film. It is the first large scale big-budget film of the sound era, costing over $2 million. The film is praised for its aesthetic quality and realism that will not become commonplace until many decades later. However, due to the new film format and the film's release during the Great Depression, the film will go on to become a financial failure at the box office.

Academy Awards[]

Main article: 3rd Academy Awards
  • Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front – Universal Pictures
  • Best Director: Lewis Milestone – All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Best Actor: George Arliss – Disraeli
  • Best Actress: Norma Shearer – The Divorcee

Notable films released in 1930[]

United States unless stated

A[]

B[]

  • The Bad Man, starring Walter Huston
  • The Benson Murder Case, starring William Powell
  • The Bat Whispers, starring Chester Morris and Una Merkel
  • Big Boy, a musical comedy with Al Jolson
  • The Big House, starring Chester Morris and Wallace Beery
  • The Big Pond, starring Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert
  • The Big Trail, starring John Wayne
  • Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel), directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings – (Germany)
  • Billy the Kid, starring Johnny Mack Brown
  • The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d'un Poete), directed by Jean Cocteau – (France)
  • Borderline, starring Paul Robeson – (GB)
  • Bride of the Regiment, starring Walter Pidgeon
  • Bright Lights, directed by Michael Curtiz, a musical comedy in Technicolor

C[]

D[]

  • Danger Lights, starring Louis Wolheim
  • The Dawn Patrol, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  • The Devil to Pay!, starring Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy
  • The Divorcee, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery
  • Dixiana, starring Bebe Daniels, a lavish musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
  • Doughboys, a World War I comedy starring Buster Keaton

E[]

  • Earth (Zemlya), directed by Alexander Dovzhenko – (U.S.S.R.)
  • Elstree Calling, a British revue with color sequences, co-directed by Alfred Hitchcock – (GB)
  • Escape, directed by Basil Dean, starring Gerald du Maurier, Edna Best (GB)

F[]

  • Fast and Loose, starring Miriam Hopkins in her film debut, with Carole Lombard and Frank Morgan
  • Feet First, a comedy starring Harold Lloyd
  • Holiday, starring Buster Keaton
  • The Florodora Girl, directed by Harry Beaumont; starring Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, and Ilka Chase
  • The Flute Concert of Sanssouci – (Germany)
  • Follow Thru, starring Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor

G[]

H[]

  • Hell's Angels, directed by Howard Hughes, starring Jean Harlow and Ben Lyon
  • Hell's Heroes, directed by William Wyler
  • Her Man, starring Helen Twelvetrees
  • High Society Blues, starring Janet Gaynor
  • Hold Everything, starring Joe E. Brown, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor
  • Holiday, starring Ann Harding and Mary Astor

I[]

J[]

K[]

  • King of Jazz, a revue with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra entirely in Technicolor

L[]

  • Ladies Love Brutes, a comedy directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring George Bancroft and Mary Astor
  • Ladies of Leisure, starring Barbara Stanwyck
  • Leathernecking, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences starring Irene Dunne
  • Let's Go Native, starring Jack Oakie and Jeanette MacDonald
  • Liliom, starring Charles Farrell and Rose Hobart
  • Lightnin', starring Will Rogers
  • Loose Ankles, comedy drama starring Loretta Young and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., directed by Ted Wilde
  • Lord Byron of Broadway, a musical drama with Technicolor sequences
  • The Lottery Bride, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences starring Jeanette MacDonald

M[]

  • Madam Satan, directed by Cecil B. DeMille
  • Mamba, first talking drama entirely in Technicolor starring Jean Hersholt and Eleanor Boardman
  • Mammy, a musical comedy starring Al Jolson with Technicolor sequences
  • The Man from Blankley's, comedy drama directed by Alfred E. Green starring John Barrymore
  • Manslaughter, starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March
  • Min and Bill, starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
  • Montana Moon, starring Joan Crawford and Johnny Mack Brown
  • Monte Carlo, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Jack Buchanan and Jeanette MacDonald
  • Morocco, starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich
  • 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[]

  • Nerone, directed by Alessandro Blasetti – (Italy)
  • Night Birds directed by Richard Eichberg (Germany/GB)
  • Not So Dumb, directed by King Vidor, starring Marion Davies and Elliott Nugent

O[]

  • The Other (Der Andere), directed by Robert Wiene – (Germany)
  • Outside the Law, directed by Tod Browning, starring Edward G. Robinson

P[]

  • Paid, starring Joan Crawford and Robert Armstrong
  • Paramount on Parade, an all-star revue with Technicolor sequences
  • Peacock Alley, a musical drama with Technicolor sequences starring Mae Murray
  • People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag), directed by Robert Siodmak – (Germany)
  • Prix de Beauté (Beauty Prize), starring Louise Brooks – (France)
  • Puttin' On the Ritz, directed by Edward Sloman, starring Joan Bennett, with Technicolor sequences

Q[]

  • Queen High, starring Charles Ruggles, Frank Morgan, and Ginger Rogers (film debut of Eleanor Powell)

R[]

S[]

  • Show Girl in Hollywood, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences directed by Mervyn LeRoy
  • Son of the Gods, a drama with Technicolor sequences starring Richard Barthelmess
  • Song o' My Heart, a musical starring Irish tenor John McCormack, directed by Frank Borzage, and shot in both 35mm and 70mm Fox Grandeur formats
  • The Song of Love (La canzone dell'amore) directed by Gennaro Righelli, starring Dria Paola, Isa Pola – (Italy)
  • Spring Is Here musical directed by John Francis Dillon
  • St. Jorgen's Day (Prazdnik svyatogo Yorgena) – (U.S.S.R.)
  • Soup to Nuts, a comedy and film debut for The Three Stooges
  • Street of Chance, starring William Powell and Jean Arthur
  • Sweet Kitty Bellairs, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor

T[]

U[]

  • Under a Texas Moon, a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor directed by Michael Curtiz
  • Under the Roofs of Paris (Sous les toits de Paris), directed by René Clair – (France)

V[]

W[]

  • The W Plan, directed by Victor Saville, starring Brian Aherne and Madeleine Carroll – (GB)
  • Wara Wara, directed by José Maria Velasco Maidana; now the only surviving silent Bolivian feature film
  • Way for a Sailor, starring John Gilbert and Wallace Beery
  • Westfront 1918 (Vier von der Infanterie), directed by G. W. Pabst – (Germany)
  • Whoopee!, a musical comedy in Technicolor with Eddie Cantor

Y[]

Serials[]

Short film series[]

Animated short film series[]

  • Felix the Cat (1919-1936)
    • April Maze (7 min)
    • Skulls and Sculls
    • Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous
  • Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1933)
  • Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
  • Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
  • Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
  • Silly Symphonies
    • Summer
    • Autumn
    • The Cannibal Capers
    • Night
    • Frolicking Fish
    • Arctic Antics
    • Midnight in a Toyshop
    • Monkey Melodies
    • Winter
    • Playful Pan
  • Screen Songs (1929–1938)
    • Prisoner's Song (8 min)
  • Talkartoons (1929–1932)
    • Dizzy Dishes (first Betty Boop cartoon)
    • Barnacle Bill (second Betty Boop cartoon)
  • Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
    • Sinkin' in the Bathtub
    • Congo Jazz
    • Hold Anything
    • The Booze Hangs High
    • Box Car Blues
  • Flip the Frog (1930–1933)
    • The Village Barber (7 min)
    • Puddle Pranks (7 min)
    • Cuckoo Murder Case (8 min)
    • Little Orphan Willie
    • Flying Fists (7 min)
  • Terrytoons (1930–1964)
  • Toby the Pup (1930–1931)
    • The Museum
    • Toby the Miner
    • Toby the Fiddler
    • Toby the Showman
    • The Bug House
  • "Beary Bear" (1930–1949)
    • "Experiment Gone Wrong"
    • "Hickory's Hijinks"
    • "Piano Problems"
    • "Oh Deer!"
    • "Bushy the Lion"
    • "Trouble in Paris"

Births[]

  • January 3
    • Mara Corday, American showgirl, model and actress
    • Robert Loggia, American actor (died 2015)
  • January 10 – Roy E. Disney, American film executive (died 2009)
  • January 11 – Rod Taylor, Australian actor (died 2015)
  • January 13 – Frances Sternhagen, American actress
  • January 19 – Tippi Hedren, American actress
  • January 20 - Henry Woolf, British actor (died 2021)
  • January 29 – Benjamin Tatar, American actor (died 2012)
  • January 30 – Gene Hackman, American actor
  • 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
  • February 20 – Patricia Smith (actress), American actress (died 2011)
  • February 27 – Joanne Woodward, American actress
  • March 6 – Allison Hayes, American actress (died 1977)
  • March 16 – Lotte Ledl, Austrian actress
  • March 24 – Steve McQueen, American actor (died 1980)
  • March 30
    • John Astin, American actor
    • Estella Blain, French actress (died 1982)
  • April 1 – Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (died 2015)
  • April 5 – Mary Costa, American singer and actress
  • 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 21 – Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (died 1989)
  • April 23 - Alan Oppenheimer, American actor
  • April 24 – Richard Donner, American director and producer (died 2020)
  • April 25 – Paul Mazursky, American director and actor (died 2014)
  • April 28 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (died 1983)
  • 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 – Edward Woodward, English actor and singer (died 2009)
  • June 4 - Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (died 2018)
  • June 15 – Odile Versois, French actress (died 1980)
  • June 19
    • Gena Rowlands, American actress
    • Diana Sowle, American actress (died 2018)
  • June 29 – Ariadna Welter, Mexican actress (died 1998)
  • July 5 - Tommy Cook (actor), American producer, screenwriter and actor
  • July 10 – Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (died 2004)
  • July 12 - Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, writer, director and singer
  • July 18 – Burt Kwouk, British-Chinese actor (died 2016)
  • July 20 - Sally Ann Howes, English actress and singer (died 2021)[9]
  • August 12 – Peter Weck, Austrian film director and actor
  • August 14 – Liz Fraser, English actress (died 2018)
  • August 25 – Sir Sean Connery, Scottish-born actor (died 2020)
  • September 16 – Anne Francis, American actress (died 2011)
  • September 21 – Dawn Addams, English actress (died 1985)
  • October 1 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (died 2002)
  • October 5 – Yuriy Yakovlev, Bulgarian actor (died 2002)
  • October 6 - Lou Cutell, American actor (died 2021)
  • 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
  • December 3 – Jean-Luc Godard, French director
  • December 9 – Francesco Maselli, Italian director
  • December 11 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
  • December 17 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor

Deaths[]

  • January 31 – Dorothy Seastrom, American actress (born 1903)
  • February 23 – Mabel Normand, American actress (born 1892)
  • July 7 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British author and creator of Sherlock Holmes (born 1859)
  • August 26 – Lon Chaney, American actor (born 1883)
  • September 14 – Tommy Mintz, American actor, assistant director (born 1906)
  • September 15 – Milton Sills, American actor (born 1882)
  • November 8 – Clare Eames, American actress (born 1894)
  • December 15 – Diane Ellis, American actress (born 1909)

Film debuts[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jones, Lon (March 4, 1944). "Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b c d "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M150.
  3. ^ Eyman, Scott (1997). The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930. ISBN 978-0-6848-1162-8. Hell's Angels was a financial disaster, grossing $1.6 million domestically, with another million coming in from foreign markets.
  4. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  5. ^ Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  6. ^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 10 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  7. ^ "Fox Controversy is Settled". The Film Daily. April 7, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  8. ^ "The Fox Reorganization". Variety. April 9, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  9. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (22 December 2021). "Sally Ann Howes, Star of 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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