1930 in film
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Years in film |
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| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 •1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Top grossing films
| Rank | Title | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Whoopee! | |
| 2. | Common Clay | |
| 3. | Check and Double Check | |
| 4. | Feet First | |
| 5. | All Quiet on the Western Front | |
| 6. | The Big House (film) | |
| 7. | Min and Bill | |
| 8. | Song O' My Heart | |
| 9. | Anna Christie | |
| 10. | Raffles | |
| 11. | The Indians are Coming | Almost $1,000,000 |
| 12. | Romance | |
| 13. | Madam Satan | |
| 14. | Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel) | |
| 15. | L'Age d'Or | |
| 16. | Journey's End | |
| 17. | Outward Bound | |
| 18. | Lightnin' | |
| 19. | So This is London | |
| 20. | The Rogue Song | |
| 21. | The Devil to Pay | |
| 22. | With Byrd at the South Pole | |
| 23. | The Lady of Scandal | |
| 24. | Holiday | |
| 25. | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 26. | The Man from Blankley's | |
| 27. | Old English | |
| 28. | The King of Jazz | |
| 29. | Just Imagine | |
| 30. | Animal Crackers | |
| 31. | Kismet | |
| 32. | Monte Carlo | |
| 33. | The Royal Family of Broadway | |
| 34. | The Big Trail | |
| 35. | Laughter | |
| 36. | New Moon | |
| 37. | The Laughing Lady | |
| 38. | Men Without Women | |
| 39. | Liliom | |
| 40. | Tol'able David | |
| 41. | Scotland Yard | |
| 42. | A Lady's Morals | |
| 43. | Sous les Toits de Paris | |
| 44. | The Texan | |
| 45. | Seven Days' Leave |
[edit] Academy Awards
- Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios
- Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee
- Best Actor: George Arliss - Disraeli
- Best Director:Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)
[edit] Films released in 1930
- Alraune
- L'Âge d'Or, directed by Luis Buñuel
- All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Lewis Milestone
- Animal Crackers, starring the Marx Brothers
- Anna Christie, starring Greta Garbo
- Big Boy, a musical comedy with Al Jolson
- The Big House, starring Chester Morris and Wallace Beery
- The Big Trail, starring John Wayne
- The Big Pond
- Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel), starring Marlene Dietrich
- The Blood of a Poet (Le Sang d'un Poete), directed by Jean Cocteau
- The Bride of the Regiment (1930)
- Bright Lights (1930), a musical comedy in Technicolor
- Call of the Flesh, a musical romance with Technicolor sequences
- The Cat Creeps
- Chasing Rainbows, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Children of Pleasure, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- The Cuckoos, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Danger Lights, starring Louis Wolheim
- The Divorcee, starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery, director: Robert Z. Leonard
- Dixiana, a lavish musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Elstree Calling, a British revue with color sequences
- Feet First, a comedy starring Harold Lloyd
- Floradora Girl, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Follow Thru (1930), a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor
- Free and Easy, starring Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, and Robert Montgomery
- General Crack, a drama with Technicolor sequences starring John Barrymore
- Good News, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Golden Dawn (1930), a musical operetta entirely in Technicolor
- Hell's Angels, directed by Howard Hughes, starring Jean Harlow
- Hold Everything (1930), a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor
- Journey's End, directed by James Whale
- King of Jazz (1930), a revue with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra entirely in Technicolor
- Ladies Love Brutes, a comedy directed by Rowland V. Lee
- Leathernecking, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Lord Byron of Broadway, a musical drama with Technicolor sequences
- Lottery Bride, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- The Life of the Party (1930), musical comedy entirely in Technicolor
- Mamba (1930), first talking drama entirely in Technicolor
- Madam Satan, directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- Mammy, a musical comedy starring Al Jolson with Technicolor sequences
- Melody Man, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Min and Bill
- Morocco, starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich
- Murder!, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- New Movietone Follies of 1930, a musical revue with Technicolor sequences
- No No Nanette, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Not So Dumb
- Paramount on Parade, an all-star revue with Technicolor sequences
- Peacock Alley, a musical drama with Technicolor sequences
- Puttin' on the Ritz, directed by Edward Sloman, with Technicolor sequences
- Raffles, featuring Ronald Colman and Kay Francis
- The Rogue Song (1930), a musical operetta entirely in Technicolor
- Showgirl in Hollywood, a musical comedy with Technicolor sequences
- Son of the Gods, a drama with Technicolor sequences starring Richard Barthelmess
- Song of the Flame (1930), a musical operetta entirely in Technicolor
- Song of the West (1930), a musical drama entirely in Technicolor
- Sunny, a musical comedy with Marilyn Miller
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930), a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor
- True to the Navy, starring Clara Bow and Fredric March
- Under a Texas Moon (1930), a musical comedy entirely in Technicolor
- The Vagabond King (1930), a musical drama entirely in Technicolor
- Whoopee! (1930), a musical comedy in Technicolor with Eddie Cantor
[edit] Serials
- Across the World with Mr & Mrs Martin Johnson
- Hunting Tigers in India
- The Indians Are Coming
- The Jade Box
- The Lightning Express
- The Lone Defender, starring Rin Tin Tin
- Terry of the Times
- The Voice from the Sky
[edit] Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
[edit] Animated short film series
- Felix the Cat (1919-1936)
- Aesop's Film Fables (1921-1933)
- Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
- Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
- Screen Songs (1929-1938)
- Talkartoons (1929-1932)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Flip the Frog (1930-1933)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Toby the Pup (1930-1931)
[edit] Births
- January 3 - Robert Loggia, actor
- January 10 - Roy Edward Disney, film executive
- January 11 - Rod Taylor, Australian actor
- January 13 - Frances Sternhagen, actress
- January 30 - Gene Hackman, actor
- February 27 - Joanne Woodward, actress
- March 24 - Steve McQueen, actor
- April 28 - Carolyn Jones, actress (+1983)
- May 31 - Clint Eastwood, actor, director, producer
- June 16 - Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer
- August 25 - Sir Sean Connery, actor
- October 1 - Sir Richard Harris, actor
- December 3 - Jean-Luc Godard, director
- December 11 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, actor
[edit] Film debuts
[edit] Deaths
- January 31 - Dorothy Seastrom, American actress
- February 23 - Mabel Normand, American actress
- July 7 - Arthur Conan Doyle, British author and creator of Sherlock Holmes.
- August 26 - Lon Chaney, American actor
- September 15 - Milton Sills, American actor
- December 15 - Diane Ellis, American actress
