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Party GirlParty Girl (Dangerous Business) (1930)
Dir. Victor Halperin
Feat. Douglas Jr. Fairbanks
Tarty pre–code expose of ‘party girl’ rackets – or prostitution rings – with Douglas Fairbanks as a college cad looking for love in all…
Prix de BeautePrix de Beaute (1930)
Dir. Augusto Genina
Feat. Louise Brooks, Georges Charlia, Augusto Bandini
Louise Brooks is vivacious beyond compare in her first sound film, a jazz–age classic about a young office worker who enters a beauty…
Time to Remember, A - New Zealand EditionTime to Remember, A - New Zealand Edition (Movietone Edition) (1930-1975)
Comprehensive archive of New Zealand Cinesound and Movietone newsreels, from 1930–1975. Surveying five decades of Kiwi history and heritage,…
W.C. Fields Collection, TheW.C. Fields Collection, The (1930-1933)
Feat. W.C. Fields
Compilation of the gin–blossomed comics finest shorts taken from when his slapstick tomfoolery was at its peak. Films Featured: THE GOLF…
ApplauseApplause (1929)
Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Helen Morgan, Jack Cameron, Joan Peers
Early sound musicial about a fading burlesque queen who sends her daughter to a convent in an attempt to remove her from the sleazy theatre world she…
AsphaltAsphalt (1929)
Dir. Joe May
Feat. Gustav Frohlich, Betty Amann
Bravura melodrama from the German Expressionist era wrangles with the divided loyalites of a love–struck police officer who falls for a sultry…
BlackmailBlackmail (1929)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood
Notable early thriller from Hitch, with Ondra being blackmailed by someone who knows she accidentally killed a rapist. Features good London…
Cocoanuts, TheCocoanuts, The (1929)
Dir. Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Feat. Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Chico Marx
The first feature–length Marx Brothers is probably one for completists only, with much of the film's running time devoted to mediocre musical…
Colour Box: 19 films by Len LyeColour Box: 19 films by Len Lye (1929-1979)
As it says on the tin, a 19–film compilation by the New Zealand–born master of ‘direct’ animation, made between 1929 to…
Diary of a Lost GirlDiary of a Lost Girl (1929) Recommended
Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks
Exceptional follow–up to the eye–opening PANDORA’S BOX, with Louise Brooks again provoking disorder with her unrestrained vitality and…

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