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Hitchcock Showcase (1930)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Four films from the early career of suspense's elder statesman, available on twin cassettes – MURDER (1930), SKIN GAME (1931), NUMBER 17…
Little CaesarLittle Caesar (1930)
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Glenda Farrell
Star–making debut for Edward G Robinson as a bullying, Al Capone–style hood, whose unscrupulous methods land him the top job. Like most…
Madam SatanMadam Satan (1930)
Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Roland Young
A genuine oddity (and second talkie) from Cecil B. DeMille, this typically extravagant pre–Code musical comedy stars Kay Johnson as a jealous…
Murder!Murder! (1930)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Herbert Marshall, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
Hitchcock's second talkie is a clever whodunnit in which a juror (Marshall) in the murder trial of a young woman decides to open his own…
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…
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…
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…
Broadway Melody of 1929Broadway Melody of 1929 (1929)
Dir. Harry Beaumont
Feat. Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love
"100% All Talking! 100% All Singing! 100% All Dancing!" – this creaky MGM tale of two sisters bringing their act to Broadway was tremendously…

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