List of American films of 1930

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A list of American feature films released in 1930.
All Quiet on the Western Front won the Academy Award for Best Picture

A

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
Abraham Lincoln	D. W. Griffith	Walter Huston, Kay Hammond	Drama
Africa Speaks!	Walter Futter	Paul Hoefler, Lowell Thomas	Documentary
All Quiet on the Western Front	Lewis Milestone	Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Arnold Lucy	Drama, War
Along Came Youth	Lloyd Corrigan	Frances Dee, Charles Rogers, Evelyn Hall	Comedy
Animal Crackers	Victor Heerman	Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont	Comedy
Anna Christie	Clarence Brown	Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, Charles Bickford	Drama	Greta Garbo's first talkie.
Anybody's Woman	Dorothy Arzner	Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Clive Brook	Drama
Around the Corner	Bert Glennon	Charles Murray, George Sidney, Joan Peers	Comedy

B-C

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
Back Pay	Francis Edward Faragoh	Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Vivien Oakland	Comedy, Drama
The Bad Man	Clarence G. Badger	Walter Huston, James Rennie, Myrna Loy	Western
The Bad One	George Fitzmaurice	Dolores del Río, Edmund Lowe, Blanche Friderici	Musical
The Bat Whispers	Roland West	Chester Morris, Maude Eburne, Chance Ward	Horror, Comedy	Widescreen.
The Benson Murder Case	Frank Tuttle	William Powell, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorehead	Drama
Big Boy	Alan Crosland	Al Jolson, Lloyd Hughes, Claudia Dell	Musical
The Big House	George W. Hill	Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone	Drama
The Big Pond	Hobart Henley	Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert	Romantic comedy
The Big Trail	Raoul Walsh	John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill	Western
Billy the Kid	King Vidor	Wallace Beery, Johnny Mack Brown	Western	Widescreen.
The Border Legion	Otto Brewer	Fay Wray, Richard Arlen	Western
Born Reckless	Andrew Bennison, John Ford	Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Frank Albertson	Drama, Crime
Bride of the Regiment	John Francis Dillon	Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon	Musical
Bright Lights	Michael Curtiz	James Murray, Noah Beery, Dorothy Mackaill	Musical	Full Technicolor.
Burning Up	A. Edward Sutherland	Richard Arlen, Francis McDonald, Charles Sellon	Drama
Call of the Flesh	Charles Brabin	Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence	Musical	In partial Technicolor.
Call of the West	Albert Ray	Dorothy Revier, Tom O'Brien, Alan Roscoe	Western
The Cat Creeps	Rupert Julian	Helen Twelvetrees, Neil Hamilton	Mystery
Chasing Rainbows	Charles Reisner	Bessie Love, Charles King	Musical
Check and Double Check	Melville W. Brown	Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Duke Ellington	Comedy
Children of Pleasure	Harry Beaumont	Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson	Musical comedy
City Girl	F. W. Murnau	Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Anne Shirley	Drama
Common Clay	Victor Fleming	Constance Bennett, Lew Ayres	Drama
Conspiracy	Christy Cabanne	Ned Sparks, Bessie Love, George Irving	Drama
Courage	Archie Mayo	Belle Bennett, Marian Nixon, Blanche Friderici	Drama
Crazy That Way	Hamilton MacFadden	Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett	Comedy
The Cuckoos	Paul Sloane	Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee	Musical comedy

D-F

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
Danger Lights	George B. Seitz	Jean Arthur, Hugh Herbert, Louis Wolheim	Drama
Dangerous Nan McGrew	Malcolm St. Clair	Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Frank Morgan	Comedy, Western
The Dawn Patrol	Howard Hawks	Douglas Fairbanks, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh	Drama, War
The Devil to Pay!	George Fitzmaurice	Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy	Comedy
A Devil With Women	Irving Cummings	Victor McLaglen, Humphrey Bogart, Mona Maris	Drama
The Divorcee	Robert Z. Leonard	Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery	Drama
Dixiana	Luther Reed	Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler	Musical
The Doorway to Hell	Archie Mayo	James Cagney, Lew Ayres, Robert Elliott	Drama, Crime
Doughboys	Edward Sedgwick	Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Edward Brophy	Comedy
East Is West	Monta Bell	Edward G. Robinson, Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres	Drama
The Fall Guy	Leslie Pearce	Ned Sparks, Mae Clarke, Jack Mulhall	Comedy
Fast and Loose	Fred C. Newmeyer	Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, Frank Morgan	Romantic comedy
Feet First	Clyde Bruckman	Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent	Comedy
The Flirting Widow	A.E.W. Mason	Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone	Comedy
Follow Thru	Lloyd Corrigan	Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll	Musical comedy
For the Defense	John Cromwell	William Powell, Kay Francis, William B. Davidson	Drama
Free and Easy	Edward Sedgwick	Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page	Comedy

G-K

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
General Crack	Alan Crosland	John Barrymore, Marian Nixon, Lowell Sherman	Drama	In partial Technicolor
The Girl of the Golden West	John Francis Dillon	Ann Harding, James Rennie, Harry Bannister	Drama
The Girl Said No	Sam Wood	William Haines, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran	Comedy
Golden Dawn	Ray Enright	Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal	Operetta
Good News	Nick Grinde	Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards	Musical
Half Shot at Sunrise	Paul Sloane	Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee	Comedy
Hell's Angels	Howard Hughes	Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall	Drama, War
Hell's Heroes	William Wyler	Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton	Western
High Society Blues	David Butler	Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Hedda Hopper	Musical, Comedy
Hold Everything	Roy Del Ruth	Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown	Musical comedy
Holiday	Edward H. Griffith	Ann Harding, Mary Astor	Romantic comedy
Hot Curves	Norman Taurog	Benny Rubin, Rex Lease, Alice King	Comedy
Ingagi	William Campbell		Exploitation
Inside the Lines	Roy Pomeroy	Betty Compson, Montagu Love, Betty Carter	Drama, War
Journey's End	James Whale	Colin Clive, David Manners	War	co-produced with GB
Just Imagine	David Butler	Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick	Musical
King of Jazz	John Murray Anderson	Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman, John Boles	Musical	In full Technicolor
Kismet	John Francis Dillon	Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners	Costume drama

L-N

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
Ladies Love Brutes	Rowland V. Lee	George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March
Ladies of Leisure	Frank Capra	Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves	Romantic drama
A Lady to Love	Victor Sjostrom	Edward G. Robinson, Vilma Bánky, Robert Ames	Drama
Leathernecking	Edward F. Cline	J. Roy Hunt	Musical comedy
Let's Go Native	Leo McCarey	Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald	Musical comedy
The Life of the Party	Roy Del Ruth	Winnie Lightner, Jack Whiting	Musical comedy
Lilies of the Field	Alexander Korda	Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes	Drama
Little Accident	William James Craft	Douglas Fairbanks, Anita Page, Sally Blane	Comedy
Loose Ankles	Ted Wilde	Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	Romantic comedy
Lord Byron of Broadway	Harry Beaumont	Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry	Musical drama
The Lottery Bride	Paul L. Stein	Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Joe E. Brown	Musical
Lovin' the Ladies	Melville W. Brown	Richard Dix, Rita La Roy, Lois Wilson	Comedy
Madam Satan	Cecil B. DeMille	Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny	Drama
Mamba	Albert S. Rogell	Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman
Mammy	Michael Curtiz	Al Jolson, Lois Moran	Musical
Manslaughter	George Abbott	Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Natalie Moorehead	Drama
The Medicine Man	Scott Pembroke	Jack Benny, Betty Bronson	Comedy
Min and Bill	George W. Hill	Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery	Comedy drama
Moby Dick	Lloyd Bacon	John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Noble Johnson	Drama
Monte Carlo	Ernst Lubitsch	Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, ZaSu Pitts	Musical
Morocco	Josef von Sternberg	Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou	Drama
Mothers Cry	Hobart Henley	Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners	Drama
New Movietone Follies of 1930	Benjamin Stoloff	El Brendel, Marjorie White	Musical
No, No, Nanette	Clarence G. Badger	Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Lucien Littlefield	Musical
Not So Dumb	King Vidor	Marion Davies, Franklin Pangborn, Julia Faye	Comedy
A Notorious Affair	Lloyd Bacon	Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis	Romantic drama

O-P

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
Oklahoma Cyclone	John P. McCarthy	Bob Steele, Slim Whitaker, Rita Rey	Western
On Your Back	Guthrie McClintic	Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner	Drama
Only the Brave	Frank Tuttle	Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Guy Oliver	Drama, War
Our Blushing Brides	Harry Beaumont, Bess Meredyth	Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page	Drama
Outside the Law	Tod Browning	Edward G. Robinson, Mary Nolan, Owen Moore	Drama
Paid	Sam Wood	Joan Crawford, Marie Provost, Robert Armstrong	Drama
Paramount on Parade	Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower	Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper	Musical
Party Girl	Victor Halperin	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jeanette Loff, Marie Provost	Drama
The Pay-Off	Lowell Sherman	Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, William Janney	Drama
Peacock Alley	Marcel de Sano	Mae Murray, Jason Robards, Sr.
Puttin' On The Ritz	Edward Sloman	Joan Bennett, Harry Richman, George Irving	Musical

R-S

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
Raffles	George Fitzmaurice	Ronald Colman, Kay Francis
Rain Or Shine	Frank Capra	Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, Joe Cook	Comedy
Reaching for the Moon	Edmund Goulding	Douglas Fairbanks, Edward Everett Horton, Bing Crosby	Musical
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu	Rowland V. Lee	Warner Oland, Jean Arthur	Detective
The Right to Love	Richard Wallace	Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Irving Pachel	Drama
Road to Paradise	William Beaudine	Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, George Barraud	Drama
The Rogue Song	Lionel Barrymore	Lawrence Tibbett, Clifford Grey	Operetta
The Royal Family of Broadway	George Cukor	Fredric March, Mary Brian, Ina Claire	Comedy
The Runaway Bride	Donald Crisp	Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst	Drama
Safety in Numbers	Victor Schertzinger	Carole Lombard, Charles Rogers, Kathryn Crawford	Musical, Comedy
Second Choice	Howard Bretherton	Dolores Costello, Chester Morris	Romance
Second Honeymoon	Phil Rosen	Josephine Dunn, Bernice Elliott, Edward Earle	Comedy, Drama
Show Girl in Hollywood	Mervyn LeRoy	Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet	Musical comedy
So This Is London	John G. Blystone	Will Rogers, Irene Rich	Comedy
Son of the Gods	Frank Lloyd	Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett	Romance
Song o' My Heart	Frank Borzage	John McCormack, Maureen O'Sullivan	Musical
Song of the Flame	Alan Crosland	Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Noah Beery	Operetta
Song of the West	Ray Enright	John Boles, Vivienne Segal	Musical
Soup to Nuts	Benjamin Stoloff	Ted Healy, Shemp Howard, Frances McCoy	Comedy
The Storm	William Wyler	Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd	Western
Street of Chance	John Cromwell	William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis	Comedy
Such Men Are Dangerous	Kenneth Hawks	Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Bela Lugosi	Drama
Sunny	William A. Seiter	Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, O.P. Heggie	Musical
Sunny Skies	Norman Taurog	Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease	Comedy. Musical
Sweet Mama	Edward F. Cline	Alice White, David Manners	Drama

T-Z

Title	Director	Featured Cast	Genre	Note
The Texan	John Cromwell	Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn	Western
Those Who Dance	William Beaudine	Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Betty Compson	Crime
Thus is Life	George Crone	José Bohr, Delia Magana	Romantic comedy	Spanish language
Tom Sawyer	John Cromwell	Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green	Adventure
Top Speed	Mervyn LeRoy	Joe E. Brown, Laura Lee, Frank McHugh	Musical, Comedy
True to the Navy	Frank Tuttle	Fredric March, Clara Bow, Harry Green	Comedy
The Truth About Youth	William A. Seiter	Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, David Manners	Drama
Under a Texas Moon	Michael Curtiz	Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Raquel Torres	Western, Comedy
The Unholy Three	Jack Conway	Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Harry Earles	Drama, Crime
Up the River	John Ford	Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Luce	Comedy, Drama
The Utah Kid	Richard Thorpe	Rex Lease, Dorothy Sebastian, Tom Santschi	Western
The Vagabond King	Ludwig Berger	Jeanette MacDonald, O.P. Heggie, Lillian Roth	Musical
War Nurse	Edgar Selwyn	Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker	Drama, War
Way for a Sailor	Sam Wood	John Gilbert, Wallace Beery
Way Out West	Fred Niblo	William Haines, Polly Moran, Leila Hyams	Comedy, Western
What a Man!	George Crone	Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar	Romantic comedy
Whoopee!	Thornton Freeland	Eddie Cantor, Eleanor Hunt, Ethel Shutta	Musical
Wide Open	Archie Mayo	Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller	Comedy
The Widow From Chicago	Edward F. Cline	Edward G. Robinson, Alice White, Frank McHugh	Drama, Crime
Wild Company	Leo McCarey	Joyce Compton, H. B. Warner, Bela Lugosi	Drama
The Woman Racket	Albert H. Kelley	Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet, Tenen Holtz	Drama, Crime
Young Eagles	William A. Wellman	Jean Arthur, Charles Rogers, Paul Lukas	Drama
Young Man of Manhattan	Monta Bell	Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles	Comedy

See also

• List of American films of 1929
• List of American films of 1931

External links

• 1930 films at the Internet Movie Database