1930 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1930.


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15.            BORDERLINE

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14.           MADAM SATAN

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 THAT NIGHT'S WIFE  その夜の妻

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12.           HELL'S ANGELS

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                    ALL QUIET

11.   ON THE WESTERN FRONT

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10.               MOROCCO

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            THE GENERAL LINE

9.      Старое и новое

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8.                  ASPHALT

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7.          À PROPOS DE NICE

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6.       THE TALE OF THE FOX

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5.               L'ÀGE D'OR

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4.   THE BLUE ANGEL [German cut]

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3.                  CITY GIRL

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2.  UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS

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1.             EARTH  Земля

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other films of '30 that could've placed)

THE BIG HOUSE

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TEACHER'S PET

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KING OF JAZZ

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ANNA CHRISTIE

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ANIMAL CRACKERS

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PUPS IS PUPS

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WESTFRONT 1918

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1930
TOP 15

1. ZEMLYA (Dovzhenko)
2. SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (Clair)
3. CITY GIRL (Marnau)
4. DER BLAUE ENGEL (von Sternberg)
5. L'ÀGE D'OR (Buñuel)
6. TALE OF THE FOX (Starewicz)
7. À PROPOS DE NICE (Vigo)
8. ASPHALT (Joe May)
9. OLD & NEW (Eisenstein)
10. MOROCCO (von Sternberg)
11. ALL QUIET WESTERN FRONT (Milestone)
12. HELL'S ANGELS (Howard Hughes)
13. THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (Ozu)
14. MADAM SATAN (DeMille)
15. BORDERLINE (MacPherson)

HONORABLE MENTION:

THE BIG HOUSE (George W. Hill), TEACHER'S PET (Robert F. McGowan), KING OF JAZZ (JM Anderson), ANNA CHRISTIE (Clarence Brown), ANIMAL CRACKERS (Heerman), PUPS IS PUPS (Robert F. McGowan), WESTFRONT 1918 (Pabst)