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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.
The decade of the 1930s in film involved many significant films. The year 1939, in particular, was one of the biggest years (and is still considered one of the greatest years) in Hollywood with MGM 's release of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz .
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February 21: Anna Christie, Greta Garbo's first sound filmis released, it grosses $1.5 million.February 23: Silent screen legend Mabel Normand dies at the age of 37 in Monrovia, Californiaafter a lengthy battle with tuberculosis.March 10: Release of Goodbye Argentina (Adiós Argentina), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. Ada Cornaro has her first starring role and Libertad Lamarquemakes her film debut.April 6: William Fox sells his interest in Fox Filmfor $18 million and Harley L. Clarke becomes president.Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front – Universal PicturesBest Director: Lewis Milestone – All Quiet on the Western FrontBest Actor: George Arliss – DisraeliBest Actress: Norma Shearer – The DivorceeAcross the World with Mr & Mrs Martin JohnsonHunting Tigers in IndiaOur Gang (1922–1944)Laurel and Hardy (1921–1943)Felix the Cat (1919-1936)Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1933)Krazy Kat (1925–1940)Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)January 3January 10 – Roy E. Disney, American film executive and Walt Disney's nephew (died 2009)January 11January 12 – Edgar Landsbury, British-born Irish-American producerJanuary 31 – Dorothy Seastrom, American actress (born 1903)February 23 – Mabel Normand, American actress (born 1893)July 7 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British author and creator of Sherlock Holmes(born 1859)August 26 – Lon Chaney, American actor (born 1883)Robert Adair – Journey's EndFelix Aylmer – Escape!Joan Blondell – The Office WifeHumphrey Bogart – Up the RiverList of 1930 films at IMDbList of 1930 deaths at IMDbList of 1930 births at IMDbThis category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total. Films set in 1930 (1 C, 40 P) Films set in 1931 (1 C, 43 P) Films set in 1932 (3 C, 50 P) Films set in 1933 (2 C, 68 P) Films set in 1934 (48 P) Films set in 1935 (50 P) Films set in 1936 (2 C, 61 P) Films set in 1937 (1 C, 57 P)
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- 'The Rules of the Game' (1939) Director: Jean Renoir. Two years on from Grand Illusion, Jean Renoir made a film that was arguably even better with 1939’s The Rules of the Game, which has some similar thematic content while feeling quite different tonally.
- 'Grand Illusion' (1937) Director: Jean Renoir. As World War II loomed towards the end of the 1930s, 1937 saw the release of a classic war movie that would have to rank as one of the best to center around the First World War.
- 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1930) Director: Lewis Milestone. For a couple of brief decades, World War I was The Great War; a conflict on such a scale that led to immense devastation, so much so that the likes of it seemed as though it would never be equaled or topped.
- 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) Director: Victor Fleming. The Wizard of Oz is The Wizard of Oz. It’s about as iconic as movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood get, and to this day, it’s still a definitive live-action fantasy movie to which many others inevitably get compared.
12. Stagecoach. 1939 1h 36m Approved. 7.8 (54K) Rate. 93 Metascore. A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Claire Trevor Andy Devine. 10.
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1. All Quiet on the Western Front. 1930 2h 32m Passed. 8.1 (68K) Rate. 91 Metascore. A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror. Director Lewis Milestone Stars Lew Ayres Louis Wolheim John Wray. 2.
