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Plot. In New York City, William Foster ( William Powell) is a criminal defense attorney so successful that prosecutors regard him as a menace. He holds himself to high ethical standards but is willing to mislead without actually lying. Foster defends a man who planned a murder using explosives.
The Dawn Patrol (1930 film) The Dawn Patrol. (1930 film) The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 American pre-Code World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It was directed by Howard Hawks, a former World War I flight instructor, who even flew in the film as a German pilot in an uncredited role. [4]
Between 1930 and 1941, 27,000 work stoppages led to a loss of 172 million labor days, and about 90 deaths. [1] As the economy declined workers were angry but management was losing money and could not afford to raise wages, so the strikes usually failed. This caused desperation among workers and union leaders. [2]
14 April – Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1, 4 miles 5 chains (6.5 kilometres). [1] 24 April – Free State – Parys to Vredefort, 10 miles 75 chains (17.6 kilometres). [1] 14 May – Free State – Petrus Steyn to Lindley, 27 miles 67 chains (44.8 kilometres). [2] 19 September – Natal – Empangeni to Nkwalini, 39 miles 67 chains ...
New Moon is a 1930 black-and-white American, pre-Code romantic/drama/melodrama musical film version of the operetta The New Moon, with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The original stage version premiered on Broadway in 1928. The 1930 film is also known as Komissa Strogoff in Greece, Nymånen in ...
1930s in the United States by state or territory (62 C) 1930s disestablishments in the United States (62 C, 2 P) 1930s establishments in the United States (65 C, 4 P)
September - The state capital of Paraíba, formerly Parahyba, is renamed João Pessoa, in memory of its assassinated governor. [4] 3 October - Brazilian Revolution of 1930. 24 October - Incumbent President Washington Luís is deposed. [5] A military junta, led by General Augusto Tasso Fragoso, temporarily takes control of the country.
