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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.
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1930–1939, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios , a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast .
History of cinema in the United States. Silent film actress Mary Pickford, c. 1916. The Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park, Chicago was a movie palace for the Balaban and Katz theater chain. The theater's Baroque spire is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. This article delineates the history of cinema in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge.
- August 25, 1930
- D. W. Griffith, Joseph M. Schenck
- Hugo Riesenfeld, (music arrangements)
Films released in the 1930s . Film portal. 1880s. 1890s. 1900s. 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 15th. 16th. 17th. 18th. 19th. 20th. 21st. 22nd. 23rd. 24th. 25th. Subcategories. This category has the following 64 subcategories, out of 64 total. 1930s films by country (14 C) 1930 films (16 C, 835 P)
1930 1h 42m Passed. 6.2 (923) Rate. Three department-store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than $20 per week. Jerry is the sensible one, but the others throw themselves at amoral rich men in an attempt to hook one and better themselves.
