Now in Public Domain -- All 1930 FILMS!
1930! All American films released in 1930 are now in the public domain in the USA! Some music may not yet be in public domain. All films are not immediately available. You may pre-order and will not be charged until a film is shipped. Quality on all films is very good to excellent.
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ALIAS FRENCH GERTIE (1930) 68m COMEDY. Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels. A crook (Daniels) becomes a maid to steal jewelry.
ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) COMEDY. Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo Marx. Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
THE BENSON MURDER CASE (1930) 88m. MYSTERY. A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance, played by William Powell, just happens to be there.
THE BIG POND (1930) 72m. COMEDY. Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert. A tour guide in Venice romances a visiting American tourist whose father owns a chewing-gum factory back in the U.S. She sets out to convince her skeptical father to bring the tour guide to America and give him a job in the plant.
BILLY THE KID (1930) 95m. WESTERN. Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery. Directed by King Vidor. Billy the Kid shoots land baron Donovan's men for killing his boss. Friend-turned-sheriff Pat Garrett captures him, but Billy escapes toward Mexico. Recapturing him, Garrett faces a choice between duty and mercy.
THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (1930) 88m. MYSTERY. Basil Rathbone as detective Philo Vance investigates murder at an archery range.
THE BIG HOUSE (1930) 87m. CRIME. Chester Morris, Wallace Beery. A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
THE BIG TRAIL (1930) WESTERN. John Wayne's first starring role. He leads a wagon train west. Directed by Raoul Walsh.
THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (1930) 88m. MYSTERY. Basil Rathbone as detective Philo Vance investigates murder at an archery range.
CALL OF THE FLESH (1930) 101m. ROMANCE. Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence. Cantina performer Juan aspires to opera singing under mentor Estaban's guidance. He falls for Maria, an escaped nun. Torn between marrying her and pursuing his ambitions, Juan faces opposition.
CAPTAIN APPLEJACK (1930) 63m. CRIME. Mary Brian, John Halliday. An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
CITY GIRL (1930) 89m. ROMANCE. Chares Farrell, Ernest Torrence. A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.
CONSPIRACY (1930) 69m CRIME. Bessie Love. For the last four years Margaret Holt has been helping her brother, assistant D.A. Victor Holt, to try to bring down the dope dealing Schemer Marko gang. Margaret kills Marko (aka 'James Morton') when he discovers she's found evidence to use against him.
DANGER LIGHTS (1930) 74m. ADVENTURE. Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur. The tough boss of a railroad yard befriends a young hobo, and unwittingly places in jeopardy his relationship with the woman he loves.
DAWN PATROL (1930) 108m. WAR. This print re-named as FLIGHT COMMANDER. Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Directed by Howard Hawks. World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
THE DIVORCEE (1930) DRAMA. Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery. When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
DIXIANA (1930) 100m. COMEDY. Bebe Daniels, Wheeler & Woolsey. In antebellum New Orleans, two men vie for the affections of a beautiful young girl during Mardi Gras.
THE DOORWAY TO HELL (1930) CRIME. Lew Ayres, James Cagney. Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.
THE FLORODORA GIRL (1930) DRAMA. Marion Davies. A New York chorus girl's friends encourage her to pursue a handsome socialite.
FRAMED (1930) 65m CRIME. Evelyn Brent. Woman swears revenge against an Inspector who was responsible for her father's death.
JUST IMAGINE (1930) 109m COMEDY. Maureen O'Sullivan, El Brendel. In 1980, Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930 and call him ‚Single O.' He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams before he goes on an expedition to Mars with a friend and stowaway Single O.
A LADY TO LOVE (1930) 92m ROMANCE. Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony (Edward G. Robinson) posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena (Vilma Banky), enclosing a photo of handsome Buck (Robert Ames). When she gets there, she falls in love with Buck.
LOOSE ANKLES (1930) COMEDY. Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. A young heiress plots a scandal to void her inheritance's strict conditions, involving a straight-laced man hired to compromise her. They fall in love, leading to window escapes and schemes, with unexpected help from her aunts.
THE LOTTERY BRIDE (1930) 80m. MUSICAL. Jeanette MacDonald, Joe E. Brown. Sundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.
LOVE IN THE ROUGH (1930) COMEDY. Robert Montgomery, Benny Rubin, Penny Singleton, Dorothy Jordan. When shipping clerk Jack Kelly is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
MIN AND BILL (1930) COMEDY. Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery. Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
MOBY DICK (1930) 80m. DRAMA. John Barrymore, Joan Bennett. In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he meets and falls for Faith Mapple, daughter of the local minister and beloved of Ahab's brother Derek.
MONTE CARLO (1930) 90m. COMEDY. Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan. A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.
MOROCCO (1930) 92m DRAMA. Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich. Directed by Josef von Sternberg. A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
NUMBERED MEN (1930) 65m DRAMA. Conrad Nagel, Bernice Clair. Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud to get Mary, and escape-minded King Callahan, set events in motion to prove that love and justice will prevail.
THE OFFICE WIFE (1930) DRAMA. Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone. Larry asks Kate to write about "Office Wives" - executive stenographers whose work creates wife-like bonds with bosses. He's unaware that such stories can reflect reality.
OH, SAILOR BEHAVE (1930) 68m. COMEDY. Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. An American newspaper reporter is sent to Venice to interview a Romanian general. While there, he falls in love with a young heiress.
OTHER MEN'S WOMEN (1930) DRAMA. Mary Astor, Grant Withers. Events take an unhappy turn for two Bill and Jack, two locomotive engineers, after Bill is attracted to his best friend's wife.
OUR BLUSHING BRIDES (1930) 100m DRAMA. Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Robert Montgomery. Three department store employees, Connie, Franky, and Jerry, share an apartment together in New York City. Despite Jerry's pragmatism, Connie and Franky pursue wealthy men for financial gain, leading to disappointment and heartbreak.
PAID (1930) DRAMA. Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong. Unjustly imprisoned woman rejoins former inmates to con elderly men into marriage proposals. Initially seeking vengeance, she ultimately finds redemption and a new path.
THE PAY-OFF (1930) 71m CRIME. Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon. A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny against the gang's boss
PLAYBOY OF PARIS (1930) 72m. COMEDY. Maurice Chevalier. Waiter Albert is incompetent is in conflict with the owner and his daughter. However a surprise inheritance means he must keep his job by day while escorting a glamorous socialite by night.
RAFFLES (1930) 71m. ADVENTURE. Ronald Colman. A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life as "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but must commit one last job.
RAIN OR SHINE (1930) COMEDY. Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda. Woman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.
ROMANCE (1930) 76m ROMANCE. Greta Garbo. Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love, so Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself.
SCARLET PAGES (1930) DRAMA. Marian Nixon, Elsie Ferguson. Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career, unless the mother she does not know can save her.
THE SILVER HORDE (1930) 76m. ROMANCE. Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur. A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
SIN TAKES A HOLIDAY (1930) DRAMA. Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone. A plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances, he offers her financial support if she marries him in name only.
SONG O' MY HEART (1930) 88m MUSICAL. John McCormack. Sean, a tenor, lives in a village with his wife Mary, who has been deserted by her aunt. Sean embarks on a tour in America, finding peace.
SON OF THE GODS (1930) 90m DRAMA. Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett. A Chinese posing as an American goes to Monte Carlo where he falls in love with Alanna, who later goes berserk upon learning his true identity.
STRICTLY UNCONVENTIONAL (1930) 55m DRAMA. Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavenaugh. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
THE WIDOW FROM CHICAGO (1930) CRIME. Alice White, Edward G. Robinson. Mobster Dominic brings con man Swifty East, but Swifty seemingly dies. Detective Henderson impersonates Swifty to infiltrate the mob but is killed. Henderson's sister Polly then poses as Swifty's widow, until the real Swifty resurfaces.
1930 Laurel & Hardy films now public domain:
Night Owls (1930) After far too many break-ins on his watch, policeman Edgar Kennedy approaches Laurel and Hardy to burgle his chief's house so he can catch them.
Ladrones (1930, Night Owls, Spanish version with extra scenes)
Blotto (1930) Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Brats (1930) Laurel and Hardy's bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats, little Ollie and little Stanley.
La Vida Nocturna (1930, Blotto, Spanish version with extra scenes)
Below Zero (1930) In winter-time, the boys fail to earn any money by playing their musical instruments, but their luck seems to improve when they find a wallet full of money on the street.
Tiembla y Titubea (1930, Below Zero, Spanish version with extra scenes)
Hog Wild (1930) Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case (1930) In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
Noche De Duendes Spanish Version: The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case (1930, 49 min.) In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
Another Fine Mess (1930) Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
New Our Gang films
FIRST SEVEN YEARS (18m/1930) Jackie Cooper gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann Jackson.
TEACHER'S PET (18m/1930) Jackie Cooper prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher, Miss Crabtree (June Marlowe).
New Mickey Mouse Cartoons - 1930:
Barnyard Concert Cactus Kid The Chain Gang Fire Fighters The Gorilla Mystery Just Mickey Picnic Pioneer Days ShindigNew Silly Symphony Cartoons - 1930 Arctic Antics Autumn Cannibal Capers Frolicking Fish Midnight in a Toy Shop Monkey Melodies Night Playful Pan Summer Winter