Top 10 Films of 1930

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Top 3 Musicals of 1930

1. "King Of Jazz" (John Murray Anderson, Universal)

2. "Monte Carlo" (Ernst Lubitsch, Paramount)


5. "Whoopee" (Thornton Freeland, United Artists)

Earth (1930) *****

The Dawn Patrol (1930) ****

The best of all WWI warplanes dramas (like 1927's "Wings", 1930's "Hell's Angels" and 1938's "Dawn Patrol"), with terrific aerial combat footage and a tense, exciting, Oscar-nominated story.

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) ****

Maria do Mar (1930) ****

A great classic of the Portuguese cinema.

That Night's Wife (1930) ****

A silent crime melodrama directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Absolutely unique in his filmography. A tense thriller that begans with an armed robbery, continues with a police dragnet and ends with a stand-off involving the criminal, his wife, his sick daughter and a police detective.

Holiday (1930) ***

Eclipsed by the 1938 remake starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant, this is the original movie adaptation. And a fine one too.

Murder (1930) ***

A juror (Herbert Marshall) comes to believe that a woman convicted of murder is actually innocent.

With Byrd At The South Pole (1930) ***

Documentary set in Antarctica.

The Doorway To Hell (1930) ***

Excellent early talkie gangster film starring Lew Ayres as a head of the organized crime who decides to retire from the business. A fascinating portrait of Chicago's gangland during the Prohibition.