format_list_bulleted
1930 comedy films
more_vert
The list 1930 comedy films includes
The Lady of Scandal, Der blaue Engel, Animal Crackers, Her Wedding Night and Whoopee!.
The list consists of 278 members
and 4 sublists.
Connections
1930
Calendar year
-
1.
The Lady of Scandal
1930 film
Overview: The Lady of Scandal is a 1930 American pre-Code romance-comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Franklin, based on the 1927 play The High Road by Frederick Lonsdale, and starring Ruth Chatterton, Basil R ...
Release date: 24 May 1930Genre: Drama, Romance, ComedyDirector: Sidney FranklinWriter: Frederick Lonsdale, Hanns KrälyA famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
0
0
-
2.
Der blaue Engel
1930 film
Overview: The Blue Angel (German: Der blaue Engel) is a 1930 German musical comedy-drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings and Kurt Gerron. Written by Carl Zuckmayer ...
Release date: 1 April 1930Genre: Drama, Musical, MusicDirector: Josef von SternbergProducer: Erich PommerWriter: Heinrich Mann, Carl ZuckmayerAn elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer. 0
0
-
3.
Animal Crackers
1930 film
Overview: Animal Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers, (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), with Lillian Roth and Margaret Dumont ...
Release date: 28 August 1930Genre: Comedy, MusicalDirector: Victor HeermanWriter: George S. Kaufman, Morrie RyskindMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding. 0
0
-
4.
Her Wedding Night
1930 film
Overview: Her Wedding Night is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Avery Hopwood and Henry Myers. The film stars Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes, Charlie Ruggles, Richard "Skeets" ...
Release date: 28 September 1930Genre: Comedy, RomanceDirector: Frank TuttleCast: Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes, Charles Ruggles, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Geneva Mitchell, Rosita MorenoProducer: E. Lloyd SheldonWriter: Avery Hopwood, Henry MyersAn American movie star vacationing in France gets mixed up with a songwriter, mistaken identity, and winds up married to someone she doesn't know. 0
0
1930s English-language films 2,559TAmerican black-and-white films 23,074T -
5.
Fast and Loose
1930 film
Overview: Fast and Loose is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard and Frank Morgan. The film was written by Doris Anderson, Jack ...
Release date: 8 November 1930Genre: Romance, ComedyDirector: Fred C. NewmeyerCast: Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, Frank Morgan, Charles Starrett, Henry Wadsworth, Winifred HarrisWriter: Doris Anderson, David GrayA wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl. 0
0
-
6.
Whoopee!
1930 film
Overview: Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical Western film photographed in two-color Technicolor. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and stars Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Eleanor Hunt. The film's ...Release date: 30 September 1930Genre: Musical, ComedyDirector: Thornton FreelandProducer: Samuel Goldwyn, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.Writer: William Anthony McGuire, Owen DavisWestern sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle... 0
0
-
7.
Up the River
1930 film
Overview: Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, and starring Claire Luce, Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart. The plot concerns escaped convicts, as well as a female convict ...
Release date: 10 October 1930Genre: Drama, Crime, ComedyDirector: John FordCast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Warren Hymer, Humphrey Bogart, William Collier Sr., Joan Marie LawesProducer: William FoxWriter: Maurine Dallas Watkins, John FordWhen paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue ... 0
0
-
8.
Tom Sawyer
1930 film
Overview: Tom Sawyer is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Jackie Coogan. The screenplay by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Sam Mintz is based on the 1876 ...
Release date: 15 November 1930Genre: Adventure, Comedy, DramaDirector: John CromwellProducer: Louis D. LightonWriter: Mark Twain, Grover JonesThe classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals... 0
0
-
9.
L'Age d'Or
1930 film
Overview: L'Age d'Or (French: L'Âge d'Or, ), commonly translated as The Golden Age or Age of Gold, is a 1930 French surrealist satirical comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel about the insanities of modern life, the ...Release date: 28 October 1930Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Drama, ComedyDirector: Luis BuñuelProducer: Le Vicomte de NoaillesWriter: Luis Buñuel, Salvador DalíBunuel's first feature has more of a plot than Un Chien Andalou, but it's still a pure Surrealist film... 0
0
-
10.
Our Blushing Brides
1930 film
Overview: Our Blushing Brides is a 1930 American pre-Code society comedy/romantic melodrama directed and produced by Harry Beaumont and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian ...
Release date: 19 July 1930Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Harry BeaumontProducer: Harry BeaumontWriter: Edwin Justus Mayer, Helen MeinardiThree department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City... 0
0
-
11.
Monte Carlo
1930 film
Overview: Monte Carlo is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch. It co-stars Jack Buchanan as a French Count Rudolph Falliere masquerading as a hairdresser and Jeanette MacDonald ...Release date: 27 August 1930Genre: Comedy, Romance, MusicalDirector: Ernst LubitschProducer: Ernst LubitschWriter: Ernest Vajda, Hans MüllerA countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser. 0
0
-
12.
Madam Satan
1930 film
Overview: Madam Satan or Madame Satan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film in black and white with Multicolor sequences. It was produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Kay Johnson, Reginald ...Release date: 20 September 1930Genre: Comedy, Romance, MusicalDirector: Cecil B. DeMilleProducer: Cecil B. DeMilleWriter: Jeanie Macpherson, Gladys Unger 0
0
-
13.
Just Imagine
1930 film
Overview: Just Imagine is a 1930 American pre-Code science fiction musical-comedy film, directed by David Butler. The film is known for its art direction and special effects in its portrayal of New York City in ...
Release date: 23 November 1930Genre: Sci-Fi, MusicalDirector: David ButlerCast: El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick, Marjorie White, Frank Albertson, Hobart BosworthProducer: Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylvaWriter: Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown 0
0
-
14.
Good News
1930 film
Overview: Good News is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards, and Penny Singleton. The film was shot in black-and-white, although the finale was in ...Release date: 23 August 1930Genre: Musical, ComedyDirector: Nick GrindeWriter: Laurence Schwab, Lew Brown 0
0
-
15.
Doughboys
1930 film by Edward Sedgwick
Overview: Doughboys is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's second starring talkie vehicle and has been called Keaton's "most successful sound Picture." A Spanish-language ...Release date: 30 August 1930Genre: Comedy, WarDirector: Edward SedgwickElmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly... 0
0
American black-and-white films 21,326TMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 2,320T -
16.
Chasing Rainbows
1930 film
Overview: Chasing Rainbows (also known as The Road Show) is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic musical film directed by Charles Reisner, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
0
0
-
17.
Born Reckless
1930 film
Overview: Born Reckless is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by John Ford and staged by Andrew Bennison from a screenplay written by Dudley Nichols based on the novel Louis Beretti. The film starred Edmund ...
Release date: 11 May 1930Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime, RomanceDirector: John FordCast: Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, William Harrigan, Marguerite Churchill, Warren Hymer, Lee TracyProducer: James Kevin McGuinnessWriter: Dudley Nichols, Donald Henderson ClarkeHoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war. 0
0
-
18.
Borrowed Wives
1930 film
Overview: Borrowed Wives is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer. It stars silent performers Vera Reynolds, Rex Lease, and Sam Hardy. It was distributed by Tiffany Pictures.Genre: ComedyDirector: Frank R. Strayer 0
0
-
19.
True to the Navy
1930 film by Frank Tuttle
Overview: True to the Navy is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle for Paramount Pictures. The film stars Clara Bow as a counter girl at a San Diego drugstore with a predilection ...
Release date: 25 May 1930Genre: Comedy, Romance, ActionDirector: Frank TuttleWriter: Keene Thompson, Doris AndersonA countergirl at a San Diego soda shop has a lot of sailor "boyfriends," but her heart really belongs to a free-spirited gunner, who doesn't ... 0
0
1930s English-language films 1,817TAmerican black-and-white films 21,376T -
20.
Those Three French Girls
1930 film
Overview: Those Three French Girls is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny, and Cliff Edwards. The dialogue was written by P. G. Wodehouse.Release date: 11 October 1930Genre: Comedy, MusicalDirector: Harry BeaumontWriter: Dale Van Every, Arthur Freed 0
0
