1930 in film

Overview of the events of 1930 in film
Overview of the events of 1930 in film
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The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1930 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1930
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Whoopee! United Artists $2,655,000[1]
2 Check and Double Check RKO $1,751,000[2]
3 Hell's Angels United Artists $1,600,000[3]
4 All Quiet on the Western Front Universal $1,500,000[4]
5 The Big House MGM $1,279,000[5]
6 Common Clay Fox Film $1,246,000[6]
7 Min and Bill MGM $1,223,000[5]
8 Song o' My Heart Fox Film $1,200,000[4]
9 Son of the Gods First National $1,069,000[7]
10 The Dawn Patrol $1,061,000[7]

Events

  • February 21: Anna Christie, Greta Garbo's first sound film is released, it grosses $1.5 million.
  • February 23: Silent screen legend Mabel Normand dies at the age of 37 in Monrovia, California after a lengthy battle with tuberculosis.
  • March 10: Release of Goodbye Argentina (Adiós Argentina), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. Ada Cornaro has her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque makes her film debut.
  • April 6: William Fox sells his interest in Fox Film for $18 million and Harley L. Clarke becomes president.[8][9]
  • May 27: Howard Hughes' epic film Hell's Angels premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and features Jean Harlow in her first major role as well as some impressive aerial sequences. Although not a financial success upon its release due to its bloated budget, the film is acclaimed by critics and launches Harlow as one of the 1930s' biggest stars.
  • August 9: Cartoon character Betty Boop appears for the first time on screen, in the animated film Dizzy Dishes.
  • September 3: The Hollywood Reporter is first published.
  • September 19: The Love Parade receives a record six Academy Award nominations.
  • November 1: The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm and a very early form of 70mm film. It is the first large scale big-budget film of the sound era, costing over $2 million. The film is praised for its aesthetic quality and realism that will not become commonplace until many decades later. However, due to the new film format and the film's release during the Great Depression, the film will go on to become a financial failure at the box office.

Academy Awards

Notable films released in 1930

United States unless stated

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Serials

Short film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

References

  1. ^ Jones, Lon (March 4, 1944). "Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
  3. ^ Eyman, Scott (1997). The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930. ISBN 978-0-6848-1162-8. Hell's Angels was a financial disaster, grossing $1.6 million domestically, with another million coming in from foreign markets.
  4. ^ a b Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  5. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  6. ^ "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M150.
  7. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 10 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  8. ^ "Fox Controversy is Settled". The Film Daily. April 7, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  9. ^ "The Fox Reorganization". Variety. April 9, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  10. ^ "UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019". United Press International. January 3, 2019. Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019. actor Robert Loggia in 1930
  11. ^ Chmielewski, Dawn C.; Bates, James (December 17, 2009). "Roy Edward Disney dies at 79; nephew of Walt helped revive animation". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  12. ^ Chase's Calendar of Events 2005. McGraw Hill Professional. 30 September 2004. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-07-146002-6.
  13. ^ Tippi Hedren (1 November 2016). Tippi: A Memoir. William Morrow. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-06-246905-2.
  14. ^ Allan Hunter (1987). Gene Hackman. W.H. Allen. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-491-03247-6.
  15. ^ Bardia Afshin (31 May 2018). "Naser Malek Motiee: Actor from Iran's golden age of cinema whose career stopped when the Ayatollah arrived". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  16. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (22 December 2021). "Sally Ann Howes, Star of 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

External links

  • List of 1930 films at IMDb
  • List of 1930 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1930 births at IMDb