1930 Movies

About the life and culture of Samarkand, one of the oldest cities in Central Asia.

A rich man from the capital comes to the village, where he seduces young Ok-bon, which he takes with him to Seoul. However, Ok-bon already had a fiancé named Gil-yeon, a young man from the same village who intends to fight for his love.

Jack King plays the piano and also asks some questions. Josephine Harmon goes through some songs and quips with vocal harmonizing.

Short documentary on India

A mysterious black bag, buried in a haystack by a couple of crooks, is found by Wildcat (Buck) and his pal Denny (Bubbles). It is full of money and when the guys try to return it, funny things happen.

A short silent film about famous conservationist Grey Owl (born Archibald Belaney) and his wife, Angele Egwuna, who had a special talent for interacting with beavers. Note: The beavers in the film may be Grey Owl's pets, Jellyroll and Rawhide.

The Swedish Navy is coming to Stockholm and Lieutenant Gunnar and Sailor Kalle are on leave in the archipelago.

A Cambridge student takes the blame for his gambling brother.

'Scotland. Man recites poem in village inn.' (British Film Catalogue)

The film, shot by the Sovkino group during the 1929 scientific-cinematic expedition to the Caucasus, focuses on the traditions of the Chechen ethnic community, as well as their transformation under socialism.

Theatre and Cinema Company.

Monsieur Gazon is not likely to win employee of the month: he is assuredly the worst salesman at the Galeries de Paris ! And, as the customers regularly complain he is regularly fired... and hired again ! This time, he has once again attracted the manager's at...

One Kuleshov film that might be of great interest to scholars is The Breakthrough (Proryv, 1930). It was made in 48 hours. Naturally, such an unusual work did not stay in cinemas for a long time.

The Glasgow Orpheus Choir sings 'Londonderry Air' and 'Loch Lomond'.

The film camera is used to great effect here to trick and treat its audience, injecting fun into the otherwise mundane London commute, slum demolition, Thames or London Bridge traffic.

An early Fleischer Screen Song, this time the bouncing ball follows Guy Massey's "The Prisoner's Song"

A 1930 western

Bo-shim's father sends her to a rich man to be his concubine. Her lover, Geum-ryong, becomes a Buddhist monk in the hope of forgetting her but with little success

An educational film about tuberculosis, produced by the School of Public Health "Andrija Štampar".