29 Friday May 2015
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Directed: Clarence Brown
Year: 1930
Nominated: Best Director – Clarence Brown, Best Actress – Greta Garbo
Plot in 25 Words: Love across the classes, across the years, and across the language barrier. Betrayal by friends and lovers but ultimately love should win out overall eventually.
29 Friday May 2015
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Directed: George Hill
Year: 1930
Nominated: Best Film, Best Actor – Wallace Beery
Plot in 25 Words: One of the first prison films made, and a terrifying insight into prison life in the 30s. Clue – it’s horrible and full of backstabbing traitors.
19 Tuesday May 2015
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Directed: F. Richard Jones
Year: 1929
Nominated: Best Actor – Ronald Colman
Plot in 25 Words: An early slapstick James Bond style adventure. Bored gentleman and foppish friend take charge and save a damsel in distress. Fancy dress plays its part.
19 Tuesday May 2015
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Directed: Lewis Milestone
Year: 1930
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Lewis Milestone
Won: Best Film, Best Director – Lewis Milestone
Plot in 25 Words: A bleak and probably quite honest view of life on the front lines. Hunger, disease, injury and death but no glorifying of war. Bleak film.
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