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1930/31 – Review

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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1930/31, Review

This was the shortest ‘set’ to date and the first one I’ve gotten finished inside a month. There was some epics and some classics. Sadly some incredibly dull films too! A couple couldn’t hold my attention and a couple I couldn’t take my eyes off.

The scope of films is gradually changing. All were basic dramas but the sheer scale is growing. Cimarron may not have been my favourite film but the scope of the production cannot be denied.

Favourite – Skippy.

Least Favourite – Royal Family of Broadway.

Both a close run thing! Min and Bill was equally excellent and Holiday was also shit!

1930/31 – Lost Films

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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1930/31, Lost

Only two films this year. I’m choosing to see this as an improvement. I found a new site to buy DVDs from, and I’m so glad I did as I got Skippy from there, fairly last minute. I’d more or less resigned it to be a lost film and so pleased I persevered.

East Lynne (1931) – I simply couldn’t find a trace of it anywhere.

Trader Horn (1931) – Again just not in existence.

I’m keeping a list of all my ‘lost films’ and I will continue to look for them. I might get lucky!

The Royal Family of Broadway

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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1930/31, Best Actor

Directed: George Cukor & Cyril Gardner

Year: 1930

Nominated: Best Actor – Fredric March

Plot in 25 Words: A family of actors, famed on Broadway contemplate leaving the stage. There’s talking and dramatic hand gesturing. Sometimes in a cab. Did I watch this?

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Skippy

07 Tuesday Jul 2015

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1930/31, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Film

Directed: Norman Taurog

Year: 1931

Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Norman Taurog, Best Actor – Jackie Cooper

Won: Best Director – Norman Taurog

Plot in 25 Words: Two young boys deal with responsibility and the heartbreaking loss of a pet. Heartbreaking film set in the slums and the suburbs. Made me cry.

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Holiday

29 Monday Jun 2015

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1930/31, Best Actress

Directed: Edward H. Griffith

Year: 1930

Nominated: Best Actress – Ann Harding

Plot in 25 Words: Two social classes collide when Johnny and Julia fall in love. After she tries to change his fortunes, Johnny runs off with Julia’s sister Linda.

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A Free Soul

29 Monday Jun 2015

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1930/31, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director

Directed: Clarence Brown

Year: 1931

Nominated: Best Director – Clarence Brown, Best Actor – Lionel Barrymore, Best Actress – Norma Shearer

Won: Best Actor – Lionel Barrymore

Plot in 25 Words: An alcoholic lawyer defends a mobster for murder, then has to defend HIS murderer after he abuses his daughter. Truly terrible romance decisions are made.

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The Front Page

29 Monday Jun 2015

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1930/31, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Film

Directed: Lewis Milestone

Year: 1931

Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Lewis Milestone, Best Actor – Adolphe Menjou

Plot in 25 Words: A gaggle of newspapermen await news of an execution, but what’s that? An escape! A scrupulous hack hides him to help to clear his name.

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Morocco

19 Friday Jun 2015

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1930/31, Best Actress, Best Director

Directed: Josef von Sternberg

Year: 1930

Nominated: Best Director – Josef von Sternberg, Best Actress – Marlene Dietrich

Plot in 25 Words: A cabaret singer falls for a soldier in the foreign legion. She agrees to marry a rich diplomat before following her soldier into the desert.

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Cimarron

18 Thursday Jun 2015

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1930/31, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Film

Directed: Wesley Ruggles

Year: 1931

Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Wesley Ruggles, Best Actor – Richard Dix, Best Actress – Irene Dunning

Won: Best Film

Plot in 25 Words: Epic film spanning 30 years, two generations and the creation of cities. A fortune seeker drags and abandons his family all over the wild west.

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Min and Bill

18 Thursday Jun 2015

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1930/31, Best Actress

Directed: George W. Hill

Year: 1930

Nominated: Best Actress – Marie Dressler

Won: Best Actress – Marie Dressler

Plot in 25 Words: A hardened battleaxe takes in the daughter of a prostitute and gives her a better life and sacrifices everything to give her a better future.

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