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BlackmailBlackmail (1929)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood
Notable early thriller from Hitch, with Ondra being blackmailed by someone who knows she accidentally killed a rapist. Features good London…
Broadway Melody of 1929Broadway Melody of 1929 (1929)
Dir. Harry Beaumont
Feat. Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love
"100% All Talking! 100% All Singing! 100% All Dancing!" – this creaky MGM tale of two sisters bringing their act to Broadway was tremendously…
Cocoanuts, TheCocoanuts, The (1929)
Dir. Robert Florey, Joseph Santley
Feat. Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Chico Marx
The first feature–length Marx Brothers is probably one for completists only, with much of the film's running time devoted to mediocre musical…
Diary of a Lost GirlDiary of a Lost Girl (1929) Recommended
Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks
Exceptional follow–up to the eye–opening PANDORA’S BOX, with Louise Brooks again provoking disorder with her unrestrained vitality and…
Eternal LoveEternal Love (1929)
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. John Barrymore, Camilla Horn
Made during the last days of the silent era, the legendary Ernst Lubitsch directs John Barrymore and Camilla Horn as two lovers living in the Swiss…
Little Rascals, TheLittle Rascals, The (1929-1938)
Highlights from the classic 30s movie serial starring a band of young rapscallions up to adventurous and inventive trouble. On tape, 6 episodes:…
Man with a Movie CameraMan with a Movie Camera (1929) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dziga Vertov
Breath–taking moving snapshot of life in Leninist Moscow uses dissolves, split screen, slo–mo, and freeze frames to dazzlingly illustrate…
New Gentlemen, TheNew Gentlemen, The (Les Nouveaux Messiers) (1929)
Dir. Jacques Feyder
Feat. Albert Prejean
A satirical French silent film, which uses a number of inventive visual techniques to comic effect. A dancer at the Paris Opera is the mistress of an…
People on SundayPeople on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) (1929) Recommended
Dir. Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer
Scripted by a young Billy Wilder, this pivotal silent film harnessed the nascent talents of many other German film–makers that would come to…
Queen KellyQueen Kelly (1929) Recommended
Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. Gloria Swanson, Seena Owen, Walter Byron
Star/producer Gloria Swanson fired her director before this picture was even half completed, but this 'shortened' epic about a sex scandal in…

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