Lucky Star

Lucky Star 1929

7.60

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring his love for her. Deeper complications set in when Martin, Tim's former sergeant and a bully, takes a shine to Mary.

1929

Woman in the Moon

Woman in the Moon 1929

7.20

A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.

1929

Why Bring That Up?

Why Bring That Up? 1929

1

George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George then teams up with Charlie, a stranded trouper, and Irving becomes their manager. Later, in New York, the "Two Black Crows" star in their own revue and save money to build their own theater on Broadway. Betty comes to the theater with her lover, who poses as a cousin and induces George to hire her. He showers her with jewels and money. She tries to persuade George to invest in oil stock her lover is selling, and though their act is a success, Charlie fires Betty. When Charlie and Betty's lover quarrel, Charlie is injured.

1929

Why Be Good?

Why Be Good? 1929

6.50

A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.

1929

Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou 1929

7.42

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

1929

Man with a Movie Camera

Man with a Movie Camera 1929

7.80

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

1929

Autumn Mists

Autumn Mists 1929

6.40

An early impressionist short featuring a woman who dreams of, and escapes into, an autumn forest.

1929

The Faker

The Faker 1929

1

Rita Martin, the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull and astonish the rubes, gets work as private secretary to John Clayton, a wealthy man who has just disinherited his worthless son, Frank, and left his entire fortune to his upright stepson, Bob Williams. At Frank's request, the spiritualist later performs for the elder Clayton a seance during which Rita impersonates the late Mrs. Clayton and arranges for a reconciliation between Frank and his father. Rita falls in love with Bob, however, and, in order to protect Bob's interests against Frank's, exposes the spiritualist as a faker. Frank is disgraced in his father's eyes, and Bob quickly forgives Rita for her past complicity in Frank's schemes.

1929

Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl 1929

7.40

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.

1929

Jazz Heaven

Jazz Heaven 1929

5.00

A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.

1929

Spite Marriage

Spite Marriage 1929

6.70

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.

1929

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street 1929

8.50

A ruthless stockbroker sells short in the copper business and ruins the life of his friends by ruining their finances.

1929

Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box 1929

7.47

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.

1929

The Studio Murder Mystery

The Studio Murder Mystery 1929

4.00

Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.

1929

The Hole in the Wall

The Hole in the Wall 1929

4.90

Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) plans to kidnap her daughter and turn her into a thief. Love entanglements with a gangster known as "The Fox" and newspaperman Grant complicate her plans.

1929

The Dance of Life

The Dance of Life 1929

5.90

A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.

1929

The Forward Pass

The Forward Pass 1929

1

Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the game forever. Ed Kirby, who dislikes Reid, calls him yellow, and Wilson gets Patricia Carlyle, the college vamp, to induce Reid to play. At a sorority dance, where only football players can cut in, Kirby persecutes Reid by dancing with Pat, and as a result Reid does apply to play in the game.

1929

Wise Girls

Wise Girls 1929

4.70

Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical complications that result when she marries in haste.

1929

Side Street

Side Street 1929

5.70

Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.

1929