1930

Theatrical releases

Feature films

Release date	Title	Notes
January 4	Second Choice	lost film
January 5	Lilies of the Field	lost film
January 12	Sally	all Technicolor; survives only in black and white; color fragments survive
January 19	Playing Around
January 25	General Crack	part Technicolor; sound version lost; silent version survives
January 26	In the Next Room	lost film
February 1	Wide Open
February 2	Loose Ankles
February 9	The Other Tomorrow	lost film
February 15	She Couldn't Say No	lost film
February 16	No, No, Nanette	part Technicolor; lost film
March 1	Isle of Escape	lost film
March 2	Strictly Modern	lost film
March 8	The Green Goddess
March 9	Son of the Gods	part Technicolor; survives only in black and white
March 15	Song of the West	all Technicolor; lost film
	On the Border
March 16	The Furies	lost film
April 1	Under a Texas Moon	all Technicolor; print at UCLA
April 6	Murder Will Out	lost film
April 13	Spring Is Here
April 19	Those Who Dance
April 20	Showgirl in Hollywood	part Technicolor; survives only in black and white
April 26	The Second Floor Mystery
May 1	Hold Everything	all Technicolor; lost film
May 4	A Notorious Affair
May 5	The Man Hunter	lost film
May 10	Dumbbells in Ermine	lost film
May 11	The Flirting Widow
May 24	The Man from Blankley's	lost film; only fragments survive
May 25	Song of the Flame	all Technicolor; lost film
May 31	Mammy	Technicolor sequences
June 1	Back Pay
June 7	Courage	lost film
	Rough Waters	lost film
June 14	Golden Dawn	all Technicolor; survives only in black and white
June 15	Sweethearts and Wives
June 22	Bride of the Regiment	all Technicolor; lost film
July 6	Sweet Mama
July 8	Recaptured Love
July 20	Road to Paradise
August 9	Sweet Kitty Bellairs	all Technicolor; survives only in black and white
July 19	Dancing Sweeties
July 26	Three Faces East
August 2	The Matrimonial Bed
August 6	Numbered Men
August 10	The Dawn Patrol
August 16	Oh Sailor Behave
August 23	The Office Wife
August 24	Top Speed
September 6	Big Boy
September 7	The Way of All Men	lost film
September 13	Moby Dick
September 15	The Bad Man	unpreserved nitrate print at UCLA; in danger of being lost
September 21	Bright Lights	all Technicolor; survives only in black and white; color fragments at LOC
September 27	Old English
September 28	Scarlet Pages
October 4	Maybe It's Love
October 5	College Lovers	lost film
October 11	Sinner's Holiday
October 12	The Girl of the Golden West	lost film
October 18	The Doorway to Hell
October 19	The Truth About Youth
October 25	The Life of the Party	all Technicolor; survives only in black and white
November 1	A Soldier's Plaything
	River's End
November 2	The Gorilla	lost film
November 9	Sunny
November 23	The Widow from Chicago
November 29	Outward Bound
November 30	One Night at Susie's
December 6	Man to Man
December 7	Mothers Cry
December 13	Divorce Among Friends
December 14	The Lash
December 21	Going Wild
December 27	Captain Thunder

Shorts

• April 19 - Sinkin' in the Bathtub
• September - Congo Jazz
• October - Hold Anything
• November - The Booze Hangs High
• December
  • Box Car Blues
  • Crying for the Carolines

People

Births

• February 22 - Marni Nixon (singer and actress)
• April 25 - Paul Mazursky (actor, film director and screenwriter)
• October 12 - Corny Cole (animator)

Deaths

• March 7 - Dore Davidson (actor)
• July 2 - Anders Randolf (actor)
• September 15 - Milton Sills (actor)
• October 5 - Michael Vavitch (actor, operetta and singer)
• December 15 - Diane Ellis (actress)

Artists joined

• Cal Dalton
• Cal Howard
• Volney White

Character debuts

• April 19 - Honey

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