1929 Movies

Sweat (1929) is a slapstick riff on tendency-film themes, as a bored young millionaire has his clothes stolen by a tramp; dressed in the tramp’s clothes, he has to accept work as a labourer. As the hero ends up building the mausoleum he had himself commissione...

In the near future, political tensions escalate between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States.

The first film made by French filmmaker Georges Rouquier. This silent, black-and-white documentary captures the grape harvest in southern France, showcasing the rhythms of rural life and agricultural tradition. Funded independently by Rouquier, the film reflec...

Vivid tale of love in Tin Pan Alley.

The film is set in France during World War I. Bachelet's father and son are members of the French army . After the death of Bachelet Jr., he is called a national hero, actively using the fact of his death in the election campaign to fight communism. At the tim...

Tom and Anna Gibson, along with their little boy, Buddy, form a successful vaudeville song-and-dance act and a happy family. Anna, however, is worried about her son's future when she finds him playing ball, forgetting a performance.

Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New York in favor of a country village. But when promoter Bobby Lewis (Egan) of the barnstorming Gay Girlies Burlesque Company arrives in town, he picks an incognito Adele...

A chorus girl loses her job and thus the room she owes back rent on, and ends up being rescued from the street by a dashing rich man. But his family isn't over-accepting of chorus girls joining their family.

Henlere plays piano in the style of various “masters” and other instruments as a one-man band.

Bai Suying, a talented athlete from a women’s sports academy, gives a stand-out performance at a school demonstration and is awarded “the outfit of a heroine.” Donning the swashbuckling costume, and pasting on a moustache, she hones her talents at archery and...

The film tells the story of a Soviet girl who wishes to work in an enterprise.

This is a film that shows the response of some natives to a group of gorillas that had been foraging for food in their gardens. They view the gorillas as vermin which must be controlled to ensure the livlihood of the villagers. It contains scenes that may shoc...

This 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve talking. The rest of the film is silent and subtitled. The trouble begins when the hero follows a pretty lady aboard an ocean liner. He boards the ship using the name of...