List of British films of 1930

A list of British films released in 1930.

1930

A-L

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
After Many Years	Lawrence Huntington	Henry Thompson, Nancy Kenyon	Crime	[1]
Alf's Button	W. P. Kellino	Tubby Edlin, Alf Goddard, Polly Ward	Comedy	[2]
All Riot on the Western Front	Castleton Knight	Donald Calthrop, Gordon Harker, Alexander Field	Comedy short	Also known as The Cockney Spirit in the War No. 1[3]
Almost a Honeymoon	Monty Banks	Clifford Mollison, Dodo Watts, Donald Calthrop	Comedy
Amateur Night in London	Monty Banks	Billy Caryll, Duncan & Godfrey	Musical comedy short	[3]
The American Prisoner	Thomas Bentley	Carl Brisson, Madeleine Carroll	Romantic drama[4]
Ashes	Frank Birch	Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester	Comedy short
At the Villa Rose	Leslie S. Hiscott	Austin Trevor, Norah Baring	Thriller	[5]
Bed and Breakfast	Walter Forde	Jane Baxter, Richard Cooper, Alf Goddard	Comedy	[6]
Bedrock	Carlyle Blackwell	Carlyle Blackwell, Jane Baxter, Sunday Wilshin	Drama short	[7]
Beyond the Cities	Carlyle Blackwell	Carlyle Blackwell, Edna Best	Drama	[8]
Big Business	Oscar M. Sheridan	Frances Day, Barrie Oliver	Musical
Birds of Prey	Basil Dean	C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Boyd, Frank Lawton	Thriller	[9]
The Black Hand Gang	Monty Banks	Wee Georgie Wood, Violet Young	Comedy
Borderline	Kenneth MacPherson	Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson	Drama	[10]
Call of the Sea	Leslie S. Hiscott	Chrissie White, Henry Edwards, Chili Bouchier	Drama
Canaries Sometimes Sing	Tom Walls	Tom Walls, Yvonne Arnaud, Cathleen Nesbitt	Comedy	[11]
Caste	Campbell Gullan	Sebastian Shaw, Nora Swinburne, Hermione Baddeley	Comedy	[12]
Children of Chance	Alexander Esway	Elissa Landi, John Stuart	Drama	[13]
The Cockney Spirit in the War No. 2	Castleton Knight	Donald Calthrop, Alf Goddard, Alexander Field	Comedy short	[3]
The Cockney Spirit in the War No. 3	Castleton Knight	Donald Calthrop, Alexander Field	Comedy short	[3]
Comets	Sasha Geneen	Heather Thatcher, Billy Merson, Charles Laughton	Musical
The Compulsory Husband	Monty Banks	Lillian Manton, Trilby Clark, Michael Powell	Comedy	[14]
Cross Roads	Reginald Fogwell	Anne Grey, Percy Marmont	Drama
The Dizzy Limit	Edward Dryhurst	Wallace Bosco	Comedy
Downstream	Giuseppe Guarino	Chili Bouchier, Harold Huth	Drama	[15]
Elstree Calling	Alfred Hitchcock, André Charlot, Jack Hulbert, Paul Murray	Teddy Brown, Helen Burnell, Donald Calthrop	Musical comedy	[16]
Enter the Queen	Arthur Varney-Serrao	Richard Cooper, Doria March, Chili Bouchier	Comedy	[17]
Eve's Fall	Monty Banks	John Stuart, Muriel Angelus, Donald Stuart	Musical short	[18]
The Flame of Love	Richard Eichberg	Anna May Wong, John Longden, George Schnell	Musical melodrama	[19]
Flames of Fear	Charles Barnett	John Argyle, Nancy Stratford	Drama	[20]
French Leave	Jack Raymond	Madeleine Carroll, Sydney Howard, Henry Kendall	Comedy	[21]
The Great Game	Jack Raymond	John Batten, Renee Clama	Sports	[22]
Greek Street	Sinclair Hill	Sari Maritza, William Freshman	Musical	[23]
Harmony Heaven	Thomas Bentley	Polly Ward, Stuart Hall	Musical	[24]
The Hate Ship	Norman Walker	Jameson Thomas, Jean Colin	Crime	[25]
His First Car	Monty Banks	George Clarke, Mamie Watson, Cyril Smith	Comedy short	[26]
The House of the Arrow	Leslie S. Hiscott	Dennis Neilson-Terry, Benita Hume	Drama	[27]
Infatuation	Sasha Geneen	Godfrey Tearle, Jeanne De Casalis	Romantic short	[28]
The Jerry Builders	Monty Banks	George Graves, Barrie Oliver	Comedy short	[29]
Journey's End	James Whale	Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren	World War I	Co-production with the US[30]
Juno and the Paycock	Alfred Hitchcock	Barry Fitzgerald, Maire O'Neill	Drama	[31]
Just for a Song	Gareth Gundrey	Roy Royston, Lillian Hall-Davis, Constance Carpenter	Musical
Kissing Cup's Race	Castleton Knight	Stewart Rome, Madeleine Carroll	Drama	[32]
Knowing Men	Elinor Glyn	Carl Brisson, Elissa Landi	Comedy	[33]

L-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Lady from the Sea	Castleton Knight	Moore Marriott, Anita Graham	Romance	[34]
The Last Hour	Walter Forde	Stewart Rome, Richard Cooper	Comedy	[35]
The Last Post	Dinah Shurey	John Longden, Frank Vosper	Drama	[36]
Leave It to Me	George King	Robin Irvine, Dorothy Seacombe	Comedy short	[37]
Les Deux Mondes	E. A. Dupont	Marie Glory, Max Maxudian	War drama	Co-production with France and Germany[38]
Life's a Stage	Arthur Phillips	Frank Stanmore, Joy Windsor	Crime
Lily of Killarney	George Ridgwell	Cecil Landau, Barbara Gott, Dennis Wyndham	Drama
Lord Richard in the Pantry	Walter Forde	Richard Cooper, Marjorie Hume	Comedy	[39]
The Loves of Robert Burns	Herbert Wilcox	Joseph Hislop, Eve Gray	Drama	[40]
The Man from Chicago	Walter Summers	Bernard Nedell, Dodo Watts	Crime	[21]
The Message of the Drum	Walter Creighton
The Middle Watch	Norman Walker	Owen Nares, Jacqueline Logan	Comedy	[41]
Murder!	Alfred Hitchcock	Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring	Mystery/thriller	[42]
The Musical Beauty Shop	Monty Banks	Leonard Henry, Ethel Baird, Barrie Oliver, Syd Crossley	Musical comedy short	[18]
Naughty Husbands	Geoffrey Benstead	Patrick Ludlow, Nigel Cope	Comedy	[43]
The New Waiter	Monty Banks	Leonard Henry, Albert Rebla, Barrie Oliver	Musical comedy short	[18]
Night Birds	Richard Eichberg	Jack Raine, Muriel Angelus	Crime
The Night Porter	Sewell Collins	Donald Calthrop, Trilby Clark	Comedy	[44]
The Nipper	Louis Mercanton	Betty Balfour, John Stuart	Musical comedy	[45]
No Exit	Charles Saunders	John Stuart, Muriel Angelus	Comedy	[46]
Not So Quiet on the Western Front	Monty Banks	Leslie Fuller, Mona Goya	Comedy	[47]
O.K. Chief	Bernard Mainwaring	Frances Day, Walter Armitage	Comedy short	[48]
An Obvious Situation	Giuseppe Guarino	Sunday Wilshin, Walter Sondes	Crime	[49]
On Approval	Tom Walls	Tom Walls, Yvonne Arnaud	Comedy
One Family	Walter Creighton	Douglas Beaumont, Sam Livesey	Adventure
Painted Pictures	Charles Bennett	Haddon Mason, Winifred Evans	Drama
The Price of Things	Elinor Glyn	Elissa Landi, Stewart Rome	Drama	[50]
Raise the Roof	Walter Summers	Betty Balfour, Maurice Evans	Musical	[51]
Red Aces	Edgar Wallace	Janice Adair, Muriel Angelus, Nigel Bruce	Crime	[52]
Red Pearls	Walter Forde	Lillian Rich, Frank Perfitt	Crime	[53]
The Road to Fortune	Arthur Varney	Guy Newall, Doria March	Drama
Rookery Nook	Tom Walls	Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn	Comedy	[54]
The Safe	Dave Aylott	Sam B. Wood, Bill Sawyer, Phyllis Carr	Drama short
The School for Scandal	Maurice Elvey	Basil Gill, Madeleine Carroll	Comedy	[55]
Should a Doctor Tell?	H. Manning Haynes	Basil Gill, Norah Baring	Drama
A Sister to Assist 'Er	George Dewhurst	Barbara Gott, Polly Emery	Comedy	[56]
Sleeping Partners	Seymour Hicks	Seymour Hicks, Edna Best	Comedy	[3]
Song of Soho	Harry Lachman	Carl Brisson, Edna Davies	Musical	[57]
Spanish Eyes	G. B. Samuelson	Donald Calthrop, Anthony Ireland	Musical	[58]
Splinters	Jack Raymond	Hal Jones, Reg Stone	Musical comedy	[59]
The Squeaker	Edgar Wallace	Percy Marmont, Anne Grey, Gordon Harker	Crime	[60]
Stranger Than Fiction		George Foley, Nell Emerald	Short	[43]
Suspense	Walter Summers	Mickey Brantford, Cyril McLaglen	War	[61]
Thread O'Scarlet	Peter Godfrey	Ben Field, William Freshman, Wally Patch, Norman Shelley	Crime Short	[48]
Three Men in a Cart	Arthur Phillips	Frank Stanmore, Joan Morgan	Comedy	[62]
Tons of Money	Tom Walls	Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud	Comedy
Too Many Crooks	George King	Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Boyd, Ellen Pollock	Comedy short	[63]
Warned Off	Walter West	Tony Wylde, Chili Bouchier	Drama	[64]
Why Sailors Leave Home	Monty Banks	Leslie Fuller, Eve Gray	Comedy	[65]
Windjammer	J. O. C. Orton	Hal Gordon, Roy Travers	Drama	[66]
White Cargo	J. B. Williams	Leslie Faber, Maurice Evans	Drama	[67]
Why Sailors Leave Home	Monty Banks	Leslie Fuller, Eve Gray	Comedy	[68]
Windjammer	J. O. C. Orton	Hal Gordon, Roy Travers	Adventure	[69]
Wolves	Albert de Courville	Charles Laughton, Dorothy Gish	Crime	[70]
You'd Be Surprised!	Walter Forde	Walter Forde, Joy Windsor	Musical comedy	[71]
Young Woodley	Thomas Bentley	Madeleine Carroll, Frank Lawton	Drama

See also

• 1930 in British music
• 1930 in British television
• 1930 in film
• 1930 in the United Kingdom

References

1. "After Many Years". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
2. "Alf's Button". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
3. Denis Gifford, ed. (2001) [1973]. British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non Fiction Film. 2 (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
4. "The American Prisoner". Retrieved 11 September 2018.
5. "At the Villa Rose". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
6. "Lost Then Found". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
7. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 597. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
8. "Beyond the Cities". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
9. "Birds of Prey". British Film Institute. archive.is. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
10. "Borderline". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
11. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 464. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
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13. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
14. "The Compulsory Husband". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
15. "Downstream". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
16. "Elstree Calling". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
17. "Enter the Queen". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
18. John Mundy (2007). The British Musical Film. Manchester University Press. p. 276. ISBN 9780719063213.
19. "The Flame of Love". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
20. Denis Gifford, ed. (2001) [1973]. British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non Fiction Film. 2 (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
21. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 415. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
22. Alan Burton; Steve Chibnall (2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. The Scarecrow Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8108-6794-9.
23. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
24. "Harmony Heaven". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
25. "The Hate Ship". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
26. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). p. 48. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
27. "The House of the Arrow". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
28. "Infatuation". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
29. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). p. 303. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
30. "Journey's End". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
31. "Juno and the Paycock". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
32. "Kissing Cup's Race". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
33. "Knowing Men". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
34. "The Lady from the Sea". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
35. "The Last Hour". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
36. "The Last Post". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
37. "Leave It to Me" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 September 2018.
38. "Les Deux Mondes". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
39. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 1958. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
40. "The Loves of Robert Burns". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
41. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 850. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
42. "Murder!". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
43. Denis Gifford, ed. (2001) [1973]. British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non Fiction Film. 2 (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
44. "The Night Porter". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
45. "The Nipper". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
46. "No Exit". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
47. "Not So Quiet on the Western Front". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
48. Denis Gifford, ed. (2001) [1973]. British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non Fiction Film. 2 (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
49. "An Obvious Situation". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
50. Brian McFarlane, ed. (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. p. 433. ISBN 9781526111975.
51. "Raise the Roof". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
52. Denis Gifford, ed. (2001) [1973]. British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non Fiction Film. 2 (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
53. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 1960. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
54. "Rookery Nook". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
55. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 1967. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
56. "A Sister to Assist 'Er". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
57. "Song of Soho". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
58. "Spanish Eyes". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
59. "Splinters". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
60. "The Squeaker". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
61. "Suspense". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
62. "Three Men in a Cart". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
63. "Too Many Crooks". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
64. "Warned Off". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
65. "Why Sailors Leave Home". archive.is. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
66. "Windjammer". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
67. "White Cargo". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
68. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 1968. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
69. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
70. "Wolves". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
71. "You'd Be Surprised". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

External links

• British films of 1930 at IMDb