More than 562 American feature films were released in 1929.Alicoate, Charles A. (1963) Features Released in U.S. Market, 1929 The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily p107Feature Releases Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily p67–160 The Broadway Melody won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture at the 2nd Academy Awards, presented on April 3, 1930.
A–C TitleDirectorCastGenreStudio Acquitted Frank R. Strayer Lloyd Hughes, Margaret Livingston Criminal melodrama Columbia After the Fog Leander De Cordova Mary Philbin, Edmund Burns, Carmelita Geraghty Drama Independent The Air Legion Bert Glennon Antonio Moreno, Ben Lyon Melodrama FBO Alibi Roland West Chester Morris, Mae Busch Crime drama United Artists All at Sea Alfred Goulding Karl Dane, George K. Arthur Dramedy MGM All Faces West Raymond K. Johnson Ben Lyon, Marie Prevost, Anders Randolf Western Independent Applause Rouben Mamoulian Helen Morgan, Joan Peers Musical Paramount Anne Against the World Duke Worne Shirley Mason, Jack Mower Drama Trem Carr Productions The Argyle Case Howard Bretherton Thomas Meighan, H. B. Warner, Lila Lee Crime Warner Bros. The Aviator Roy Del Ruth Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller Crime dramedy Warner Bros. The Awful Truth Marshall Neilan Ina Claire, Henry Daniell Comedy Pathé Exchange/Columbia The Bachelor Girl Richard Thorpe William Collier Jr., Jacqueline Logan Drama Columbia The Bachelor's Club Noel M. Smith Richard Talmadge, Barbara Worth, Edna Murphy Comedy Independent Bad Men's Money J.P. McGowan Yakima Canutt, Peggy Montgomery, John Lowell Western Independent Barnum Was Right Del Lord Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan Dramedy Universal Behind Closed Doors Roy William Neill Virginia Valli, Gaston Glass Mystery melodrama Columbia Behind That Curtain Irving Cummings Warner Baxter, Lois Moran Mystery melodrama Fox Film Below the Deadline J. P. McGowan Frank Leigh, Barbara Worth Crime Chesterfield Berth Marks Lewis R. Foster Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Paulette Goddard Comedy MGM Betrayal Lewis Milestone Emil Jannings, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper Drama Paramount Big Business James W. Horne, Leo McCarey Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy Comedy MGM The Big Diamond Robbery Eugene Forde Tom Mix, Kathryn McGuire Western FBO Big Time Kenneth Hawks Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke Drama Fox Film Black Hills Norman Dawn Katherine Dawn, George Fisher, George Chandler Drama Independent Black Magic George B. Seitz Josephine Dunn, Earle Foxe Drama Fox Film The Black Watch John Ford Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy Adventure/Crime/Drama Fox Film Blue Skies Alfred L. Werker Freddie Burke Frederick, Ethel Wales Romantic drama Fox Film The Body Punch Leigh Jason Jack Dougherty, Virginia Brown Faire Drama Universal Border Romance Richard Thorpe Armida, Don Terry, Marjorie Kane Romantic western Tiffany Born to the Saddle Joseph Levigard Ted Wells, Duane Thompson Western Universal Bride of the Desert Duke Worne Alice Calhoun, LeRoy Mason Western Trem Carr Productions The Bridge of San Luis Rey Charles Brabin Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence Historical MGM Broadway Pál Fejös Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent Crime melodrama Universal Broadway Babies Mervyn LeRoy Alice White, Marion Byron Musical drama First National Broadway Fever Edward F. Cline Sally O'Neil, Roland Drew, Corliss Palmer Comedy Tiffany The Broadway Hoofer George Archainbaud Marie Saxon, Jack Egan Melodrama Columbia The Broadway Melody Harry Beaumont Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love Musical comedy MGM Broadway Scandals George Archainbaud Sally O'Neil, Carmel Myers Musical Columbia Bulldog Drummond F. Richard Jones Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love Melodrama United Artists The California Mail Albert S. Rogell Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan Drama First National Campus Knights Albert H. Kelley Raymond McKee, Shirley Palmer Comedy Chesterfield The Canary Murder Case Malcolm St. Clair William Powell, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur Drama Paramount Captain Lash John G. Blystone Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor Adventure Fox Film Careers John Francis Dillon Billie Dove, Thelma Todd Comedy First National The Careless Age John Griffith Wray Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmel Myers Drama First National The Carnival Man George Abbott Walter Huston Drama Paramount. Short film. The Case of Lena Smith Josef von Sternberg Esther Ralston, James Hall Drama Paramount The Charlatan George Melford Holmes Herbert, Margaret Livingston Melodrama Universal Chasing Through Europe David Butler, Alfred L. Werker Sue Carol, Nick Stuart Melodrama Fox Film Cheyenne Albert S. Rogell Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell Western First National Children of the Ritz John Francis Dillon Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall Dramedy Warner Bros. Chinatown Nights William A. Wellman Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, Warner Oland Melodrama Paramount Christina William K. Howard Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton Drama Fox Film Circumstantial Evidence Wilfred Noy Cornelius Keefe, Helen Foster Melodrama Chesterfield Clear the Decks Joseph Henabery Reginald Denny, Olive Hasbrouck Drama Universal Close Harmony John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll Musical dramedy Paramount The Cocoanuts Robert Florey, Joseph Santley Marx Brothers, Mary Eaton Musical comedy Paramount The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City William James Craft George Sidney, Vera Gordon Comedy Universal The College Coquette George Archainbaud Ruth Taylor, William Collier Jr. Melodrama Columbia College Love Nat Ross George J. Lewis, Dorothy Gulliver Dramedy Universal Come Across Ray Taylor Lina Basquette, Reed Howes Crime Universal Come and Get It Wallace Fox Bob Steele, Marin Sais Action FBO Coquette Sam Taylor Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore Melodrama Pickford Corporation The Cock-Eyed World Raoul Walsh Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Lili Damita Musical dramedy Fox Film Condemned Wesley Ruggles Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges Drama United Artists Courtin' Wildcats Jerome Storm Hoot Gibson, Harry Todd Western Universal The Cowboy and the Outlaw J.P. McGowan Bob Steele, Edna Aslin, Bud Osborne Western Independent'Neath Western SkiesJ. P. McGowanTom Tyler, Lotus Thompson, Hank BellWesternJ.P. McGowan Productions
D–F TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes Dance Hall Melville W. Brown Olive Borden, Arthur Lake Musical RKO The Dance of Life John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll, Dorothy Revier Adventure/Melodrama Paramount. Technicolor sequences Dangerous Curves Lothar Mendes Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Kay Francis Romantic comedy Paramount A Dangerous Woman Rowland V. Lee, Gerald Grove Olga Baclanova, Clive Brook Melodrama Paramount Dark Skies Harry S. Webb Shirley Mason, Wallace MacDonald, Josef Swickard Drama Independent Dark Streets Frank Lloyd Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee Melodrama First National Daughters of Desire Burton L. King Irene Rich, Richard Tucker Drama Independent The Delightful Rogue Lynn Shores, Leslie Pearce Rod La Rocque, Rita La Roy Romantic melodrama RKO Desert Nights William Nigh John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence Melodrama MGM The Desert Rider Nick Grinde Tim McCoy, Raquel Torres Western MGM The Desert Song Roy del Ruth John Boles, Louise Fazenda, Myrna Loy Musical Warner Bros. Devil-May-Care Sidney Franklin Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan Musical MGM The Devil's Apple Tree Elmer Clifton Dorothy Sebastian, Larry Kent Melodrama Tiffany Disraeli Alfred E. Green George Arliss, Joan Bennett Drama Warner Bros. The Divine Lady Frank Lloyd Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi Historical First National The Donovan Affair Frank Capra Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier Mystery dramedy Columbia Drag Frank Lloyd Richard Barthelmess, Alice Day Drama First National The Drake Case Edward Laemmle Gladys Brockwell, Robert Frazer Thriller Universal The Drifter Robert De Lacey Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan Western FBO Dynamite Cecil B. DeMille Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson Melodrama MGM Eternal Love Ernst Lubitsch John Barrymore, Camilla Horn Romance Feature Productions The Eternal Woman John P. McCarthy Olive Borden, Ralph Graves, Ruth Clifford Drama Columbia Evangeline Edwin Carewe Dolores del Río, Roland Drew Romantic drama United Artists Evidence John G. Adolfi Pauline Frederick, Conway Tearle Crime Warner Bros. The Exalted Flapper James Tinling Sue Carol, Irene Rich Romantic comedy Fox Film Eyes of the Underworld Leigh Jason Bill Cody, Sally Blane Crime Universal The Faker Phil Rosen Jacqueline Logan, Charles Delaney, Warner Oland Drama Columbia The Fall of Eve Frank R. Strayer Patsy Ruth Miller, Ford Sterling Comedy Columbia Fancy Baggage John G. Adolfi Audrey Ferris, Myrna Loy Drama Warner Bros. The Far Call Allan Dwan Charles Morton, Leila Hyams, Warner Baxter Melodrama Fox Film. Lost film Fashions in Love Victor Schertzinger Adolphe Menjou, Fay Compton Romantic comedy Paramount Fast Company A. Edward Sutherland Evelyn Brent, Jack Oakie Sport romantic comedy Paramount Fast Life John Francis Dillon Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young Melodrama First National Flight Frank Capra Jack Holt, Lila Lee Adventure Columbia The Flying Fleet George W. Hill Ramon Navarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page Romantic crime drama MGM The Flying Marine Albert S. Rogell Ben Lyon, Shirley Mason Action Columbia The Flying Fool Tay Garnett William Boyd, Marie Prevost Melodrama Pathé Exchange Footlights and Fools William A. Seiter Colleen Moore, Raymond Hackett, Fredric March Musical comedy Warner Bros. The Forward Pass Edward F. Cline Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young Drama First National The Four Feathers Merian C. Cooper Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook Adventure/Crime/War Paramount Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 David Butler Sue Carol, Dixie Lee Musical dramedy Fox Film From Headquarters Howard Bretherton Monte Blue, Gladys Brockwell Drama Warner Bros. Frozen Justice Allan Dwan Lenore Ulric, Robert Frazer, Louis Wolheim Adventure Fox Film Frozen River F. Harmon Weight Rin Tin Tin, Davey Lee Melodrama Warner Bros. Fugitives William Beaudine Madge Bellamy, Don Terry Drama Fox Film
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