Which film, "Under the Roofs or Paris" or "L'Age d'Or", achieved great international success as one of the first French sound films of 1930?
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Under the Roofs of Paris Under the Roofs of Paris (French: Sous les toits de Paris ) is a 1930 French film directed by René Clair. The film was probably the earliest French example of a filmed musical-comedy, although its often dark tone differentiates it from other instances of the genre. This was an early example of sound film in France, along with "Prix de beauté" and "L'Âge d'or". However, "Under the Roofs of Paris" was the first French production of the sound film era to achieve great international success.
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L'Age d'Or L'Age d'Or (French: "L'Âge d'Or" , ] ), commonly translated as The Golden Age or Age of Gold, is a 1930 French surrealist comedy directed by Luis Buñuel about the insanities of modern life, the hypocrisy of the sexual mores of bourgeois society and the value system of the Roman Catholic Church. The screenplay is by Salvador Dalí and Buñuel. "L'Age d'Or" was one of the first sound films made in France, along with "Prix de Beauté" and "Under the Roofs of Paris".
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Under-Cover Man Under Cover Man is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film starring George Raft and Nancy Carroll, and directed by James Flood. The movie was Raft's first or second leading role, along with "Night After Night", released the same year.
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Queen of the Night (1931 Italian-language film) Queen of the Night (Italian:La donna di una notte) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Marcel L'Herbier, assisted by Amleto Palermi and Guido Brignone, and starring Francesca Bertini, Ruggero Ruggeri and Romano Calò. It was filmed in Germany as the Italian-language version of the French film "La Femme d'une nuit", also directed by L'Herbier. In the early years of sound it was common to remake films in different languages. A German-language version was also released the same year directed by Fritz Wendhausen.
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Captain Craddock Captain Craddock (French: Le capitaine Craddock) is a 1931 German French-language musical comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and Hanns Schwarz and starring Jean Murat, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Redgie. It is a French-language version of the 1931 German film "Monte Carlo Madness". It is sometimes known as Bombe Sur Monte Carlo.
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Lord Byron of Broadway Lord Byron of Broadway (1930), also known as What Price Melody?, is an American Pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Harry Beaumont and William Nigh. It was based on a best selling book by Nell Martin, which "was widely praised by critics as an extremely true and amusing romance of stage life." It was filmed in black and white with two-color Technicolor sequences.
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Cheer Up and Smile Cheer Up and Smile is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film starred Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee and Olga Baclanova and a 23-year-old John Wayne had a minor uncredited role.
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The Human Voice The Human Voice (French: "La Voix humaine" ) is a monodrama first staged at the Comédie-Française in 1930, written two years earlier by Jean Cocteau. It is set in Paris, where a still-quite-young woman is on the phone with her lover of the last five years. He is to marry another woman the next day, which causes her to despair. The monologue triggers the woman's crippling depression.
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The Girl and the Boy The Girl and the Boy (French:La fille et le garçon) is a 1931 comedy film directed by Roger Le Bon and Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat and Lucien Baroux. It was made by the major studio UFA as the French-language version of "Two Hearts Beat as One", which also starred Harvey. Such multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound before dubbing became more widespread.
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Paris Honeymoon Paris Honeymoon is a 1939 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman. The film stars Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Shirley Ross, Edward Everett Horton and Ben Blue. Filming took place in Hollywood from May 23 to July 1938 and the film was released on January 27, 1939 by Paramount Pictures.
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The Tunnel (1933 French-language film) The Tunnel (French:Le tunnel) is a 1933 French-German science fiction film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud and Robert Le Vigan. It was the French language version of the German film "The Tunnel", with a different cast and some changes to the plot. Both were followed in 1935 by an English version. Such Multiple-language versions were common in the years immediately following the introduction of sound, before the practice of dubbing had come to dominate international releases. Germany and France made a significant number of films together at this time.
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Young as You Feel (1931 film) Young as You Feel is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Will Rogers, Fifi D'Orsay and Lucien Littlefield. The story was later remade by Fox in 1940 under the same title as part of the Jones Family series of films.
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My Wife's Teacher My Wife's Teacher (Spanish:El profesor de mi mujer or El amor solfeando) is a 1930 comedy film directed by Armand Guerra, Robert Florey and Florián Rey, and starring Imperio Argentina. It was made as the Spanish-language version of the German film "Rendezvous". Such multi-language versions were common during the early years of sound. A separate French version as also released as "Love Songs". The film's sets were designed by Julius von Borsody.
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Murder on the Roof Murder on the Roof is a 1930 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by George B. Seitz.
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Follow Thru Follow Thru is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the second all-color all-talking feature to be produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the popular 1929 Broadway play of the same name by Lew Brown, B. G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson and Laurence Schwab. The play ran from January 9, 1929 to December 21, 1929; running for 401 performances. Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal, who starred in the original musical play, reprised their roles for the film version.
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Lights of New York (1928 film) Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello, Cullen Landis and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Bryan Foy. Filmed in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system, it is the first all-talking full-length feature film, released by Warner Bros., who had introduced the first feature-length with sound "The Jazz Singer" in the previous year. The film, which cost $23,000 to produce ("B" picture), grossed over $1,000,000. The enthusiasm with which audiences greeted the talkies was so great that by the end of 1929, Hollywood was producing sound films exclusively.
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The Mysteries of Paris (1962 film) The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a French-Italian film from 1962, set in Paris. It was directed by André Hunebelle, written by Diego Fabbri and Pierre Foucaud, starring Jean Marais. The scenario was written on the basis of the novel "Les Mystères de Paris". It has several precursors including "The Mysteries of Paris" (1912), "The Mysteries of Paris" (1935).
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Broadway Melody of 1936 Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1935. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. It was a follow-up of sorts to the successful "The Broadway Melody", which had been released in 1929, although, there is no story connection with the earlier film beyond the title and some music.
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The Vagabond King (1930 film) The Vagabond King is a 1930 American musical operetta film photographed entirely in two-color Technicolor. The plot of the film was based on the 1925 operetta of the same name, which was based on the 1901 play "If I Were King" by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The play told the story of a renegade French poet named François Villon. The music of the film was based on a 1925 operetta, also based on the play "If I Were King" by McCarthy. The operetta is also titled "The Vagabond King" with music by Rudolph Friml and lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
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Reaching for the Moon (song) "Reaching for the Moon" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1930 musical film of the same name.
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Doughboys (1930 film) Doughboys is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's second starring talkie vehicle.
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Under the Leather Helmet Under the Leather Helmet (French: Sous le casque de cuir) is a 1932 British-French drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Gina Manès and Gaston Modot.