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1930 The Big Trail Western / Adventure / Romance N/R, 125 Minutes
Director: Raoul Walsh More Info
Starring: John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power Sr., Ward Bond, Helen Parrish, Frederick Burton, Ian Keith, Charles Stevens In John Wayne's first starring role, he plays Brick Coleman who guides a wagon train pioneering the Oregon Trail. Along the trek, the wagon train confronts desert heat, steep cliffs, a fierce storm, an Indian attack, and swollen rivers. Brick fearlessly leads the wagons while still finding time to romance Ruth Cameron (Marguerite Churchill)–despite competition from gambler Bill Thorpe (Ian Keith) and villain Red Flack (Tyrone Power Sr.). |
1930 The Dawn Patrol Adventure N/R, 95 Minutes
Director: Howard Hawks More Info
Starring: Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton, William Janney, James Finlayson, Clyde Cook, Edmund Breon, Frank McHugh British World War I aviators are enthralled with the romance of their missions. However, as talk turns into reality, the danger loses its romantic quality. In Director Howard Hawks' first talkie, he presents some dramatic aerial scenes. John Monk Saunders won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Story). |
1930 The Green Goddess Adventure N/R, 80 Minutes
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1930 Journey's End Adventure N/R, 130 Minutes
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1930 Kismet Adventure / Fantasy N/R, 87 Minutes
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1930 Men Without Women Adventure N/R, 76 Minutes
Director: John Ford More Info
Starring: Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, Paul Page, Walter McGrail, Stuart Erwin, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, George LeGuere, Charles K. Gerrard, Ben Hendricks Jr. Following a disabled submarine's descent to the ocean's floor, the desperate crew works out a rescue plan for their survival. |
1930 Renegades Action / Adventure / Romance N/R, 84 Minutes
Director: Victor Fleming More Info
Starring: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Gregory Gaye, George Cooper, C. Henry Gordon, Bela Lugosi, Colin Chase, Noah Beery Jr., Claire Du Brey Four volunteers–Deucalion (Warner Baxter), Machwurth (Noah Beery), Mordiconi (C. Henry Gordon), and Biloxi (George Cooper)–leave their unit in the French Foreign Legion. They join forces with a beautiful spy, Eleanore (Myrna Loy), which is a decision that leads to tragic consequences. |
1930 Storm Over Mount Blanc Foreign / Adventure / Drama N/R, 110 Minutes
Director: Arnold Fanck More Info
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Ernst Udet, Fredrich Kaybler, Mathias Wieman, Alfred Beierle, Ernst Peterson, Harald Reinl Hannes (Sepp Rist) tends an isolated observatory on Mont Blanc, having contact with the outside world only by Morse code or from visits by pilot Ernst (Ernst Udet). Ernst brings Hella (Leni Riefenstahl), who lives at the bottom of the mountain with her astronomer father, and they fall in love. When Hannes loses his gloves in a storm, his hands become frozen and he calls for help via Morse code. Hella heads a rescue team to reach him. But, Ernst flies in and saves Hannes. |
1930 Tom Sawyer Family / Adventure N/R, 85 Minutes
Director: John Cromwell More Info
Starring: Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green, Lucien Littlefield, Tully Marshall, Clara Blandick, Jackie Searl, Ethel Wales, Dick Winslow, Jane Darwell Mark Twain's classic is given good treatment in this, the first "talkie" version of the story, with more to follow. The same starring cast (Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green, and Clara Blandick) took the same roles the following year in "Huckleberry Finn." |
1930 Young Eagles Adventure N/R, 75 Minutes
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1931 Beau Ideal Adventure N/R, 82 Minutes
Director: Herbert Brenon More Info
Starring: Frank McCormick, Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young, Irene Rich, Lester Vail, Otto Matieson, Don Alvarado, Bernard Siegel, Myrtle Stedman, John St. Polis Ralph Forbes, who starred in the 1926 silent film, "Beau Geste," returns to his role in this sequel that involves the desert reunion of childhood friends John Geste (Ralph Forbes) and Otis Madison (Lester Vail). |
1931 Body and Soul Adventure N/R, 82 Minutes
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1931 East of Borneo Adventure N/R, 76 Minutes
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1931 Trader Horn Adventure N/R, 101 Minutes
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1931 The Viking Adventure / Drama N/R, 70 Minutes
Director: Varick Frissell More Info
Starring: Bob Bartlett, Louise Huntington, Charles Starrett, Arthur Vinton, Wilfred Grenfell Seal hunter Jed (Arthur Vinton) coerces the town jinx Luke (Charles Starrett) into going with him on an expedition off the Newfoundland coast aboard The Viking, which is commanded by Capt. Barker (Bob Bartlett). They join a hunting party on the ice floes where Jed tries to kill Luke. But, Jed is blinded by the snow, and Luke helps him find his way back to safety on the boat. Jed regains his sight and, from that moment on, becomes Luke's loyal defender. |
| 1932 |
1932 Air Mail Adventure N/R, 85 Minutes
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1932 Border Devils Western / Action / Adventure / Romance N/R, 62 Minutes
Director: William Nigh More Info
Starring: Harry Carey, Kathleen Collins, George "Gabby" Hayes, Niles Welch, Olive Carey, Albert J. Smith, Merrill McCormick, Art Mix, Tetsu Komai, Jack Gallagher Jim Gray (Harry Carey) is accused of murdering his friend Bud Brandon (Art Mix) and is arrested. He breaks out of jail with help from Neil Denham (Jack Gallagher) and sets out to prove his innocence. Later, Neil is killed, leaving Marcia (Kathleen Collins) a widow, and she becomes Jim's sidekick while Jim assumes Neil's identity. Jim joins forces with "Dude" Sanders (George "Gabby" Hayes), and they go off in search of the mysterious "The General" (Tetsu Komai) who is the Chinese leader of bandits. The bandits are vandalizing cattle hoping to stir up discontent among the ranchers so that they will not be noticed smuggling dynamite across the border. Surprises lie in wait–including who is the real leader of the bandits. |
1932 Hell Divers Adventure N/R, 110 Minutes
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1932 The Last of the Mohicans Action / Adventure N/R, 230 Minutes
Director: Ford Beebe More Info
Starring: Harry Carey, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Coghlan Jr., Edwina Booth, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Bob Kortman, Walter McGrail, Nelson McDowell, Edward Hearn James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale is presented as a 12-chapter serial. Frontier guide Hawkeye (Harey Carey) and his Indian friends, Chingachgook and Uncas (Hobart Bosworth and Frank Coghlan Jr.), fight against the corrupt soldiers and the evil Indian Magua (Bob Kortman). |
1932 Mr. Robinson Crusoe Adventure / Comedy N/R, 75 Minutes
Director: A. Edward Sutherland More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum, Earle Browne, Maria Alba While on a cruise in the South Seas with friends William Belmont and Prof. Carmichael (William Farnum and Earle Browne), Steve Drewel (Douglas Fairbanks) bets them that he can live on a small, deserted island with nothing more than his toothbrush for one year. Then, Steve swims ashore, and begins his adventure. He builds a home, provides the means for getting food, and even builds a radio. When a woman (Maria Alba), escaping from her wedding, rows her canoe to Steve's island, Steve welcomes her and names her "Saturday." Meanwhile, Steve's yachting pal Belmont gets the natives on a nearby island to scare Steve so that he will leave and then lose the bet. And new adventures await. |
1932 Shanghai Express Drama / Adventure / Romance N/R, 82 Minutes
Director: Josef von Sternberg More Info
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant, Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emile Chautard, Claude King In the midst of civil war, the notorious Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) meets and falls in love with Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook) during a trip on the Shanghai Express. One of the train's passengers is the warlord rebel leader, Henry Chang (Warner Oland), waiting for his rebels to ambush the train and take hostages. Among the hostages will be Shanghai Lily and her Captain Harvey. |
1932 Tarzan, the Ape Man Adventure N/R, 99 Minutes
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1933 King Kong Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller N/R, 100 Minutes
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1933 Laughing at Life Adventure N/R, 72 Minutes
Director: Ford Beebe More Info
Starring: Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro, William "Stage" Boyd, Lois Wilson, Henry B. Walthall, Regis Toomey, Ruth Hall, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Dewey Robinson, Ivan Lebedeff With the police on his trail, soldier of fortune Dennis P. McHale a.k.a. Captain Dennis Patrick Easter (Victor McLaglen) leaves Panama and travels to South America where he organizes a band of revolutionaries. Later, he meets an engineer, living a life similar to his, who turns out to be his own son. |
1933 S.O.S. Iceberg Adventure N/R, 77 Minutes
Director: Tay Garnett More Info
Starring: Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland, Max Holzboer, Walter Riml, Ernst Udet, Nakinak Based on an actual ill-fated expedition–with two survivors of the expedition party as advisers–this film follows the journey to Greenland in search of lost records, and the party becomes stranded on an iceberg. The leader's (Rod la Rocque) wife (Leni Riefenstahl) is a pilot who comes to the rescue, but her plane crashes on landing, and she joins the expedition. Eventually, a group of Eskimos arrives by kayak, along with pilot Ernst Udet, to save their lives. |
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Full listing of Adventure movies from the 1930's | Ace Drummond (1936)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
Air Mail (1932)
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
Another Dawn (1937)
Atlantic Flight (1937)
Barbarian and the Lady (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
Beau Ideal (1931)
Big Trail, The (1930)
Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)
Body and Soul (1931)
Border Devils (1932)
Buccaneer (1938)
Call of the Wild (1935)
Call of the Yukon (1938)
Captain Blood (1935)
Captain Fury (1939)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)
Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1936)
China Clipper (1936)
China Seas (1935)
Danger Flight (1939)
Daniel Boone (1936)
Dawn Patrol (1930)
Dawn Patrol (1938)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
East of Borneo (1931)
Ebb Tide (1937)
Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
Feud of the Range (1939)
Five Came Back (1939)
Four Feathers (1939)
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
General Died at Dawn, The (1936)
Great Commandment (1939)
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Green Goddess (1930)
Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Gunga Din (1939)
Hell Divers (1932)
I Cover the War (1937)
If I Were King (1938)
Journey's End (1930)
Jungle Princess (1936)
Kidnapped (1938)
King Kong (1933)
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Kismet (1930)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1936)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1932)
Last Outpost (1935)
Laughing at Life (1933)
Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Lost Jungle, The (1934)
Lost Patrol, The (1934)
Man from Utah, The (1934)
Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Men with Wings (1938)
Men Without Women (1930)
Message to Garcia (1936)
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
Picture Brides (1934)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Prince and the Pauper, The (1937)
Prisoner of Zenda, The (1937)
Q Planes (1939)
Renegades (1930)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1938)
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1937)
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
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Sanders of the River (1935)
Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)
Shanghai Express (1932)
She (1935)
Sinners in Paradise (1938)
Slave Ship (1937)
Souls at Sea (1937)
Spawn of the North (1938)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Storm Over Mount Blanc (1930)
Stowaway (1936)
Stunt Pilot (1939)
Submarine Patrol (1938)
Sun Never Sets (1939)
Tailspin Tommy (1934)
Tailspin Tommy and the Great Air Mystery (1935)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)
Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
This Is My Affair (1937)
Three Musketeers (1933)
Three Musketeers (1935)
Three Musketeers (1939)
Tom Sawyer (1930)
Trader Horn (1931)
Treasure Island (1934)
Viking (1931)
Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Windjammer (1937)
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
Young Eagles (1930)
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