Lost Movies From 1929
US movies from 1929 (first year of the "pre-code" era) which are listed as lost on IMDB. Many of these films have user ratings and reviews. The mere existence of reviews didn't cause a film to be excluded from this list. Some reviews could be from people who saw the film before it was lost. On the other hand, some reviews seem based not on actually having seen the movie, but on something the reviewer has read elsewhere, or that the reviewer does/doesn't like an actor/the director, doesn't like old movies, or whatever, and wants to chime in based on that. And frankly, some reviews I have read come across as fabrications ("I had an exclusive showing of this otherwise lost film in the home of a private collector").
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- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsSally O'NeilRoland DrewCorliss Palmer
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEsther RalstonJames HallGustav von SeyffertitzIn late 19th century Vienna, Lena Smith, a naive peasant girl from Hungary, has a child by a corrupt young cavalry officer, and goes to work in his house as a servant, hiding the truth from his unsympathetic father, while the son returns to his profligate ways. Robbed of her child first when he is a baby, and later when they are separated by the war, she suffers imprisonment, contempt, and shame in order to protect the child.
- DirectorWilliam C. de MilleStarsRuth ChattertonH.B. WarnerJohn LoderAfter marrying wealthy Richard Garson for his money and prestige, Lillian Garson grows weary of her stuffed-shirt husband and decides to run off with another man. However, when Lillian's lover is struck down and killed by a hit-and-run driver, an old friend of Garson's learns Lillian's secret.
- DirectorJohn G. AdolfiStarsAudrey FerrisMyrna LoyGeorge FawcettIn order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pretends to be the rival's new secretary. Complications ensue.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsH.B. WarnerLouise FazendaJacqueline LoganAn expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer but stumbles upon an ancient Mayan temple that houses a giant ape.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsGeorge BancroftOlga BaclanovaNancy CarrollA ruthless stockbroker sells short in the copper business and ruins the life of his friends by ruining their finances.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsDorothy SebastianLarry KentBetty FranciscoJim Kenney, the fleet middleweight boxing champion, is enamored of Betty Grant, the village librarian, and promises to write to her from every port. He falls in love with Claire Ewing, a rich heiress who lives in the city and knows Betty.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsDolores CostelloConrad NagelGeorge E. StoneAt the Café du Chat Noir, Joan Billaire, a dancer, attacks Mitzi for schooling her brother, Petit, in picking pockets and is saved from a knifing by Lupine, a thief. Later, Lupine enlists Petit's aid in a robbery, and the boy is accidentally wounded by him. Joan calls on Dr. Raoul de Boise, who informs the police; and when the boy dies, she is prevented from shooting Raoul by the intervention of Father Colomb. As Joan becomes romantically involved with the doctor, the jealous Lupine wounds Raoul. Joan confesses her part in robbing the church but is forced to marry Lupine as the price. Learning Raoul is alive, Lupine in a jealous rage confesses to killing Petit and is himself killed by the gendarmes.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsMay McAvoyClaude GillingwaterHallam CooleyA crotchety old coot wants his son and daughter-in-law to have kids so he can have grandchildren, but so far they haven't done so. In a somewhat ham-handed attempt to bring them closer together so they'll be in the mood to give them the grandchildren he wants, he winds up bringing them to the point where they're considering divorcing. He decides to change his tactics in order to achieve his goal.
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsHelen TwelvetreesCharles EatonCarmel MyersMiriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her late uncle. A team of crooks is following her, though, in hopes she'll uncover the missing money and they can grab it from her. She checks into a hotel where Franklyn Green works as a desk clerk. Franklyn is learning to be a detective through a correspondence course, and he thinks he's just the guy to help Miriam solve her mystery. The fact that she's a very attractive lady doesn't hurt, either.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsColleen MooreNeil HamiltonBodil RosingA flapper with a dubious reputation enjoys a vivacious night of dancing and finds herself romantically linked to her boss.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsPaul PageLola LaneHenry B. WalthallNewspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsMary Ann is becoming a serious problem to the other gang members and Joe was given the job of training and controlling her behavior.
- DirectorScott R. DunlapStarsBetty BronsonWilliam Collier Jr.Mitchell LewisWhen his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the Suden, a British soldier takes the blame for him. He winds up deserting his post and joining up with a traveling vaudeville troupe. He falls in love with a pretty young woman in one of the show's acts, but finds that a local Arab sheik has his own plans for the young girl.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsConrad NagelLois WilsonEdward EarleWhen a taxi carrying socialite Ruth Darrow drives into the middle of a gun battle between hijacker Kid Gloves and a trio of bootleggers, Ruth is injured. She is taken to a nearby apartment, and The Kid helps to care for her. John Stone, Ruth's fiance and a bootlegger with a respectable front, finds them together and blackmails The Kid into marrying the girl. The Kid and Ruth live together like brother and sister, and Stone, realizing that Ruth was not two-timing him, decides to bump off The Kid. To save her husband's life, Ruth agrees to leave The Kid and marry Stone. Stone is implicated in a killing, however, and forced to leave town. Ruth and The Kid decide to stay married, and The Kid determines to reform.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsJune CollyerLouise DresserAllan LaneOn her way to New York for her first stage appearance, Linda Cunningham meets Mame Jarrow, a nightclub singer; Linda later drops by to hear Mame sing, accompanied by their angel, Paul Nicholson, a wealthy roué. Mame gradually comes to realize that Linda is her own daughter, from whom she was separated years before by pious relatives. Using all her wiles, Mame attempts to keep Linda from falling prey to Nicholson, and when all else fails, she sends for Jerry Connor, Linda's small town sweetheart. Linda returns home with Jerry, and Mame sings her heart out in smoky rooms, never disclosing to Linda that she is her mother.
- DirectorBryan FoyStarsTexas GuinanJohn DavidsonLila LeeIrked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner, her rivals try to drive her out of business, and frame her for a murder in the bargain.
- DirectorsBenjamin GlazerArthur GregorStarsLee PatrickJune NashGeorge BarraudWho killed Sir Richard? Where is the body? Was it the surgeon, a criminal, a woman spiritualist, or a brother of the girl he wronged? Find out in this strange story of a strange craft and its stranger cargo on the tropic high seas.
- DirectorAlbert RayStarsBelle BennettJoe E. BrownAlma Bennett
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsJames KirkwoodMary BrianJohn LoderA mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsMonte BlueMay McAvoyLee MoranThe foreman of a river bridge construction gang,Monte Collins (Monte Blue), takes the blame when the bridge collapses. But it wasn't his fault at all, as the real culprit was the brother, John Harper (William Desmond), of the woman, Ruth Harper (May McAvoy), Collins loves.
- DirectorEmmett J. FlynnStarsLia ToráPaul VincentiWalter McGrailA woman tells a girl who's just been rescued from a notorious rake, four stories of men from her own life, one of whom she had to kill to protect herself.
