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PopJump's Universal Pictures (1930s)

by popjumpchannel • Created 6 months ago • Modified 6 months ago
This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1930–1939, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast.

Year titles:
1930 (39)
1931 (28)
1932 (34)
1933 (36+)
1934 (46)
1935 (43)
1936 (36)
1937 (49)
1938 (51)
1939 (51)

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Universal Pictures (1920s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595631251/
Warner Bros. (1940s): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls540813009/
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Columbia Pictures (1922-1939): https://www.imdb.com/list/ls595420841/
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  • Joseph Schildkraut in The Night Ride (1930)

    1. The Night Ride

    19301hPassed
    6.5 (49)
    Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.
    DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsJoseph SchildkrautBarbara KentEdward G. Robinson
  • Parade of the West (1930)

    2. Parade of the West

    19301h 6mPassed
    6.2 (18)
    A cowboy joins a Wild West show, where he has to ride a horse called "Mankiller."
    DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsKen MaynardGladys McConnellOtis Harlan
  • Kathryn Crawford and LeRoy Mason in The Climax (1930)

    3. The Climax

    19301h 5m
    6.3 (27)
    Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer.
    DirectorRenaud HoffmanStarsJean HersholtKathryn CrawfordLeRoy Mason
  • Hoot Gibson in The Mounted Stranger (1930)

    4. The Mounted Stranger

    19301h 6mPassed
    8.0 (23)
    Boy's father is murdered. As an adult, he tracks down the killers.
    DirectorArthur RossonStarsHoot GibsonLouise LorraineFrancis Ford
  • Gertrude Astor, Glenn Tryon, and Helen Wright in Dames Ahoy (1930)

    5. Dames Ahoy

    19301h 4mPassed
    6.3 (38)
    Three sailors go searching for a girl who swindled one of them out of half his pay.
    DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsGlenn TryonHelen WrightOtis Harlan
  • Francis Ford and Monroe Salisbury in The Jade Box (1930)

    6. The Jade Box

    19303h 40mPassed
    5.8 (33)
    One of a group of Americans steals the Jade Box, which holds the secret of invisibility; a murderous Oriental cult wants it back and tracks them down.
    DirectorRay TaylorStarsLouise LorraineJack PerrinMonroe Salisbury
  • Johnny Mack Brown and Mary Nolan in Undertow (1930)

    7. Undertow

    19301h 5mPassed
    6.0 (63)
    Coast Guardsman has affair with lighthouse keeper's wife.
    DirectorHarry A. PollardStarsMary NolanJohnny Mack BrownRobert Ellis
  • The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930)

    8. The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland

    19301h 24m
    The Cohens and the Kellys travel to Scotland to buy plaid in the hopes that a prince will start a new fashion trend.
    DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsGeorge SidneyCharles MurrayVera Gordon
  • Lucky Larkin (1930)

    9. Lucky Larkin

    19301h 6mPassed
    6.6 (15)
    Outlaws attempt to drive Colonel Lee (Charles Clary) off his ranch to prevent him from entering horses in the cross-country races. Martin Brierson (James Farley), the outlaw leader, tries to buy Lee's ranch but he refuses to sell. Farley's brother Pete (Paul Hurst) sets fire to Lee's barn, injuring his horses. Ranch foreman "Lucky" Larkin Ken Maynard) suspects Brierson as the man behind Lee's trouble and he decides to ride Lee's pet colt Tarzan (Tarzan) in the big race. Brierson makes an unsuccessful attempt to have Tarzan disqualified, but Larkin rides Tarzan to victory. He than captures Pete and forces a confession out of him and both Brierson brothers are arrested. Larkin then marries Emmy Lou Parkinson (Nora Lane), a homesteader's daughter.
    DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsKen MaynardNora LaneJim Farley
  • Hoot Gibson and Margaret Quimby in Trailing Trouble (1930)

    10. Trailing Trouble

    193058mPassed
    6.4 (27)
    Ed King travels east to sell Pop Blake's cattle. While there Buck, another of Blake's hands, plans to rob Ed by using a local girl Ming Toy as a decoy. Ming Toy gets the money and returning empty handed, and before the other hands arrive, Ed is surprised to find Ming Toy return with the men.
    DirectorArthur RossonStarsHoot GibsonMargaret QuimbyWilliam McCall
  • Evelyn Hall in Captain of the Guard (1930)

    11. Captain of the Guard

    19301h 23mPassed
    6.6 (47)
    A captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.
    DirectorsJohn S. RobertsonPál FejösStarsLaura La PlanteJohn BolesSam De Grasse
  • Hide-Out (1930)

    12. Hide-Out

    193059m
    5.1 (27)
    A bootlegger on the run from the law hides out on a college campus. He disguises himself as a student, and soon becomes the school's star athlete and most popular man on campus.
    DirectorReginald BarkerStarsJames MurrayKathryn CrawfordCarl Stockdale
  • Ernie Adams, Dorothy Dwan, Ken Maynard, Frank Rice, Harry Todd, and Tarzan in The Fighting Legion (1930)

    13. The Fighting Legion

    19301h 14mPassed
    5.8 (50)
    After being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his job. Dave becomes Marshal but when Bowie, the man that shot Dawson appears, he exposes Dave as an imposter. Dave is then in trouble when Edwards incites the mob to lynch him.
    DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsKen MaynardTarzanDorothy Dwan
  • John Boles and Jeanie Lang in King of Jazz (1930)

    14. King of Jazz

    19301h 39mApproved
    6.7 (1.8K)
    A rotund bandleader leads a series of theatrical sketches, dance numbers, special effects, and animated segments.
    DirectorsJohn Murray AndersonWalter LantzStarsPaul WhitemanJohn BolesLaura La Plante
  • Hoot Gibson in Roaring Ranch (1930)

    15. Roaring Ranch

    19301h 8mPassed
    6.2 (33)
    Cowboy fights to keep his ranch after oil is discovered on it.
    DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsHoot GibsonFrank ClarkSally Eilers
  • Ken Maynard in Mountain Justice (1930)

    16. Mountain Justice

    19301h 14mPassed
    5.3 (34)
    A man returns to a small town in Kentucky to find his father's killers.
    DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsKen MaynardOtis HarlanKathryn Crawford
  • Czar of Broadway (1930)

    17. Czar of Broadway

    19301h 19m
    6.8 (27)
    A reporter is assigned to do a story on a notorious racketeer.
    DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsJohn WrayBetty CompsonJohn Harron
  • Reginald Denny in Embarrassing Moments (1930)

    18. Embarrassing Moments

    193058m
    A couple meet, fall in love and get married in a 24-hour period.
    DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsReginald DennyMerna KennedyOtis Harlan
  • J. Gordon Russell and Louise Lorraine in The Lightning Express (1930)

    19. The Lightning Express

    19303h 40mPassed
    A railroad needs to cross the land belonging to a young woman. Her crooked guardian tries to cheat her so he can get the right-of-way.
    DirectorHenry MacRaeStarsLane ChandlerLouise LorraineAl Ferguson
  • Hoot Gibson in Trigger Tricks (1930)

    20. Trigger Tricks

    19301h 1m
    Out to avenge his brother's death at the hands of cattleman Kingston, Tim gets hired at Dawley's sheep ranch. The sheep men are greatly outnumbered but Tim has some tricks planned that will even the odds.
    DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsHoot GibsonSally EilersRobert Homans
  • William Janney and Mary Nolan in Young Desire (1930)

    21. Young Desire

    19301h 8mPassed
    6.1 (57)
    A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
    DirectorLewis D. CollinsStarsMary NolanWilliam JanneyRalf Harolde
  • Doris Hill and Ken Maynard in Song of the Caballero (1930)

    22. Song of the Caballero

    19301h 13mPassed
    6.4 (17)
    After El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves Anita in a runaway coach, Don Pedro invites him to the wedding of Anita and his son Don Jose. But Conchita is at the wedding and recognizes him putting his life in danger.
    DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsKen MaynardDoris HillFrancis Ford
  • Hallam Cooley, Ben Lyon, and Pauline Starke in What Men Want (1930)

    23. What Men Want

    19301h 5mPassed
    6.7 (61)
    A playboy's mistress falls in love with another man. Her younger sister arrives in town. Complications ensue.
    DirectorErnst LaemmleStarsPauline StarkeBen LyonHallam Cooley
  • 24. Terry of the 'Times'

    19303h 20mPassed
    Terry Macy (Reed Howes), the son of a newspaper's founder, is assigned to investigate a mysterious warning signed '30' (newspaper term for 'The End)that has been sent to a local politician. Terry is captured at a clandestine meeting of the 'Mystic Medicants", an outlaw band, where he overhears the plans of a plot to kill his uncle, Robert Macy, publisher of the newspaper. Terry must also, according to his father's will, get married within a short period of time is he is to inherit the newspaper.
    DirectorRobert F. HillStarsReed HowesLotus ThompsonSheldon Lewis
  • Little Accident (1930)

    25. Little Accident

    19301h 22mPassed
    5.6 (45)
    On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
    DirectorWilliam James CraftStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Anita PageSally Blane

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