1930

Starring Walter Huston in the Title Role. This is a biography of Abraham Lincoln from the early talking era of Hollywood. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and was released by United Artists. It is now in the public domain.

The first sound film of Dziga Vertov, this is a tribute to the first Soviet 5 year plan.

Freaks is a 1932 American horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins’ short story “Spurs”. Director Browning took the exceptional step of casting real people with deformities as the eponymous sideshow “freaks,” rather than using costumes and makeup.

Busy Bodies is a 1933 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. A series of gags set in a sawmill, it is often regarded as one of their best sound shorts despite there being virtually no plot.