Notes
Films (On DVD)
Blackmail directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Hitchcock’s first sound film)
The Broadway Melody directed by Harry Beaumont
The Coconauts directed by Robert Florey and Joseph Santley
Die Büchse der Pandora : Variationen auf das Thema Frank Wedekinds Lulu = Pandora's box : variations on the theme of Frank Wedekind's Lulu directed by G.W. Pabst
Edna Ferber’s Show Boat directed by James Whale
The Gallopin’ Gaucho directed by Walt Disney
Hallelujah directed by King Vidor (one of the first films from a major studio with an all African-American cast)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 directed by Charles Reisner (featuring the song “Singin’ in the Rain”)
The Karnival Kid directed by Walt Disney (Mickey Mouse’s first talking appearance)
On with the Show directed by Alan Crosland (the first all-talking, all-color, feature-length film)
Say it With Songs directed by Lloyd Bacon
The Skeleton Dance directed by Walt Disney
Spite Marriage directed by Edward Sedgwick and Buster Keaton
The Wild Party directed by Dorothy Arzner (Clara Bow’s first “talkie”)