Best Drama Films of 1929

Evangeline

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's narrative ... The film was billed as a "talkie" by virtue of its two songs, both performed by Dolores Del Rio. [ best drama films - 1929 ]

The Lost Zeppelin

The Lost Zeppelin offers ... picks up the pace in its closing reels and remains among the most impressive of the early independent talkies. [ best drama films - 1929 ]

Piccadilly

Just before making his ... a minuscule role is young Ray Milland. The talkie version of Piccadilly wasn't released in the U.S. until 1932. [ best drama films - 1929 ]

Applause

Stage director Rouben Mamoulian ... chorus line of a burlesque show, and Kitty, thinking that April is going to be married, is deeply despaired. [ best drama films - 1929 ]

The Manxman

Although he was established ... to a mass audience, BIP withheld release of The Manxman until after the distribution of Hitchcock's first talkie, Blackmail. [ best drama films - 1929 ]

Arsenal

The Arsenal features Semyon ... fear and anguish. Arsenal was the first of Alexandre Dovzhenko's Ukraine trilogy, followed by Earth (1930) and Ivan (1932). [ best drama films - 1929 ]

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! was, for its ... black, clientele, they were more receptive to the film. Still, Hallelujah was more a critical than a financial success. [ best drama films - 1929 ]

The Phantom in the House

In this convoluted melodrama, ... gets the blame. Eventually the inventor straightens the whole mess out, the wife begs forgiveness, and everybody lives happily-ever-after. [ best drama films - 1929 ]

Painted Faces

A circus clown creates ... his adopted daughter. When the court and new jury hear this, the render him innocent and all is well. [ best drama films - 1929 ]