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1929
 
    
Hollywood stars Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr marry       
1929
 
    
Alfred Hitchcock directs Blackmail, the first British talkie, with a climax on the roof of the British Museum       
1929
 
    
The Marx Brothers (now Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo) make their Hollywood debut with The Cocoanuts       
1930
 
    
René Clair blends satire and surrealism in his film Sous les Toits de Paris, a dark comedy about a Parisian street singer       
1930
 
     
Joseph von Sternberg directs Marlene Dietrich in the film The Blue Angel, shot in both German and English, making her an immediate international star        
1930
 
    
The Hays Code sets exacting standards of public decency in US movies       
1930
 
     
18-year-old Jean Harlow is a sensation in Hell's Angels, directed by Howard Hughes        
1930
 
    
French actor Jean Gabin makes his screen debut in Chacun sa Chance       
1930
 
     
Lewis Milestone makes a powerful film of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, published in the previous year        
1930
 
     
Edward G. Robinson gives a chilling portrayal of a gangster loosely based on Al Capone in the film Little Caesar