1929 Romantic Drama Movies

33 movies found (page 1/2):

Their Own Desire(1929)

2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her father decides to divorce Lally's mother and remarry to soon-to-be-divorced Beth Cheever. This sours Lally on all men. While on vacation with her mother she meets Jack, who succeeds in stealing her heart. Then Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Cheever, the woman who is to marry her father.

Directed by E. Mason Hopper - With Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery, Cecil Cunningham

Half Marriage(1929)

1h 8min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home from the city where she's been studying art and encourage the attentions of Tom, a persistent suitor. Judy and her jealous husband have an argument that leads her back to the city, a drunken, amorous Tom and a tragedy.

Directed by William J. Cowen - With Olive Borden

The Wild Party(1929)

1h 17min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.

Directed by Dorothy Arzner - With Clara Bow, Fredric March, Marceline Day

The Pagan(1929)

1h 18min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life. When he falls in love with a native girl, her guardian, who is trying to bring her up as a 'proper' Christian, but who also lusts after her himself, plots to keep them apart.

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke - With Ramón Novarro, Renée Adorée, Donald Crisp, Dorothy Janis

Lucky Star(1929)

1h 39min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.8/5 (with 16 votes)

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring his love for her. Deeper complications set in when Martin, Tim's former sergeant and a bully, takes a shine to Mary.

Directed by Frank Borzage - With Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Gloria Grey, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Hedwiga Reicher, Paul Fix, ...

The Kiss(1929)

1h 5min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.

Directed by Jacques Feyder - With Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Lew Ayres, Holmes Herbert, Anders Randolf

The River(1929)

1h 24min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.6/5 (with 7 votes)

Passion carried an innocent boy and a worldly woman beyond the barriers of conscience.

Directed by Frank Borzage - With Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Bert Woodruff

Condemned(1929)

1h 26min | Action, Drama, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.

Directed by Wesley Ruggles - With Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer, Dudley Digges, ...

His Glorious Night(1929)

1h 20min | Drama, Romance / Love

Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position. Feeling deeply hurt, Kovacs decides to take revenge by indulging in blackmail, spreading a rumor that he is an imposter and a swindler.

Directed by Lionel Barrymore - With John Gilbert, Catherine Dale Owen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Hedda Hopper, Nance O'Neil, Richard Carle, ...

Speedway(1929)

1h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the track, Bill sees Pat Bannon, and tries his best to impress her, but to no avail. On his way to catch a flight, he tricks Pat into taking him to the airport and she gets even by taking him up in a plane. He hates to fly, but will not show her that he is afraid and when the plane breaks up, he is a hero for rescuing her. This gets him publicity and Renny offers him his car to drive in the Indianapolis 500. Bill breaks with Mac to drive the car and puts it on the pole for the race. Then Renny double crosses Bill and plans to drive the car himself since Bill has tuned it so well.

Directed by Harry Beaumont - With William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence

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Where East Is East(1929)

1h 5min | Drama

2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left and moves in on her daughter's (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes).

Directed by Tod Browning - With Lon Chaney, Lupe Vélez, Estelle Taylor, Lloyd Hughes, Duke Kahanamoku, Willie Fung, ...

The Letter(1929)

1h 5min | Drama

2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.

Directed by Jean de Limur - With Jeanne Eagels, O.P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Irene Browne

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No Defense(1929)

1h | Romance / Love, Drama

No Defense is a 1929 romantic drama directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Monte Blue. It was a silent film with part talking and sound-effects by the Vitaphone Company. It was distributed by Warner Brothers.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon - With Monte Blue, May McAvoy, Lee Moran, William Desmond, Kathryn Carver

Lady of the Pavements(1929)

1h 25min | Drama

2.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the streets" than her. Outraged, Diane decides to grant hi his wish, and enlists the services of a Spanish singer/dancer from a disreputable nightclub to pose as a sophisticated, convent-educated singer, and surreptitiously arranges for her to meet Karl.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Lupe Vélez, William Boyd, Jetta Goudal, George Fawcett, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, ...

The Flying Fleet(1929)

1h 40min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.

Directed by George W. Hill - With Ramón Novarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page, Edward Nugent, Alfred Allen, Carroll Nye, ...

Desert Nights(1929)

1h 2min | Adventure, Drama

2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of diamonds but finds they're all lost in the desert without water.

Directed by William Nigh - With John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan

Weary River(1929)

1h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.

Directed by Frank Lloyd - With Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden, Richard Cramer, George E. Stone, Randolph Scott, ...

Marianne(1929)

1h 51min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love

4.0/5 (with 2 votes)

At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard - With Marion Davies, Cliff Edwards, John Carroll, Lawrence Gray, Benny Rubin, Scott Kolk, ...

The Sacred Flame(1929)

1h 5min

Colonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash immediately following his marriage to Stella. Maurice is non-functional in most of the physical areas of marriage that count, but Stella attends to his other needs faithfully for three years. Then his brother, Colin, shows up from South America, and he and Stella fall passionately in love and are making plans to run away together. Mother Taylor is aware of the romance, as is Nurse Weyland, who is secretly in love with Maurice, and now hates Stella for her careless attitude toward Maurice's patiently-borne sufferings. Maurice is also aware of the affair. He has a talk with his wife and brother. Complications arise.

Directed by Archie Mayo - With Pauline Frederick, Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee, Walter Byron, Dale Fuller, Alec B. Francis, ...

Eternal Love(1929)

1h 11min | Drama

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch - With John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Victor Varconi, Hobart Bosworth, Mona Rico

The Wheel of Life(1929)

55min | Drama, Romance / Love

British officer Capt. Leslie Yeullat is at present on leave in London. Falling in love with Ruth Dangan, the wife of his commanding officer, Yeullat does the gentlemanly thing by suppressing his own emotions for the sake of the Regiment. He goes so far as to resign from his commission and returns to India as a civilian.

Directed by Victor Schertzinger - With Richard Dix, Esther Ralston

The Single Standard(1929)

1h 11min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.

Directed by John S. Robertson - With Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, Johnny Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Kathlyn Williams, Lane Chandler, ...

Hardboiled Rose(1929)

1h | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love

A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her feet and takes her away from it all.

Directed by F. Harmon Weight - With Myrna Loy, William Collier Jr., John Miljan

Show Boat(1929)

2h 26min | Drama

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel.

Directed by Harry A. Pollard, Robbie Baldwin Ross, Arch Heath - With Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy, Otis Harlan, Stepin Fetchit, Carl Laemmle, ...

The Feather(1929)

1h 28min | Drama

'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)

Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott - With Jameson Thomas, Randle Ayrton, Mary Clare

Dynamite(1929)

2h 9min | Drama

3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wealth is in jeopardy because her trust fund will expire if she is not married by a certain date. To satisfy that condition, Cynthia arranges to marry Hagon Derk, who is condemned to die for a crime he didn't commit. She pays him so he can provide for his little sister. But at the last minute, Derk is freed when the true criminal is discovered. Expecting to be a rich widow, Cynthia finds herself married to a man she doesn't know and doesn't want to.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Mitchell Leisen - With Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, Julia Faye, Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, ...

Wolf Song(1929)

1h 20min | Romance / Love, Western, Drama

2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for the Rockies to trap beavers and cats. In Taos he meets Lola, a beautiful Mexican girl from a proud and rich family. They fall in love and he persuades her to elope with him. After they get married, Sam is torn between his love for Lola and his yearn for traveling.

Directed by Victor Fleming, Lucien Hubbard - With Gary Cooper, Lupe Vélez, Louis Wolheim, Georgios Regas, Guy Oliver, Russ Columbo, ...

Mexicali Rose(1929)

1h | Drama, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother.

Directed by Erle C. Kenton - With Barbara Stanwyck, Sam Hardy, Claude Gillingwater

Girl Overboard(1929)

1h 20min | Drama

A young man is sentenced to prison for a term of eight years, yet he's allowed out if he promises not to get married for those eight years, lest he be forced to complete his sentence behind bars. He goes to live on an old ship in the harbor with an old sea captain. One day a homeless girl is fished out of the water and brought to live on the boat, soon marrying the young man. All is well until his parole officer finds out.

Directed by Wesley Ruggles

The Mississippi Gambler(1929)

57min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love

He was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his life he threw away the winning hand; She was the beautiful daughter of a Southern gentleman; yet she fell in love with the gambler. How? Why? See the answer in this utterly charming, smashingly dramatic and colorful romance of river days fraught with adventure.

Directed by Reginald Barker - With Joseph Schildkraut, Joan Bennett, Alec B. Francis, Otis Harlan, William Welsh