Talk:1930s in film

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According to IMDb, there were over 20,800 movies released between 1930 and 1939. Unless we plan on listing all of them, isn't there some sort of POV involved in the selective listings that would go here? RickK 00:15, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

That would be the danger of a listing "significant" movies, certainly. Martin 19:07, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

List of 1930s movies. We already have 1930 in movies through 1939 in movies, and unless we list all 20,000 + movies released in the 30s, any inclusions here are POV. RickK 03:43, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Keep, add list of links to the by year pages for more comprehensive lists. We are in the business of organizing and explaining he significance of things. JamesDay 08:13, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Integrate into existing 1930's movie pages - having articles this similar is just confusing. If someone wants to list every movie released in 1930,31 etc, it can go on that page.2toise 17:41, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Keep. These pages just need editing and moving. I've made a start. Martin 19:42, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Keep. I mean we are not going to list the same movies already listed in 193x in movies. Right? This sort of index pages has no harm. -- Taku

what kind/genre of films?[edit]

I find it odd that all these articles, without saying so, assume the films in question are industry films, made and released by Hollywood. Am I wrong? All the other films, such as independent or government-sponsored documentaries are scattered about (though there is a good survey article called Documentary Film)- these films are relatively few in number perhaps, but still, they existed and like Pare Lorentz' The River and the Plow that Broke the Plains (each has a Wikipedia page, I believe), they were widely seen and influential. And then there were the documentaries made by Hollywood directors called upon to do so by the Army during the Second World War in the 1940s, such as John Huston and of course Frank Capra (his Why We Fight series of "propaganda films" saw wide release in theaters); thus this comment applies all the more to "the 1940s in Film" page.

At the least these highly useful Wikipedia pages should include the word "Hollywood" (I doubt we are including the films of any other country's film-production industries in these lists.)

Thank you for your time. I hope a change can be made. Sig: Actio (tilde suddenly a dead key and not working!)