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Notable
Early Sound Films
Released on
Home Video

 
A select listing of early sound films currently in release and announced for release in North America on Region 1 or Region 0 Blu-ray Disc and DVDs.

Some later sound films are listed for their related interest to the silent era.

Updated: 19 October 2024

REVIEWS OF EARLY SOUND FILMS

Blackmail (1929)
The Black Watch (1929)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Coquette (1929)
The Dance of Life (1929)
The Drake Case (1929)
The Flying Fool (1929)
The Great Gabbo (1929)
The Greene Murder Case (1929)
His First Command (1929)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
In Old Arizona (1928)
Lights of New York (1928)
The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)
Nothing But the Truth (1929)
Pointed Heels (1929)
Salute (1929)
Say It with Songs (1929)
Señor Americano (1929)
The Singing Fool (1928)
They Had to See Paris (1929)
Tire-au-flanc (1928)
The Trespasser (1929)

 

COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO

Texas Cyclone (1932)

 

THE CRITERION COLLECTION

M (1931)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films with
The Golf Specialist (1930), The Dentist (1932), The Pharmacist (1933), The Barber Shop (1933), The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) and Pool Sharks (1915)

 

FLICKER ALLEY

The Most Dangerous Game (1932) [Blu-ray Disc]

 

KINO LORBER

Abraham Lincoln (1930) [Blu-ray Disc]
Abraham Lincoln (1930) [DVD]
Alibi (1929)
Applause (1929)
Be Yourself (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)
The Lottery Bride (1930)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Cavalacade of Comedy: The Paramount
Comedy Shorts
(1929-1933)
Prix de Beauté (1930)
Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin:
The Paramount Comedy Shorts
(1928-1941)
The Struggle (1931)
Tonight or Never (1931)

 

MILESTONE FILM & VIDEO

The Bat Whispers (1930)
[features both the 35mm 1.33:1 aspect ratio and 65mm Magnifilm 2.13:1 aspect ratio versions]
With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)

 

ROAN GROUP

Svengali (1931)
The Vagabond Lover (1929)

 

20th CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT

After Tomorrow (1932)
Bad Girl (1931)
The Big Trail (1930) [Blu-ray Disc]
Liliom (1930)
Song o’ My Heart (1930)
Young America (1932)

 

UNIVERSAL HOME VIDEO

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) [Blu-ray Disc]
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931) [Blu-ray Disc]
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

 

VCI ENTERTAINMENT

Tonight or Never (1931) [Blu-ray Disc]

 

WARNER HOME VIDEO

Anna Christie (1930)
The Public Enemy (1931)

 
 
DVD-R
DVD-Rs are playable in most Blu-ray Disc and DVD players
 

ALPHA VIDEO

Alias — The Bad Man (1931)
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Branded Men (1931)
The Death Kiss (1932)
The Girl from Calgary (1932)
Hell-Fire Austin (1932)
Hell’s Headquarters (1932)
The King Murder (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
Millie (1931)
The Montana Kid (1931)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Murder at Midnight (1931)
Party Girl (1930)
Phantom of the Desert (1930)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Svengali (1931)
Texas Gunfighter (1932)
White Zombie (1932)
Woman to Woman (1929)

 

GRAPEVINE VIDEO

Around the World in 80 Minutes (1931)
The Fighting Legion (1930)
The Racketeer (1929)
Sweethearts on Parade (1930)
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931)

 

LOVING THE CLASSICS

Atlantic (1929)
Barnum Was Right (1929)
Behind That Curtain (1929)
Border Romance (1929)
Charming Sinners (1929)
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
Dangerous Curves (1929)
A Dangerous Woman (1929)
Darkened Rooms (1929)
Interfernece (1928)
Mexicali Rose (1929)

 

THE SERIAL SQUADRON

The Desert Song (1929)

 

SINISTER CINEMA

The Crusader (1932)
East of Borneo (1931)
Fantomas (1932)
King of the Wild (1931)
The Lost Zeppelin (1929)
The Phantom of the West (1931)
Svengali (1931)

 

WARNER HOME VIDEO

Are You Listening? (1932)
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
The Girl Said No (1930)
Laughing Sinners (1931)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
On with the Show! (1929)
Paid (1930)
Possessed (1931)
Rio Rita (1929)
Sally (1929)
Say It with Songs (1929)
The Show of Shows (1929)
So Long, Letty (1929)
Sunny (1930)
They Learned About Women (1930)
This Modern Age (1931)
The Unholy Three (1930)

 
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