Next, I watched the 1929 COQUETTE.
I can see some of the appeal for you, DR MBarnum, but I thought it was a really mediocre melodrama, even for the period in which it was made. (It might have been a bit more palatable if the time period had been in the 1860s rather than its being a modern film.)
Mary Pickford is about twenty years too old for the role she's playing, and while I wouldn't say it's the worst performance to ever win an Oscar, I wouldn't say it's worthy either. (I'd guess Ruth Chatterton's MADAME X was probably the most deserving, but I haven't seen all of the other nominees and have only seen excerpts of CHatterton's, but what I saw was much more impressive than Pickford's hammy emoting.)
The movie is exactly like you'd expect a 1929 movie to look and sound. There's a title card prior to the film that says it had been restored by UCLA, so that means the elements it had to work with must have been near-death. Much of the film is in very bad shape even after restoration.
Glad I saw it, but I'd never need to see it again.