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Tag Archives: 1930s
Personal Maid (1931) Monta Bell, Lothar Mendes, Nancy Carroll, Pat O’Brien, Gene Raymond
Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family. Read More »
I Love That Man (1933) Harry Joe Brown, Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong
This drama chronicles the devoted love of a woman who tries to reform her lover, a black marketeer with a compulsive gambling problem. Read More »
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Rowland V. Lee, Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern
Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau d’If without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on Elba. Read More »
The Captain from Kopenick (1931) Richard Oswald, Max Adalbert, Ernst Dernburg, Willi Schur
Based on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain’s uniform, assumed command of a troop of guardsmen Read More »
Girls Can Play (1937) Lambert Hillyer, Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth
Foy Harris (John Gallaudet) is a bootlegger selling illegal booze and also running a girl’s professional softball team Read More »
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) John H. Auer, Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye
Dr. Crespi has a festering hatred for Dr. Stephen Ross, the man who married his ex-sweetheart. Read More »
Midnight Mary (1933) William A. Wellman, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager Read More »
Intermezzo (1936) Gustaf Molander, Ingrid Bergman, Gösta Ekman, Inga Tidblad
The world famous violinist Holger Brandt comes back to his family after a tour. Read More »
The Girl of the Golden West (1938) Robert Z. Leonard, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon
Mary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called “The Poker”. Read More »