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Tag Archives: 1930s
Amok (1934) Fyodor Otsep, Marcelle Chantal, Jean Yonnel, Valéry Inkijinoff
Dr. Holk leads a lonely life in a small dutch colony in the tropics. Read More »
Swing High (1930) Joseph Santley, Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott, Dorothy Burgess
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner Read More »
Dinky (1935) Howard Bretherton, D. Ross Lederman, Jackie Cooper, Mary Astor, Roger Pryor
Mrs. Daniels has been framed on a fraud charge and sent to prison. Read More »
Look Up and Laugh (1935) Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, Vivien Leigh, Douglas Wakefield
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. Read More »
Sincerity (1939) Mikio Naruse, Minoru Takada, Sachiko Murase, Takako Irie
Drama about the relationship of a mother and her daughters. Read More »
The Lady and the Beard (1931) Yasujirô Ozu, Tokihiko Okada, Hiroko Kawasaki, Chôko Iida
A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard. Read More »
I Flunked, But… (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Tatsuo Saitô, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka
A story of a college student (Tatsuo Saitô) and his schoolmates trying to pass the exams by cheating. Read More »
Forbidden (1932) Frank Capra, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Read More »
The Half-Naked Truth (1932) Gregory La Cava, Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy, Eugene Pallette
A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation. Read More »
Life Begins Tomorrow (1933) Werner Hochbaum, Erich Haußmann, Hilde von Stolz, Harry Frank
After serving 5 years in prison, Robert finds himself disappointed since his wife isn’t waiting outside the gates. Read More »
Three Cornered Hat (1935) Mario Camerini, Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo, Leda Gloria
In the seventeenth century, the Spanish governor of Naples is set in a beautiful mill and Read More »
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939) Alessandro Blasetti, Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida, Rina Morelli
Everything unfolds in Naples seventeenth century, when a mysterious masked swordsman who calls Salvador Rossa Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel
One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »
City Streets (1931) Rouben Mamoulian, Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas
Nan, a racketeer’s daughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Read More »