When Jimmy Doyle’s Broadway musical is a flop, he takes his rejected star, Dixie Dugan, to a nightclub where she does her number again. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Her Majesty, Love (1931) William Dieterle, Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W.C. Fields, Comedy, Drama, Musical
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred’s fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. Read More »
Bright Eyes (1934) David Butler, Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
When a maid is accidentally hit by a car and killed, her young orphaned daughter is forced to live with the snooty couple she used to work for. Read More »
Alice in Wonderland (1933) Norman Z. McLeod, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
On a dull winter day, Alice fantasies, that she is seeing the property supporting the mirror. Read More »
The Mouthpiece (1932) James Flood, Elliott Nugent, Warren William, Sidney Fox, Aline MacMahon, Drama
When a hot young prosecutor learns a guy he’s convicted and implemented was actually innocent, he arouses his DA occupation and becomes a defense lawyer. Read More »
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) Dorothy Arzner, Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the ideal woman, Joan Prentiss. Read More »
Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Howard Hawks, Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Adventure, Drama, Romance
After the boat San Luis creates a stop in the interface of Barranca, to provide mailbags and load bananas Read More »
Romeo and Juliet (1936) George Cukor, Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Drama, Romance
The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Read More »
Remote Control (1930) Nick Grinde, William Haines, Charles King, Mary Doran, Comedy, Drama
William J. Brennan, who works in a music store, aspires to be a radio announcer, however if Smedley, his company Read More »
Love Is a Racket (1932) William A. Wellman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Jimmy writes the’Up and Down Broadway’ column to the New York Globe, and he’s head over heels for Mary. Read More »
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) Louis King, Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Thomas Beck, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An X-ray machine shows the existence of a corpse in an Egyptian sarcophagus. Read More »
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) Lewis Seiler, Hamilton MacFadden, Warner Oland, Mary Brian, Thomas Beck, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Charlie’s trip to Paris, apparently a holiday, is truly a mission to explore a bond-forgery racket. Read More »
Yiddle With His Fiddle (1936) Joseph Green, Jan Nowina-Przybylski, Molly Picon, Max Bozyk, Leon Liebgold, Comedy, Musical, Romance
This is the timeless folk humor about a guy and his daughter that, penniless, decide to become travel musicians. Read More »
She Married Her Boss (1935) Gregory La Cava, Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Michael Bartlett, Comedy
A super-efficient secretary in a department store falls for and marries her boss Read More »
The Black Cat (1934) Edgar G. Ulmer, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adventure, Crime, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Honeymooning at Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison discuss their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but awful guy who’s returning to the stays of this town he defended prior to getting a prisoner of war for fifteen decades. Read More »