Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Brief Moment (1933) David Burton, Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Donald Cook, Drama
A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him. Read More »
Dr. Monica (1934) William Keighley, William Dieterle, Kay Francis, Warren William, Jean Muir, Drama, Romance
Dr. Monica Brayden, a successful physician, is the central character in this story. Read More »
Time Out for Romance (1937) Malcolm St. Clair, Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Joan Davis, Adventure, Comedy
A girl (Trevor) escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man (Whalen) in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot. Read More »
Barricade (1939) Gregory Ratoff, Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits. Read More »
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) Gregory La Cava, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Comedy, Drama, History
The Affairs of Cellini is based on Edwin Justus Mayer’s popular stage play The Firebrand, which in turn was based on the life and times of Renaissance artist/political reactionary Benvenuto Cellini. Read More »
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) George Nichols Jr., Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, History, Romance, War
Based on a story by Jules Verne and featuring battle footage from a French film version of the tale Read More »
S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939) John H. Auer, Ralph Byrd, George Barbier, Kay Sutton, Crime, Sci-Fi
A television hoax unleashes pandemonium as citizens believe New York City is being washed away. Read More »
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) David Burton, Dudley Murphy, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Norman Foster, Drama
A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn’t love. Read More »
The Go Getter (1937) Busby Berkeley, George Brent, Anita Louise, Charles Winninger, Comedy, Romance
Billy Austin served on the crew of the USN airship Macon until it crashed at sea during a storm. Read More »
Ann Vickers (1933) John Cromwell, Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Drama, Romance
During WWI, Ann Vickers, a humanitarian who is just starting the adult phase of her life Read More »
Supernatural (1933) Victor Halperin, Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Alan Dinehart, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In New York city, Ruth Rogan is convicted of killing 3 of her lovers and sentenced to be executed. Read More »
When Tomorrow Comes (1939) John M. Stahl, Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O’Neil, Drama, Romance
Romance and heartbreak walk hand-in-hand when Philip Chagal accidentally meets Helen Lawrence in a restaurant where she is a waitress. Read More »
The Sea God (1930) George Abbott, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Eugene Pallette, Adventure
This South Seas adventure yarn stars Fay Wray and Richard Arlen, both of whom seem to struggle a little with the new sound technology. Read More »
Land Without Bread (1933) Luis Buñuel, Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O’Neill, Documentary, Short
In this documentary short by director Luis Buñuel he travels to Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain which was connected to the outside world only in 1922 with the completion of a road. Read More »