Orphans Edward “Blackie” Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Stand-In (1937) Tay Garnett, Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Comedy, Romance
Atterbury Dodd is an efficiency expert who believes everything can be reduced to mathematics. He is sent to Hollywood to see whether Colossal Pictures is a good investment. Read More »
Back in Circulation (1937) Ray Enright, Pat O’Brien, Joan Blondell, Margaret Lindsay, Comedy, Mystery, Drama
Morning Express ace reporter ‘Timmy’ Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. Read More »
The Singing Marine (1937) Ray Enright, Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Read More »
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) Ray Enright, Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert, Comedy, Musical, Romance
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes Read More »
The Public Menace (1935) Erle C. Kenton, Jean Arthur, George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Non-citizen Arthur marries reporter Murphy for a bogus gangster’s confession. A divorce is needed, and Murphy is fired. Read More »
Slim (1937) Ray Enright, Pat O’Brien, Henry Fonda, Stuart Erwin, Drama, Romance
Farmer slim joins a group of workers who are building power lines. Foreman Red teaches him all he needs and soon they become friends. Read More »
My Bill (1938) John Farrow, Kay Francis, Bonita Granville, John Litel, Drama, Romance
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Read More »
Day of Reckoning (1933) Charles Brabin, Richard Dix, Madge Evans, Conway Tearle, Drama
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. Read More »
Three Men on a Horse (1936) Mervyn LeRoy, Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Comedy
Erwin Trowbridge is a meek salesman blessed with the ability to predict winners in horse races. Read More »
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) Mervyn LeRoy, Fernand Gravey, Joan Blondell, Edward Everett Horton, Comedy, Romance
Ex-King Alfred VII is a young, handsome, and charming erstwhile monarch who once ruled a nation of two million people. Read More »
Meet the Baron (1933) Walter Lang, Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts, Comedy
The famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they’re greeted as heroes. Read More »
When Ladies Meet (1933) Harry Beaumont, Robert Z. Leonard, Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Comedy, Romance
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Read More »
Over the Hill (1931) Henry King, Mae Marsh, James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Drama
In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. Read More »
The Man in Possession (1931) Sam Wood, Robert Montgomery, Charlotte Greenwood, Irene Purcell, Comedy
Recently released from jail, Raymond Dabney is the black sheep of his family. His father and brother want him out of England and out of their hair. Read More »