John Hanson (Conrad Nagel) is a bank teller and invests in stocks. He and his best friend (another bank teller) Phil Wilson (Robert Ames) live at a boarding house run by his Swedish fiance’s aunt, Mrs. Larson (Bodil Rosing). Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Dragnet Patrol (1931) Frank R. Strayer, Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Marjorie Beebe, Action, Crime, Drama
Larry White (Glenn Tryon), the captain of a fishing schooner, is induced by his wife,Millie (Vera Reynolds),who has nothing against luxury Read More »
Divorce in the Family (1932) Charles Reisner, Jackie Cooper, Conrad Nagel, Lewis Stone, Drama, Romance
Divorced Ethnologist John Parker loves his two boys, Al and Terry, and misses them terribly when they have to leave his archaeological dig at the end of the summer. Read More »
The Criminal Code (1931) Howard Hawks, Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Crime, Drama, Romance
A wily D.A.(Brady) gets a 10 year conviction of a young 20 year old (Robert Graham)who he knows killed a man in self defense. Read More »
Bachelor Apartment (1931) Lowell Sherman, Mae Murray, Irene Dunne, Comedy, Drama, Romance
While entertaining one of his many lady friends, Wayne Carter, a well-to-do Park Avenue bachelor, is interrupted by the arrival of attractive Helene Andrews Read More »
Piccadilly Jim (1936) Robert Z. Leonard, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Comedy, Romance
Jim’s father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. Read More »
Der Biberpelz / The Beaver Coat (1937) Jürgen von Alten, Heinrich George, Ida Wüst, Rotraut Richter, Comedy
In a district of a small, German principality, things are going haywire. And this, even though Baron von Wehrhahn, who is loyal to the prince Read More »
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939) Walter Forde, Nova Pilbeam, Edmund Gwenn, Jimmy O’Dea, Comedy
Set in the world of brewing, a classic tale (an Ealing speciality) of the small, friendly, family run company being threatened with closure by the nasty, modern, large organisation. Read More »
Play Girl (1932) Ray Enright, Winnie Lightner, Loretta Young, Norman Foster, Drama, Romance
‘Bus’ Green works hard at her department but dreams of a better life. She falls hard for fast talking gambler Wally who showers her with gifts. Read More »
Gang Bullets (1938) Lambert Hillyer, Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Charles Trowbridge, Crime, Drama
A ruthless but clever gangster who knows every loophole in the law has the tables turned by a dedicated District Attorney and his assistant. Read More »
Honeymoon Limited (1935) Arthur Lubin, Neil Hamilton, Irene Hervey, Lloyd Hughes, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
A publisher bets an author that he won’t be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco. Read More »
Pygmalion (1938) Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The snobbish & intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that he can take a London flower seller Read More »
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Harold Young, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
London fop Percy Blakeney is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save aristocrats from Madame Guillotine. Read More »
Every Day’s a Holiday (1937) A. Edward Sutherland, Mae West, Edmund Lowe, Charles Butterworth, Comedy
Mae West portrays a turn-of-century confidence trickster who poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest. Read More »
Murder by the Clock (1931) Edward Sloman, William ‘Stage’ Boyd, Lilyan Tashman, Irving Pichel, Horror, Mystery
A policeman (William Boyd) investigates a woman’s (Lilyan Tashman) link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a family mausoleum. Read More »