Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can’t live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.
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Tag Archives: 1930s
The Mayor of Hell (1933) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron, Crime, Drama, Romance
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Read More »
Public Hero Number 1 (1935) J. Walter Ruben, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Crime, Drama
G-Man Chester Morris poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Read More »
The Perfect Gentleman (1935) Tim Whelan, Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge, Heather Angel, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father’s naughty exploits with a lively actress.
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The Old Dark House (1932) James Whale, Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Comedy, Horror
Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. Read More »
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Mervyn LeRoy, Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Chorus girls Polly, Carol and Trixie are ecstatic when they learn that Broadway producer Barney Hopkins is putting on a new show. Read More »
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) Jacques Tourneur, Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Henry Hull, Crime, Mystery, Drama
Famed New York detective Nick Carter arrives incognito at a California airplane factory at the behest of owner Hiram Streeter. Read More »
Schlußakkord / Final Accord (1936) Douglas Sirk, Willy Birgel, Lil Dagover, Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Music, Drama
A young, impoverished German woman named Hanna (Maria von Tasnady) gives her infant up for adoption and emigrates to American to live with her husband. Read More »
Every Night at Eight (1935) Raoul Walsh, George Raft, Alice Faye, Frances Langford, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to ‘lease’ the dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singin, but they are caught and fired. Read More »
Cimarron (1931) Wesley Ruggles, Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Drama, Western
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. Read More »
The Green Cockatoo (1937) William Cameron Menzies, John Mills, René Ray, Charles Oliver, Crime, Drama
A young girl is traveling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. Read More »
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) James Whale, Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas, Mystery
When a lawyer defending his best friend for murdering his unfaithful wife discovers how the accused discovered his wife was in love with another man Read More »
George White’s 1935 Scandals (1935) George White, Harry Lachman, Alice Faye, James Dunn, Ned Sparks, Comedy, Music, Romance
A vacationing Broadway producer, George White, stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram. Read More »
Stamboul Quest (1934) Sam Wood, Myrna Loy, George Brent, Lionel Atwill, Romance, Thriller, Drama
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. Read More »
Traveling Husbands (1931) Paul Sloane, Evelyn Brent, Frank Albertson, Constance Cummings, Comedy, Crime
Several traveling salesmen get involved with business, booze, romance, party girls and a lot more while staying at a hotel Detroit. Read More »