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Tag Archives: 1930s
Looking on the Bright Side (1932) Graham Cutts, Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, Richard Dolman, Julian Rose
Gracie and Laurie are lovers who together form a musical act. Read More »
No Marriage Ties (1933) J. Walter Ruben, Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Doris Kenyon
Foster is fired when he is found drunk in a bar instead of covering the biggest fight of the year. Read More »
Death and the Maiden AKA Fährmann Maria (1936) Frank Wisbar, Sybille Schmitz, Aribert Mog, Carl de Vogt
Maria, an enigmatic young drifter, takes over the job of piloting a tiny ferry in a small Read More »
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) William Hamilton, Edward Killy, James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path Read More »
César (1936) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis
Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. Read More »
The House on 56th Street (1933) Robert Florey, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond
This movie opens in 1905, when showgirl and daughter of a deceased gambler Peggy Martin Read More »
Frisco Waterfront (1935) Arthur Lubin, Joseph Santley, Ben Lyon, Helen Twelvetrees, Rod La Rocque
As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes Read More »
The Devil’s in Love (1933) William Dieterle, Victor Jory, Loretta Young, Vivienne Osborne
Unjustly convicted of murdering the major who transferred him to another outpost Read More »
Dr. Socrates (1935) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane
Bookish Dr. Cardwell is not very popular with the people of the small town of Big Bend, who prefer the charismatic Dr. Ginder. Read More »
David Harum (1934) James Cruze, Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Evelyn Venable
Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Read More »
You Belong to Me (1934) Alfred L. Werker, Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan
When vaudeville performer Florette Faxon is left penniless with her six-year-old son Jimmy Read More »
This Side of Heaven (1934) William K. Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Mae Clarke
A family man. (Lionel Barrymore) becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement. Read More »
The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933) Harry Joe Brown, Robert Armstrong, Constance Cummings, Olga Baclanova
“Fingers” Partos, known by fighters for his great massages, is paroled from prison Read More »
The Adventurous Blonde (1937) Frank McDonald, Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel
Angry that police detective Steve McBride is giving preferential treatment to his fiancée Read More »