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Tag Archives: 1930s
A Lady’s Profession (1933) Norman Z. McLeod, Alison Skipworth, Roland Young, Sari Maritza
Skipworth is the grand dame of a titled European family down on their luck. Read More »
The Hayseeds (1933) Beaumont Smith, Cecil Kellaway, Katie Towers, Tal Ordell
Wealthy Mary Townleigh gets lost in the bush and hurts her ankle, but is rescued and stays with the Hayseed family. Read More »
The Singing Blacksmith (1938) Edgar G. Ulmer, Ben-Zvi Baratoff, Moyshe Oysher, Miriam Riselle, Florence Weiss
Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version Read More »
The Light Ahead (1939) Henry Felt, Edgar G. Ulmer, David Opatoshu, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier
Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa Read More »
Pursuit (1935) Edwin L. Marin, Chester Morris, Sally Eilers, Scotty Beckett
“Mitch” Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. Read More »
Swing Your Lady (1938) Ray Enright, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Louise Fazenda
Promoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos Read More »
The Crooked Circle (1932) H. Bruce Humberstone, Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Ben Lyon
A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists. Read More »
The Two Gun Man (1931) Phil Rosen, Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Lucille Powers
Marshals Blackie and Joe, posing as two-gun men, hire on at Markham’s ranch. Read More »
6 Day Bike Rider (1934) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Maxine Doyle, Frank McHugh
A film about another American fad of the 30s. Small-town bumpkin Winfred Simpson Read More »
Reckless (1935) Victor Fleming, Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone
Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie’s musical by himself. Read More »
Stars Over Broadway (1935) William Keighley, Pat O’Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton
Al is a down on his luck promoter who is thinking of taking the final bow when he meets Jan, the singing porter. Read More »
Secrets of Chinatown (1935) Fred C. Newmeyer, Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne, Raymond Lawrence
Private detective Donegal Dawn, is summoned by the police commissioner to solve Read More »
Green Fields (1937) Jacob Ben-Ami, Edgar G. Ulmer, Michael Gorrin, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier
Ulmer’s soulful, open-air adaptation of Peretz Hirshbein’s classic play heralded the Golden Age of Yiddish cinema. Read More »
I Stand Condemned AKA Moscow Nights (1935) Anthony Asquith, Harry Baur, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Laurence Olivier
During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. Read More »