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Tag Archives: 1930s
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) Roy William Neill, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Tala Birell
Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact Read More »
Persons in Hiding (1939) Louis King, Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish
Dorothy Bronson, the ‘girl behind the crime’ according to J. Edgar Hoover Read More »
The Marathon Runner AKA Der Läufer von Marathon (1933) Ewald André Dupont, Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter, Ursula Grabley
A love story in a sport milieu. The jumper Lore Steinkopf is being courted by three men Read More »
The Lambeth Walk (1939) Albert de Courville, Lupino Lane, Sally Gray, Seymour Hicks
When Bill Snibson, a Lambeth cockney, discovers that he is a descendant Read More »
Gitta Discovers Her Heart AKA Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz (1932) Carl Froelich, Gitta Alpar, Gustav Fröhlich, Paul Kemp
Hungarian peasant Julika is discovered by an impresario in a hamlet Read More »
The Broken Melody (1934) Bernard Vorhaus, John Garrick, Margot Grahame, Merle Oberon
Paul Verlaine is a struggling composer whose assistant Germaine is secretly in love with him. Read More »
Hotel Splendide (1932) Michael Powell, Jerry Verno, Anthony Holles, Edgar Norfolk
Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when Read More »
Her Last Affaire (1935) Michael Powell, Hugh Williams, Viola Keats, Francis L. Sullivan
The wife of a politician is found dead at a country inn, where she had been Read More »
But the Flesh Is Weak (1932) Jack Conway, Robert Montgomery, Nora Gregor, Heather Thatcher
The Clements father and son live by the generosity of rich women. Read More »
I Promise to Pay (1937) D. Ross Lederman, Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack
Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars Read More »
Rich Man’s Folly (1931) John Cromwell, George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Read More »
Scandal Sheet (1931) John Cromwell, George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook
The ruthless editor of a sensationalistic newspaper is devoted to printing Read More »
Daybreak AKA Le jour se lève (1939) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty
Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. Read More »
The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Tim Whelan, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes
Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon) Read More »