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Tag Archives: 1930s
Black Legion (1937) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker Read More »
Peasants AKA Krestyane (1935) Fridrikh Ermler, Pyotr Aleynikov, Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina, Nikolay Bogolyubov
The struggle of farmers against the “kulaks” on collective farms. Read More »
Revolt of the Fishermen AKA Vosstaniye rybakov (1934) Erwin Piscator, Aleksei Dikij, Dmitri Konsovsky, Nikolai Gladkov
Sailors working on the trawlers of the German shipowner Bredel go on a strike. Read More »
Little Men (1934) Phil Rosen, Ralph Morgan, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Junior Durkin
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. Read More »
In Love with Life (1934) Frank R. Strayer, Lila Lee, Onslow Stevens, Claude Gillingwater
Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position Read More »
Star of Midnight (1935) Stephen Roberts, William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly
When a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks lawyer Read More »
Under the Red Robe (1937) Victor Sjöström, Conrad Veidt, Annabella, Raymond Massey
In 1620s France, dreaded swordsman Gil de Berault returns from carrying out a mission for Cardinal Richelieu Read More »
His Greatest Gamble (1934) John S. Robertson, Richard Dix, Dorothy Wilson, Bruce Cabot
Despite losing all that they had at the roulette table, Phillip Eden (Richard Dix) Read More »
Lancer Spy (1937) Gregory Ratoff, Dolores del Rio, George Sanders, Peter Lorre
Set during World War I, Lancer Spy stars a young George Sanders as Michael Bruce Read More »
Fireman, Save My Child (1932) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. Read More »
A Woman Crying in Spring (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Akiko Chihaya, Ryuko Fuji, Shizue Hyôdô
Described by David Bordwell as ‘probably the greatest revelation’ of the retrospective of Shochiku’s Read More »
Eclipse AKA Kinkanshoku (1934) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Hiroko Kawasaki, Michiko Kuwano
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi Read More »
The Gladiator (1938) Edward Sedgwick, Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Man Mountain Dean
A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team Read More »
Such Is Life AKA Takový je zivot (1930) Carl Junghans, Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pistek, Mána Zenísková
Realistic portrait of a poor working family in late 20s Prague: the washerwoman mother whose burial Read More »