Described by David Bordwell as ‘probably the greatest revelation’ of the retrospective of Shochiku’s Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
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 »
Politics (1931) Charles Reisner, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Roscoe Ates
Middle-aged widow Hattie Burns becomes fed up when local small-town Read More »
Heads Up (1930) Victor Schertzinger, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Helen Kane, Margaret Breen
Jack Mason of the Coast Guard Academy meets Mary at the graduation ball and falls in love with her Read More »
The Winning Ticket (1935) Charles Reisner, Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, Ted Healy
An Italian-American barber, Joe Thomasello, buys a sweepstakes ticket but doesn’t tell his wife Read More »
Old Man Rhythm (1935) Edward Ludwig, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, George Barbier, Barbara Kent
Rich John Roberts, Jr. gets reports that his son, Johnny, is falling for a gold digging blonde at college. Read More »
White Squadron AKA Lo squadrone bianco (1936) Augusto Genina, Fulvia Lanzi, Francesca Dalpe, Fosco Giachetti
Lieutenant Mario Ludovici, an army officer, gets himself transferred to a Libyan post Read More »
I’ve Got Your Number (1934) Ray Enright, Joan Blondell, Pat O’Brien, Allen Jenkins
The adventures of wisecracking telephone repairmen Terry and Johnny are by turns comic, risque, and heroic. Read More »
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936) Frank McDonald, Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge
Crotchety hospital administrator Peter Melady, self-proclaimed developer of a new wonder anaesthetic Read More »
Love Takes Flight (1937) Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot, Beatrice Roberts, John Sheehan
On a transcontinental flight from New York City to Los Angeles, Joan Lawson Read More »
Law of the Underworld (1938) Lew Landers, Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced Read More »
Mother Carey’s Chickens (1938) Rowland V. Lee, Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison
The story proper gets under way when Mr. Carey (Ralph Morgan) is killed in the Spanish American War Read More »
Scarlet River (1933) Otto Brower, Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Lon Chaney Jr.
Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter Read More »