M’liss Smith, the wildcat daughter of Washoe Smith, lives a lively life in the small town founded by her father, a broken miner. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Man Who Found Himself (1937) Lew Landers, John Beal, Joan Fontaine, Phillip Huston
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours Read More »
Big Business Girl (1931) William A. Seiter, Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez
College graduate Claire McIntyre plans to conquer the business world Read More »
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) Ricardo Cortez, Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Marjorie Rambeau
During the Depression, New York City store clerk Joe Riley saves money and buys a piece of land in Arizona. Read More »
The End of the Day AKA La fin du jour (1939) Julien Duvivier, Victor Francen, Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet
Aged penniless actors are living in a old people’s home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. Read More »
Grand Slam (1933) William Dieterle, Paul Lukas, Loretta Young, Frank McHugh
After waiter and would-be novelist Peter Stanislavsky marries Marcia Read More »
Chatterbox (1936) George Nichols Jr., Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Edward Ellis
Jenny has always been fascinated with the stage, especially since her mother was a famous actress. Read More »
Pigskin Parade (1936) David Butler, Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley
Bessie and Winston “Slug” Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Read More »
Ace of Aces (1933) J. Walter Ruben, Richard Dix, Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Bellamy
A sculptor who doesn’t want to have any part of World War I is shamed Read More »
Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938) William C. McGann, Billy Mauch, Robert J. Mauch, Frank Craven
Penrod Schofield’s mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod’s spoiled friend, Rodney. Read More »
Let’s Go Native (1930) Leo McCarey, Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
Dress designer Joan Wood, who’s heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show Read More »
One Rainy Afternoon (1936) Rowland V. Lee, Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema Read More »
Trouble for Two (1936) J. Walter Ruben, Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan
The Crown Prince is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Read More »
The Ghost That Never Returns AKA Prividenie, kotoroe ne vozvrashchaetsya (1930) Abram Room, Boris Ferdinandov, A. Filippov, Karl Gurnyak
To all appearances set in an anonymous South-American republic, the film is a moving story Read More »
Diamond Jim (1935) A. Edward Sutherland, Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes
The story of legendary gambler Diamond Jim Brady and his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell. Read More »