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Tag Archives: 1930s
Anna Christie (1930) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, George F. Marion
In New York, the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge Chris Christofferson receives Read More »
Son of the Border (1933) Lloyd Nosler, Tom Keene, Julie Haydon, Edgar Kennedy
Rancher Tom Owens, trying to learn the secret identity of an outlaw leader Read More »
The Singing Kid (1936) William Keighley, Busby Berkeley, Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts
Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter. Read More »
Champagne Charlie (1936) James Tinling, Paul Cavanagh, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry. Read More »
Beware Spooks! (1939) Edward Sedgwick, Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle, Clarence Kolb
Roy Gifford, a police officer, fumbles the capture of a bank robber Read More »
The Circus Clown (1934) Ray Enright, Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Dorothy Burgess
Trying to follow in his father’s footsteps, the son of an ex-acrobat runs off Read More »
Wee Willie Winkie (1937) John Ford, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith
Priscilla Williams is a young girl traveling with her mother, Joyce, to join her paternal grandfather Read More »
Doctor Bull (1933) John Ford, Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Vera Allen
Dr. Bull is an old-fashioned country doctor whose affair with the widow Janet Cardmaker Read More »
Beloved Enemy (1936) H.C. Potter, Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley
After World War I Irish rebels launch an uprising with the aim of creating an Irish republic Read More »
By Candlelight (1933) James Whale, Elissa Landi, Paul Lukas, Nils Asther
Josef is the valet for Count von Rommer and well trained in the philandering ways of his master. Read More »
Strictly Dishonorable (1931) John M. Stahl, Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone
Mississippi belle Isabelle and her hard-headed, quick-tempered Jersey Read More »
Come On, Tarzan (1932) Alan James, Ken Maynard, Merna Kennedy, Niles Welch
Ken Maynard’s magnificent horse Tarzan took center-stage in this, perhaps the star’s most Read More »
Penrod and Sam (1937) William C. McGann, Billy Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington
Penrod Schofield and his gang are “Jr. G Men,” a secret club where all members Read More »
I Met a Murderer (1939) Roy Kellino, James Mason, Pamela Mason, Sylvia Coleridge
Farmer Mark Warrow lives an unhappy existence with his shrewish wife Martha. Read More »