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Tag Archives: 1930s
Mister Cinderella (1936) Edward Sedgwick, Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher
Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he’s come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. Read More »
Indianapolis Speedway (1939) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, John Payne
Joe is the three time Indy champion who still races to put young Eddie through College. Read More »
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo AKA Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1935) Sadao Yamanaka, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Kiyozo, Kunitarô Sawamura
The Yagyu family’s elder son sends an old and cheap looking pot to his young brother Read More »
Central Park (1932) John G. Adolfi, Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford, Guy Kibbee
Rick and Dot, two penniless New Yorkers, meet and fall in love in Central Park. Promising to meet later, they separate. Read More »
Week-End Marriage (1932) Thornton Freeland, Loretta Young, Norman Foster, Aline MacMahon
In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the breadwinner. Read More »
Colleen (1936) Alfred E. Green, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie
The Ames Company makes every effort to keep Uncle Cedric away from any decisions or work. Read More »
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, William Powell
Mrs. Fay Cheyney, a rich American widow, insinuates herself into London society. Read More »
Murder at the Baskervilles (1937) Thomas Bentley, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding
Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. Read More »
Queen High (1930) Fred C. Newmeyer, Charles Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Ginger Rogers
The two partners of a ladies’ garter business are constantly feuding with each other. Read More »
Blossom Time (1934) Paul L. Stein, Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter, Carl Esmond
The film spotlights famed composer Franz Schubert, who loves a woman from afar. Read More »
Flaming Guns (1932) Arthur Rosson, Tom Mix, William Farnum, Ruth Hall
When Banker Ramsey sees Tom bring in rustlers, he hires him. Read More »
Kiss and Make-Up (1934) Harlan Thompson, Cary Grant, Helen Mack, Genevieve Tobin
Dr. Maurice Lamar is a noted plastic-surgeon who makes his rich clients beautiful, and also makes them. Read More »
The Bowery (1933) Raoul Walsh, Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper
“In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves Read More »
Youth Takes a Fling (1938) Archie Mayo, Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. Read More »