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Tag Archives: 1930s
Frisco Kid (1935) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez
Bat Morgan is nearly shanghaied on his way to the gold fields of California. Read More »
Picture Snatcher (1933) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis
Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. Read More »
Fugitive Lovers (1934) Richard Boleslawski, Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Ted Healy
In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York Read More »
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) Wesley Ruggles, Gladys George, Arline Judge, John Howard
Gladys George, a superlative actress often wasted in secondary roles Read More »
3 Kids and a Queen (1935) Edward Ludwig, May Robson, Charlotte Henry, Bill Burrud
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, ‘Queenie’ Baxter (May Robson) is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. Read More »
Happy Landing (1938) Roy Del Ruth, Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Jean Hersholt
The Bride’s Fair in a small Norwegian village is interrupted by the forced landing of Jimmy Hall Read More »
Bad Sister (1931) Hobart Henley, Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Bette Davis
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father’s endorsement on a money-raising scheme. Read More »
Sensation (1936) Brian Desmond Hurst, John Lodge, Diana Churchill, Francis Lister
Future Connecticut governor John Lodge stars in the British crime drama Sensation. Read More »
Capricious Young Man AKA Akanishi Kakita (1936) Mansaku Itami, Chiezô Kataoka, Shôsaku Sugiyama, Sôjin Kamiyama
Akanishi Kakita moved from the countryside to a big city. Read More »
Sons O’ Guns (1936) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Joan Blondell, Beverly Roberts
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. Read More »
Mississippi (1935) A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart’s honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer Read More »
If I Were King (1938) Frank Lloyd, Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee
In 1463, Paris is besieged by the Duke of Burgundy, arch-rival of the king, who is content to sit tight while the poor starve. Read More »
Justin of Marseille (1935) Maurice Tourneur, Antonin Berval, Pierre Larquey, Alexandre Rignault
At the head of a gang of drug traffickers, Justin, has in principle left to tread. Read More »
Tonight or Never (1931) Mervyn LeRoy, Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas, Alison Skipworth
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances Read More »