Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Trumpet Blows (1934) Stephen Roberts, George Raft, Adolphe Menjou, Frances Drake
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. Read More »
Laughing Boy (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, Ramon Novarro, Lupe Velez, William B. Davidson
There were very few laughs in this phlegmatic film adaptation of the Oliver LaFarge’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Laughing Boy. Read More »
Laburnum Grove (1936) Carol Reed, Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke, Victoria Hopper
Laburnum Grove is a suburb so dull one could actually hear the tomatoes grow in the gardens. Read More »
Someone at the Door (1936) Herbert Brenon, Aileen Marson, Billy Milton, Noah Beery
A penniless brother and sister move back into their childhood home, a rundown country manor. Read More »
Bad Guy (1937) Edward L. Cahn, Bruce Cabot, Virginia Grey, Edward Norris
“Lucky” Walden is a power lineman-turned-criminal. He is due to go to the electric chair, which he helps prison electricians wire correctly Read More »
God’s Country and the Woman (1937) William Keighley, George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane
Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Read More »
Honeymoon in Bali (1939) Edward H. Griffith, Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop Read More »
Eight Girls in a Boat (1934) Richard Wallace, Dorothy Wilson, Douglass Montgomery, Kay Johnson
In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers she is going to have a baby Read More »
Jailbreak (1936) Nick Grinde, Barton MacLane, June Travis, Craig Reynolds
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars. Read More »
Three Good Friends AKA Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930) Wilhelm Thiele, Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey, Heinz Rühmann
Returning home from a holiday, three friends – Willy, Kurt and Hans – learn they are bankrupt. Read More »
Dangerous Paradise (1930) William A. Wellman, Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Warner Oland
A young man named Heyst, soured on civilization, lives alone on a remote island “somewhere east of Suez”. Read More »
Emil and the Detectives AKA Emil und die Detektive (1931) Gerhard Lamprecht, Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandma with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. Read More »
Five Scouts AKA Gonin no sekkôhei (1938) Tomotaka Tasaka, Isamu Kosugi, Bontarô Miake, Ichirô Izawa
Five airmen set out on a reconnaissance mission over northern China; the worst is feared when only four of them return. Read More »
The Dawn Patrol (1930) Howard Hawks, Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer Read More »