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Tag Archives: 1930s
Honolulu (1939) Edward Buzzell, Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, George Burns
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. Read More »
Alias the Doctor (1932) Michael Curtiz, Lloyd Bacon, Richard Barthelmess, Marian Marsh, Norman Foster
Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. Read More »
The Sign of the Cross (1932) Cecil B. DeMille, Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Elissa Landi
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Read More »
When London Sleeps (1932) Leslie S. Hiscott, Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Alexander Field
Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti’s Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. Read More »
Reckless Decision (1933) John W. Noble, Adeline Hayden Coffin, Doris Eaton, Margaret Halstan
A mother and father try to find a way to protect their young daughter against the influences of booze Read More »
The Discovery of Brazil AKA O Descobrimento do Brasil (1936) Humberto Mauro, Alvaro Costa, João de Deus, Manoel Rocha
O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral’s Read More »
The Masseurs and a Woman AKA Anma to onna (1938) Hiroshi Shimizu, Shotaro Akagi, Shin’ichi Himori, Ayuko Hirano
Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. Read More »
Such Men Are Dangerous (1930) Kenneth Hawks, Warner Baxter, Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night. Read More »
Man of Iron (1935) William C. McGann, Barton MacLane, Mary Astor, John Eldredge
Steel mill foreman Chris Bennett — played by the always dependable Barton MacLane — is well-liked by his men. Read More »
My Irish Molly (1938) Alex Bryce, Binkie Stuart, Tom Burke, Phillip Reed
An Irishman leaves to make his fortune in America, in the mean time Read More »
Death on the Diamond (1934) Edward Sedgwick, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. Read More »
The Guilty Generation (1931) Rowland V. Lee, Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings, Robert Young
John Smith is a young architect who changed his name from Marco Ricca when he realized that being Read More »
Smuggled Cargo (1939) John H. Auer, Barry MacKay, Rochelle Hudson, George Barbier
A group of migrant workers must stand up to corruption and fight for their rights. Read More »
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) Alan Crosland, Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry’s office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. Read More »