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Tag Archives: 1930s
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) Harry Lachman, Warner Oland, Keye Luke, John McGuire
Charlie receives fourteen free passes to the circus for him and his entire family Read More »
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae AKA Tonari no Yae-chan (1934) Yasujirô Shimazu, Yumeko Aizome, Ryôtarô Mizushima, Den Ohinata
Keitaro (Obinata Den) is a law student and Yaeko (Aizome Yumeko) is a high school girl. Read More »
Air Hawks (1935) Albert S. Rogell, Ralph Bellamy, Tala Birell, Wiley Post
Filmed a few months before and playing in theatres when Wiley Post and Will Rogers were killed Read More »
Japanese Girls at the Harbor AKA Minato no nihonmusume (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Michiko Oikawa, Yukiko Inoue, Ureo Egawa
A bad boy can win their hearts and drive them apart even in the 1930s and even in Japan Read More »
Make a Million (1935) Lewis D. Collins, Charles Starrett, Pauline Brooks, George E. Stone
A college economics professor’s “radical” ideas about capitalism get him fired. When he decides to put those ideas into practice Read More »
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) Roy Del Ruth, Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor
Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by the young widow Lilian, if she can dance in his new show. Read More »
Valley of the Giants (1938) William Keighley, Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh
A lumberman (Wayne Morris) and a gambling-house lady (Claire Trevor) thwart Easterners eyeing the California Redwoods. Read More »
Midnight Mystery (1930) George B. Seitz, Betty Compson, Lowell Sherman, Raymond Hatton
Several able silent-screen veterans converge in RKO Radio’s Midnight Mystery. Read More »
Les misérables (1934) Raymond Bernard, Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Paul Azaïs
The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France Read More »
The Florentine Dagger (1935) Robert Florey, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, C. Aubrey Smith
Juan Cesare, a descendant of the Borgia’s of Vienna, thinks he may have a murder streak in him acquired from his long-dead relatives Read More »
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) James Tinling, Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Jon Hall
On his return to China, Charlie is honored at a Shanghai banquet for his many accomplishments. Read More »
Reform Girl (1933) Sam Newfield, Noel Francis, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher, Hale Hamilton
A young girl just out of prison and desperate for money finds herself involved Read More »
The Bishop Murder Case (1930) David Burton, Nick Grinde, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young
The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart Read More »
Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (1939) James P. Hogan, John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation. Read More »