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Tag Archives: 1930s
Triumph of the Will AKA Triumph des Willens (1935) Leni Riefenstahl, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Max Amann
Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) is a filmed record of the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg. Read More »
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) William Hamilton, Edward Killy, Gene Raymond, Margaret Callahan, Eric Blore
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. Read More »
One Frightened Night (1935) Christy Cabanne, Charley Grapewin, Mary Carlisle, Arthur Hohl
An eccentric millionaire, unable to locate his only granddaughter Read More »
The Benson Murder Case (1930) Frank Tuttle, William Powell, William ‘Stage’ Boyd, Eugene Pallette
A murder takes place virtually in front of Philo Vance’s eyes which, for all intents and purposes Read More »
Under Two Flags (1936) Frank Lloyd, Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother’s crime. Read More »
One in a Million (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden. Read More »
Women Are Like That (1938) Stanley Logan, Kay Francis, Pat O’Brien, Ralph Forbes
A typical Francis vehicle of the time was Women are Like That, in which the star is cast as businesswoman Claire King Read More »
The Oklahoma Kid (1939) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane
McCord’s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land Read More »
1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935) Aubrey Scotto, Roger Pryor, Leila Hyams, Edward Brophy
A down-on-his luck newspaperman finds himself the center of an experiment being conducted by two daffy millionaires–to see if someone can spend $1000 a minute Read More »
Tiger Shark (1932) Howard Hawks, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen, Zita Johann
Mike is a great tuna fisherman though he lost a hand to a shark years earlier saving Pipes Boley. Read More »
Girls on Probation (1938) William C. McGann, Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill
This film proves the old adage “You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you shouldn’t pick friends who rob banks.” Read More »
British Agent (1934) Michael Curtiz, Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan
It’s 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen ‘Steve’ Locke is a British agent in Russia. Read More »
The Beast of the City (1932) Charles Brabin, Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is fighting gangster Sam Belmonte. Read More »
Stranded (1935) Frank Borzage, Kay Francis, George Brent, Patricia Ellis
Mack – George Brent, a construction foreman who is working on the Golden Gate Bridge, meets social worker Lynn Palmer – Kay Francis. Read More »