In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. Read More »
Tag Archives: Carole Lombard
Virtue (1932) Edward Buzzell, Carole Lombard, Pat O’Brien, Ward Bond, Drama
A relationship gradually develops between a savvy New York street girl and a good-hearted cab driver Read More »
Nothing Sacred (1937) William A. Wellman, Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hazel Flagg of Warsaw, Vermont receives the information that her terminal instance of radium poisoning by a workplace episode proved to be a comprehensive misdiagnosis with mixed feelings. Read More »
The Gay Bride (1934) Jack Conway, Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts, Comedy, Crime
Gangster Shoots Magiz is the producer of the show in which Mary is appearing. Read More »
Brief Moment (1933) David Burton, Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Donald Cook, Drama
A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him. Read More »
Supernatural (1933) Victor Halperin, Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Alan Dinehart, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In New York city, Ruth Rogan is convicted of killing 3 of her lovers and sentenced to be executed. Read More »
Bolero (1934) Wesley Ruggles, Mitchell Leisen, George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Drama, Music
This is the story of an egotistical nightclub dance performer named Raoul, his determination to succeed at all costs Read More »
Ladies Man (1931) Lothar Mendes, William Powell, Kay Francis, Carole Lombard, Drama
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in “society.” Read More »
No Man of Her Own (1932) Wesley Ruggles, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill, Drama, Romance
Clark Gable plays a card cheat who has to go on the lam to avoid a pesky cop. He meets a lonely, but slightly wild, librarian, Carole Lombard, while he is hiding out. Read More »
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) Alfred Hitchcock, Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Comedy, Romance
Now and Forever (1934) Henry Hathaway, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Drama, Romance
Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Read More »
Vigil in the Night (1940) George Stevens, Carole Lombard, Anne Shirley, Brian Aherne, Drama
Nurse Anne Lee blames herself for a fatal mistake of her sister Lucy, who also is a nurse. Anne loses her job, and gets a new one at a poorly equipped country hospital. There she falls in love with Dr. Prescott, who is battling with Mr. Bowly, the chairman of the local hospital board, who also makes Anne’s life miserable. But then a virulent epidemic begins…
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The Racketeer (1929) Howard Higgin, Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard, Roland Drew, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tough mobster Mahlon Keane practically runs crime in New York City. He meets broke ex-society girl Rhoda Philbrooke at a society fundraiser and helps her cheat her way to some winnings in poker. Rhoda needs the money to help nurse broken alcoholic concert violinist Tony Vaughan back to health.
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White Woman (1933) Stuart Walker, Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton, Charles Bickford, Drama
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation’s overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.
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Lady by Choice (1934) David Burton, Carole Lombard, May Robson, Roger Pryor, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Fan dancer Alabam Lee is convicted of breaching the morals code with her racy shows. Her agent has her adopt a “mother” from an old ladies home as a publicity ploy to improve her image. Alabam chooses Patricia”Patsy” Patterson, a drunk and disorderly street lady with a past. Patsy has a protector in Johnny Mills, the lawyer son of her old flame. When Johnny comes to visit Patsy he meets Alabam and the two eventually fall in love. Both Patsy and the everpresent Judge Daly think that Alabam is golddigging for Johnny’s money and their attempts to break things up puts the relationship on shaky ground.
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