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Tag Archives: 1930s
Lily of Killarney (1934) Maurice Elvey
Set in Ireland, a poor knight’s rival frames him for murder in this musical based on ‘Colleen Bawn’. Read More »
Dodsworth (1936) William Wyler, Walter Huston
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life. Read More »
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) Lewis Seiler
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. Read More »
The Criminal Code (1931) Howard Hawks
A wily D.A.(Brady) gets a 10 year conviction of a young 20 year old (Robert Graham)who he knows killed a man in self defense. Read More »
Tarzan and His Mate (1934) Johnny Weissmuller
In the first sequel to Tarzan, the Ape Man, Harry Holt returns to Africa to head up a large ivory expedition. Read More »
Red Dust (1932) Victor Fleming, Clark Gable
Conditions are spartan on Dennis Carson’s Indochina rubber plantation during a dusty dry monsoon. Read More »
No Man of Her Own (1932) Wesley Ruggles
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 »
Chained (1934) Clarence Brown, Joan Crawford
Richard Field is a successful businessman who has become romantically involved with younger employee Diane Lovering Read More »
The Monkey’s Paw (1933) Wesley Ruggles
A mother wishes for the return of her dead son–a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey. Read More »