A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
West of Broadway (1931) Harry Beaumont, John Gilbert, El Brendel, Lois Moran
Jerry Seevers returns from World War I service broken in health and his doctor tells him he has only six months to live. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1933) William J. Cowen, Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William ‘Stage’ Boyd
An orphan boy in 1830’s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves. Read More »
To Siberia / Na Sybir (1930) Henryk Szaro, Adam Brodzisz, Jadwiga Smosarska, Mieczyslaw Frenkiel
A rebel fights against the early 20th century occupation of Poland by the Russian Czar, and is sentenced to Siberia. Read More »
The King Murder (1932) Richard Thorpe, Conway Tearle, Natalie Moorhead, Marceline Day
A beautiful blonde makes a career out of seducing and then blackmailing wealthy married men. Read More »
Prosperity (1932) Sam Wood, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page
In 1925, John becomes President of the prosperous Warren Bank when Maggie retires. Read More »
The Mine with the Iron Door (1936) David Howard, Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker, Henry B. Walthall
Having acquired the controlling interest in the Eureka Discovery Corporation for five-hundred dollars Read More »
The Sleeping Cardinal (1931) Leslie S. Hiscott
Card cheat Ronald Adair hears a disembodied voice coming from a painting of a cardinal Read More »
The Stranger’s Return (1933) King Vidor, Lionel Barrymore, Miriam Hopkins, Franchot Tone
Miriam Hopkins plays Louise Starr, who gets divorced from her husband Read More »
Jennie Gerhardt (1933) Marion Gering, Sylvia Sidney, Donald Cook, Mary Astor
Jennie Gerhardt, the daughter of poverty-stricken, but hard-working parents Read More »