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Tag Archives: 1930s
Bright Lights / Adventures In Africa (1930) Michael Curtiz, Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery

The lovely young star of a Broadway show is giving an interview to several newspaper writers Read More »
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) Ernst Lubitsch, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton

US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eight wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. Read More »
Stage Door (1937) Gregory La Cava, Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou

Terry Randall, rich society beauty, has decided to see if she can break into the Broadway theatre scene without her family connections. Read More »
Super-Sleuth (1937) Benjamin Stoloff, Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli

An actor who plays a detective in films soon finds himself out of his depth when he tries to investigate a real crime. Read More »
The Devil’s Brother (1933) Hal Roach, Charley Rogers, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dennis King

At Stanlio’s urging, Ollio foists himself off as the dread singing bandit Fra Diavolo Read More »
Radio Patrol (1932) Edward L. Cahn, Robert Armstrong, Russell Hopton, Lila Lee

A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed. Read More »
The Girl from Chicago (1932) Oscar Micheaux, Grace Smith, Carl Mahon, Eunice Brooks

An undercover government agent on a case in Mississipi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who’s being menaced by a local crime boss. Read More »
Toni (1935) Jean Renoir, Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Read More »
Monkey Business (1931) Norman Z. McLeod, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers

While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service Read More »