Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Actress and the Poet / Joyû to shijin (1935)
Ryuji Nagami’s script mandates a fairly straightforward comedy of nonconformism Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis
One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »
Flirtation / Liebelei (1933) Max Ophüls, Paul Hörbiger
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair Read More »
Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will (1934) Victor Janson
A South American businessman’s daughter follows for a while in her mother’s footsteps Read More »
La Tendre ennemie / The Tender Enemy (1936) Max Ophüls
Two ghosts attend an engagement party, unseen by the other guests. One ghost, Dupont, is the father of the bride-to-be. Read More »
La cieca di Sorrento / The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934)
1834. After murdering a Marquesa, a robber fled with the loot, unaware that has been seen by the victim’s daughter. Read More »
The White Plague / Bílá nemoc (1937) Hugo Haas
The “White Plague”, a deadly leprosy-like disease that mainly infects people older than 50 years, is ravaging the world. Read More »
Magokoro / Sincerity (1939) Mikio Naruse, Minoru Takada
Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. Read More »
When You’re in Love (1937) Robert Riskin, Harry Lachman
Stranded in Mexico, broke artist Jimmy Hudson (Cary Grant) crosses paths with opera singer Read More »