Helen and Ken are a pretty strange couple. She is a pathological liar, and he is a scrupulously honest (and therefore unsuccessful) lawyer. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
My Lucky Star (1938) Roy Del Ruth, Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Joan Davis
The son (Romero) of a department store owner enrolls the store’s sports clerk (Henie) Read More »
Evenings for Sale (1932) Stuart Walker, Herbert Marshall, Sari Maritza, Charles Ruggles
Impoverished Count von Dopenthal plans to commit suicide and spends his last night at a costume ball. Read More »
A Woman of Experience (1931) Harry Joe Brown
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Read More »
Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) Worthington Miner, Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Robbins, John Beal
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife’s lover, who’s been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village. Read More »
Four Seasons of Children / Kodomo no shiki (1939) Hiroshi Shimizu, Teruo Furuya, Masao Hayama, Shin’ichi Himori
A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. Read More »
Nell Gwyn (1934) Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. Read More »
Captain Blood (1935) Michael Curtiz, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill
Arrested during the Monmouth Rebellion and falsely convicted of treason, Dr. Peter Blood is banished to the West Indies and sold into slavery. Read More »
Lady Killer (1933) Roy Del Ruth, James Cagney
When a movie theater usher is fired, he takes up with criminals Read More »
Great Guy (1936) John G. Blystone, James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke
It’s the New York Department of Weights and Measures vs. a systematic effort to cheat the public Read More »