Tag Archives: 1930s

In this melodrama set in San Francisco, a businesswoman gives a job to an unemployed, homeless sailor. Read More »

This notorious studio adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1900 novel The Live Corpse stars John Gilbert as the ill-fated Fedya. Read More »

A maternity ward, staffed by sympathetic nurses, serves mothers-to-be from all walks of life. Read More »

Criminal from all over the country converge on the Lakeside Inn in Willow Springs where bank robber Read More »

Luisa Ginglebusher (Sullavan) leaves the orphanage where she grew up to take a job as a movie theater usherette. Read More »

Gordon Evers, a dignified middle-aged barrister, is depressed and suicidal following an injury suffered during WWI. Read More »

A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. Read More »

Leonard and Anne are taking the lovers road to Dover where they will board the boat and go to Paris. Read More »

Based on a well-known Kabuki drama titled “Kochiyama to Naozamurai”, which Yamanaka distills Read More »

During a raid on a speakeasy, a cop finds himself attracted to a pretty female employee. Read More »