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Tag Archives: 1930s
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 »
Side Streets (1934) Alfred E. Green, Aline MacMahon, Paul Kelly, Ann Dvorak
In this melodrama set in San Francisco, a businesswoman gives a job to an unemployed, homeless sailor. Read More »
Redemption (1930) Fred Niblo, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Conrad Nagel
This notorious studio adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1900 novel The Live Corpse stars John Gilbert as the ill-fated Fedya. Read More »
A Child Is Born (1939) Lloyd Bacon, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George
A maternity ward, staffed by sympathetic nurses, serves mothers-to-be from all walks of life. Read More »