A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Housewife (1934) Alfred E. Green, George Brent
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Read More »
What Price Hollywood? (1932) George Cukor, Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton
Brown Derby waitress Mary Evans befriends seldom-sober director Max Carey and is soon in the big-time. Read More »
Desire (1936) Frank Borzage, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain Read More »
Law of the Pampas (1939) Nate Watt, William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Sidney Toler
Hoppy and Lucky deliver cattle to Valdez in Argentina. Merritt is after Valdez’s ranch and has his son and daughter killed, supposedly in an accident. Read More »
Hans Westmar (1933) Franz Wenzler, Emil Lohkamp, Paul Wegener, Heinrich Heilinger
This Nazi propaganda film purports to show the story of a Nazi Storm Trooper Read More »
The Payoff (1935) Robert Florey, James Dunn, Claire Dodd, Patricia Ellis
Joe is a reporter who is looking for his big break and he gets it when he takes over George Gorman’s sports column. Read More »
Room Service (1938) William A. Seiter, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx
The Marx Brothers try and put on a play before their landlord finds out that they have run out of money. Read More »
Polo Joe (1936) William C. McGann, Joe E. Brown, Carol Hughes, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
Despite a severe horse allergy, Joe Bolton pretends to be a passionate polo player in order to win the heart of his horse-loving neighbor. Read More »
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) George Cukor, Cyril Gardner, Ina Claire, Fredric March, Mary Brian
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Read More »