Tag Archives: 1930s

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. Read More »

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 »

When a movie theater usher is fired, he takes up with criminals Read More »

It’s the New York Department of Weights and Measures vs. a systematic effort to cheat the public Read More »

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 »