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Tag Archives: 1930s
Hans in Every Street / Hans in allen Gassen (1930) Carl Froelich, Hans Albers, Camilla Horn, Betty Amann
A bold crime caper about muckraking journalist Hans Steindecker, who happens to witness a spectacular murder. Read More »
They All Come Out (1939) Jacques Tourneur, Rita Johnson, Tom Neal, Bernard Nedell
A “Crime Doesn’t Pay” morality drama about a young man sentenced to a prison term Read More »
The Great Waltz (1938) Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus
Johann Strauss II pursues his passion for waltzes in 1845 Vienna, facing societal resistance. Read More »
Easy Living (1937) Mitchell Leisen, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. Read More »
Stagecoach (1939) John Ford, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. Read More »
Laughing Sinners (1931) Harry Beaumont
Cafe entertainer Ivy Stevens falls for sleazy salesman Howard Palmer and jumps from a bridge when he dumps her. Read More »
The Masseurs and a Woman / Anma to onna (1938) Hiroshi Shimizu, Shotaro Akagi, Shin’ichi Himori, Ayuko Hirano
Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. Read More »
Children in the Wind / Kaze no naka no kodomo (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu, Reikichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Masao Hayama
On vacation’s eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement. Read More »
You Can’t Have Everything (1937) Norman Taurog, Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. Read More »