Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Dragon Murder Case (1934) H. Bruce Humberstone, Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Read More »
Au bonheur des dames (1930) Julien Duvivier, Dita Parlo, Ginette Maddie, Andrée Brabant
Denise, an orphaned girl, moves to Paris where she hopes to find work at her uncle’s store. Read More »
Killer at Large (1936) David Selman, Mary Brian, Russell Hardie, George McKay
A master of disguise poses as a wax figure to rob a safe of its jewels. Read More »
State Police (1938) John Rawlins, John ‘Dusty’ King, William Lundigan, Constance Moore
When his son is expelled from college, Colonel Clarke, head of the State Police Read More »
The Jury’s Secret (1938) Edward Sloman, Kent Taylor, Fay Wray, Jane Darwell
Bill Sheldon has a grudge against Midland City newspaper publisher Brandon Williams as Sheldon blames Read More »
To Whom Does the World Belong? AKAKuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (1932) Slatan Dudow, Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Martha Wolter
A working-class family in Berlin in 1931 where survival is difficult, with massive unemployment in the wake of the Great Depression. Read More »
Golden Harvest (1933) Ralph Murphy, Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin
Eben Martin spends his lifetime accumulating wheat farms in hopes that his sons Chris Read More »
Parnell (1937) John M. Stahl, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Edna May Oliver
The life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle Read More »
Crossroads AKA Carrefour (1938) Curtis Bernhardt, Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Read More »