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Tag Archives: 1930s
I Married a Doctor (1936) Archie Mayo, Pat O’Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander, Drama
The story is about a sophisticated Chicago woman (Josephine Hutchinson) who marries a small-town doctor (Pat O’Brien) and moves to that town Read More »
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Comedy
Jeff wants to get married to Virginia, but Virginia won’t marry until her older, hard-to-please sister Angelica gets married off first. Read More »
Palio (1932) Alessandro Blasetti, Leda Gloria, Laura Nucci, Guido Celano, Drama
It seems that Zarre (Guido Celano), the man chosen to be the jockey for the Lupa contrada, and fiance’ to Fiora (Leda Gloria), becomes enamored of a cafe’ chanteuse. Read More »
Hard to Handle (1933) Mervyn LeRoy, James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Comedy, Romance
Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. Read More »
The Good Companions (1933) Victor Saville, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Film musical taken from JB Priestley’s novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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Calm Yourself (1935) George B. Seitz, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Comedy, Romance
Advertising executive Preston ‘Pat’ Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he offends his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Read More »
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) Joseph Kane, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Romance, Western
In his will Langham leaves his ranch to his daughter Cody but makes Gene the executor. When Gene refuses to let her marry Cummings, Cummings tries to have Gene killed. Read More »
The Great Impersonation (1935) Alan Crosland, Edmund Lowe, Valerie Hobson, Wera Engels, Drama
Baron Leopold von Ragastein impersonates his noble lookalike Sir Everard Dominey at the vast Dominey Hall, where strange things are afoot in pre-WW1 England. Read More »
Sons of the Desert (1933) William A. Seiter, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Comedy
So that he and Stan can sneak away to Chicago and attend the annual “Sons of the Desert” lodge convention, Ollie pretends to be sick Read More »
Boy of the Streets (1937) William Nigh, Jackie Cooper, Maureen O’Connor, Kathleen Burke, Drama
New York City teen Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper) gets involved with a gang and tries to make his way on the streets, inspired by his shifty father, Foggy (Guy Usher). Read More »
Osaka Elegy / Naniwa erejî (1936) Kenji Mizoguchi, Isuzu Yamada, Seiichi Takegawa, Chiyoko Ôkura, Drama
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father’s debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. Read More »
There Goes My Heart (1938) Norman Z. McLeod, Fredric March, Virginia Bruce, Patsy Kelly, Comedy, Romance
Seeing her chance, 25-year-old heiress (Virginia Bruce) flees from her over-protective grandfather with none of her fortune in her purse. Read More »
Strictly Dynamite (1934) Elliott Nugent, Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Norman Foster, Comedy, Musical
When timid aspiring poet Nick Montgomery loses his book reviewing job, his wife Sylvia convinces him to write gags for radio comedian Moxie Slaight. Read More »
Professor Beware (1938) Elliott Nugent, Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, William Frawley, Comedy
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert (Lloyd), accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. Read More »