The 1929 Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein Broadway musical Sweet Adeline has generally been credited as the vanguard Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Lady Is Willing (1934) Gilbert Miller, Leslie Howard, Cedric Hardwicke, Binnie Barnes
A private detective is hired by three men to kidnap a wealthy man’s wife in order to get a ransom, but he soon falls for her. Read More »
The Girl Downstairs (1938) Norman Taurog, Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly
Paul Wagner and Rosalind Brown are in love, but her father doesn’t feel Paul’s lifestyle will make him a suitable husband for his daughter. Read More »
Yoshiwara (1937) Max Ophüls, Pierre Richard-Willm
Late nineteenth century. Young Kohana is sent to Yoshiwara, a suburb of Tokyo where exercise the profession of geisha. Read More »
In Old Monterey (1939) Joseph Kane, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey
The Army wants the ranchers land and the Borax plant for their maneuvers. Read More »
Love Before Breakfast (1936) Walter Lang, Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero
Kay Colby (Carole Lombard) is a Park Avenue beauty with two suitors: Bill Wadsworth (Cesar Romero) Read More »
Spawn of the North (1938) Henry Hathaway, George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour
Two Alaskan salmon fishermen, Tyler Dawson (skipper of the “Who Cares”) and Jim Kimmerlee of the “Old Reliable,” are lifelong pals. Read More »
The Impatient Maiden (1932) James Whale, Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Una Merkel
Myron Brooks, a medical-school student, graduates and starts his internship at a hospital. Read More »
Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939) James P. Hogan, John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
A bank-robbery in London prevents – again – the marriage of Bulldog Drummond with his girlfriend. Read More »
Dangerous Number (1937) Richard Thorpe, Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Reginald Owen
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Read More »