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Tag Archives: 1930s
At the Circus (1939) Edward Buzzell, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10000. Read More »
Four Daughters (1938) Michael Curtiz, Claude Rains, John Garfield, Jeffrey Lynn

Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, has passed on his love of music Read More »
The Florodora Girl (1930) Harry Beaumont, Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett

A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold-digger. Read More »
Outskirts AKA Okraina (1933) Boris Barnet, Yelena Kuzmina, Mikhail Zharov, Nikolay Bogolyubov

Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. Read More »
Don’t Gamble with Love (1936) Dudley Murphy, Ann Sothern, Bruce Cabot, Irving Pichel

Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Read More »
The Son of Kong (1933) Ernest B. Schoedsack, Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher

After the disastrous results of his last expedition, Carl Denham leaves New York aboard a ship to escape all the trouble. Read More »
The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Leigh Jason, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene

Madcap debutante Melsa Manton finds a body in a deserted house. Read More »
The Villiers Diamond (1938) Bernard Mainwaring, Edward Ashley, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Birch

The grape sized flawless diamond was stolen two years ago and the thief is just getting out of prison. Read More »
Tokyo Chorus (1931) Yasujirô Ozu

Mr. Omura, a teacher, leads a group of male students in an outdoor drill. Read More »