John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Man Who Played God (1932) John G. Adolfi, George Arliss, Bette Davis, Violet Heming
Montgomery Royle is a famed pianist whose student, the much younger Grace Blair, believes herself to be in love with him. Read More »
Man of Aran (1934) Robert J. Flaherty, Colman ‘Tiger’ King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dirrane
In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty Read More »
Once to Every Woman (1934) Lambert Hillyer, Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Walter Connolly
During a number of bizarre cases, a dedicated nurse finds love with one doctor while she resents another new doctor who is extremely talented. Read More »
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) Norman Foster, Sidney Toler, Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore
A novelist friend of Charlie’s appears to have committed suicide. Read More »
The Bitch AKA La chienne (1931) Jean Renoir, Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. Read More »
Reported Missing! (1937) Milton Carruth, William Gargan, Jean Rogers, Dick Purcell
A gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed. Read More »
Nancy Drew… Reporter (1939) William Clemens, Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story Read More »
There’s Always Tomorrow (1934) Edward Sloman, Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes, Lois Wilson
In the American film debut of British actress Binnie Barnes, a likeable and mild-mannered husband and father, Joseph White, begins to feel unneeded Read More »
The Scoundrel (1935) Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Noël Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges
A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a “restless” spirit for being unloved. Read More »