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Tag Archives: 1930s
A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Jack Conway
Alas, an aristocrat and a barrister on the same plateau. Read More »
King of the Jungle (1933) H. Bruce Humberstone, Max Marcin, Buster Crabbe, Frances Dee, Sidney Toler
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus. Read More »
Whoopee! (1930) Thornton Freeland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Read More »
Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Henry King, Otto Brower, Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars Read More »
We Live Again (1934) Rouben Mamoulian, Anna Sten, Fredric March, Jane Baxter
Nekhlyudov, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha Read More »
Stolen Holiday (1937) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter
Nicole Picot is working as a model in a Paris dress salon when she is picked by Stefan Orloff Read More »
Tugboat Annie (1933) Mervyn LeRoy
Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Read More »
Half Angel (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Charles Butterworth
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Read More »
The Great Defender (1934) Thomas Bentley, Matheson Lang, Margaret Bannerman, Arthur Margetson
Sir Douglas Rolls had earned the reputation of being England’s greatest barrister. Read More »