A young man named Jean in post-World War I Chicago falls in love with a beautiful girl named Edith. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Joy of Living (1938) Tay Garnett, Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Alice Brady
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. Read More »
When London Sleeps (1932) Leslie S. Hiscott, Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Alexander Field
Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead Read More »
Woman Chases Man (1937) John G. Blystone, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger
Former millionaire B.J. Nolan is useless with money, having lost most of his fortune on crazy schemes. Read More »
Say It in French (1938) Andrew L. Stone, Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey
In this farcical comedy, a couple with money woes arrange a financially Read More »
The Secret Bride (1934) William Dieterle, Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William, Glenda Farrell
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon Read More »
Union Pacific (1939) Cecil B. DeMille, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. Read More »
Gambling Lady (1934) Archie Mayo, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O’Brien
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee’s. Read More »
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse / Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933) Fritz Lang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum (Oscar Beregi) Read More »
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) William Hamilton, Edward Killy, Gene Raymond, Margaret Callahan, Eric Blore
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. Read More »