A band of Gypsies are camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim’s palace. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Night Is Young (1935) Dudley Murphy, Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Laye, Charles Butterworth
Based on a story by Vicki Baum, the Sigmund Romberg-Oscar Hammerstein operetta The Night is Young is set in Vienna during the Franz Josef era. Read More »
Calling the Tune (1936) Reginald Denham, Thorold Dickinson, Adele Dixon, Sally Gray, Sam Livesey
Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. Read More »
Madame and Wife AKA Madamu to nyôbô (1931) Heinosuke Gosho, Atsushi Watanabe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Ichimura
A writer struggles to finish his story against many distractions, but the jazz party next door proves to be too much. Read More »
Let’s Make a Night of It (1937) Graham Cutts, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, June Clyde, Claire Luce
The exclusive Boydell family, members of the “400” set, suddenly became owners of two nightclubs Read More »
Here Comes Carter (1936) William Clemens, Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell, Anne Nagel
Kent Carter is just a regular Joe who works at a movie studio and observes interesting behavior concerning actors. Read More »
People on Sunday (1930) Robert Siodmak
Edwin, a taxi driver, lives with Annie, a neurasthenic model. They plan to spend Sunday at the Nikolassee beach with Wolfgang Read More »
The King Steps Out (1936) Josef von Sternberg, Franchot Tone, Grace Moore, Walter Connolly
Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in. Read More »
The Murder Man (1935) Tim Whelan, Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. Read More »
Juggernaut (1936) Henry Edwards, Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson
Dr. Victor Sartorius, a dedicated but dying medical researcher working in Morocco Read More »