China’s first horror film, this is loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
No More Orchids (1932) Walter Lang, Carole Lombard, Lyle Talbot, Walter Connolly
At the urging of her curmudgeon old grandfather Jerome Cedric (C. Aubrey Smith) Read More »
The Love Race (1931) Lupino Lane, Pat Morton, Stanley Lupino, Jack Hobbs, Dorothy Boyd
Misunderstandings cause Lupino’s fiancee to jilt Lupino when he has the wrong suitcase full of lingerie. Read More »
The Ware Case (1938) Robert Stevenson, Clive Brook, Jane Baxter, Barry K. Barnes
In this taut drama, a wealthy financier is tried for the murder of his brother-in-law Read More »
Triumph of the Will AKA Triumph des Willens (1935) Leni Riefenstahl, Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Max Amann
Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) is a filmed record of the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg. Read More »
One Frightened Night (1935) Christy Cabanne, Charley Grapewin, Mary Carlisle, Arthur Hohl
An eccentric millionaire, unable to locate his only granddaughter Read More »
The Benson Murder Case (1930) Frank Tuttle, William Powell, William ‘Stage’ Boyd, Eugene Pallette
A murder takes place virtually in front of Philo Vance’s eyes which, for all intents and purposes Read More »
Under Two Flags (1936) Frank Lloyd, Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother’s crime. Read More »
One in a Million (1936) Sidney Lanfield
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden. Read More »
Women Are Like That (1938) Stanley Logan, Kay Francis, Pat O’Brien, Ralph Forbes
A typical Francis vehicle of the time was Women are Like That, in which the star is cast as businesswoman Claire King Read More »