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Tag Archives: 1930s
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 »
The Oklahoma Kid (1939) Lloyd Bacon

McCord’s gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land Read More »
1,000 Dollars a Minute (1935) Aubrey Scotto, Roger Pryor, Leila Hyams, Edward Brophy

A down-on-his luck newspaperman finds himself the center of an experiment being conducted by two daffy millionaires–to see if someone can spend $1000 a minute Read More »
Tiger Shark (1932) Howard Hawks, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen, Zita Johann

Mike is a great tuna fisherman though he lost a hand to a shark years earlier saving Pipes Boley. Read More »