An early example of a “vanity” production, this feature-length documentary is comprised of glorified home movies Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Entrée des artistes / The Curtain Rises (1938) Marc Allégret, Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin, Odette Joyeux
Isabelle, Cécilia et François, sont étudiants au conservatoire d’art dramatique. Read More »
Blessed Event (1932) Roy Del Ruth, Lee Tracy, Mary Brian, Dick Powell
Al Roberts writes a gossip column for the Daily Express. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. Read More »
Tôkyô no onna / Woman of Tokyo (1933) Yasujirô Ozu, Yoshiko Okada, Ureo Egawa, Kinuyo Tanaka
Ryoichi and Chikako are brother and sister. They live together. Read More »
Thirteen Women (1932) George Archainbaud, Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond
Thirteen women who were schoolmates send to a swami for their horoscopes. Read More »
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) John Ford, Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater
A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd Read More »
Feet First (1930) Clyde Bruckman, Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade
Ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss’ daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. Read More »
Skyscraper Souls (1932) Edgar Selwyn, Warren William, Maureen O’Sullivan, Gregory Ratoff
Aspirations and the lives of several people working at the gigantic Seacoast National Bank Building interweave in various plots. Read More »
A Political Party (1934) Norman Lee, John Mills, Enid Stamp-Taylor, H.F. Maltby
A north-country chimney sweep standing for Parliament is opposed by a local bigwig. Read More »
American Madness (1932) Frank Capra, Walter Huston, Pat O’Brien, Kay Johnson
It’s the 1930s, the Depression era, and the Board of Directors of Thomas Dickson’s bank want Dickson to merge with New York Trust and resign. He refuses. Read More »