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Tag Archives: 1930s
We’re Only Human (1935) James Flood, Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt, James Gleason
In We’re Only Human a (action/crime/drama) film, a rebellious cop doesn’t hesitate to bend Read More »
Gigolette (1935) Charles Lamont, Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook
Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. Read More »
Mayerling (1936) Anatole Litvak, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He’s bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering Read More »
The Player AKA Der Spieler (1938) Gerhard Lamprecht, Eugen Klöpfer, Lída Baarová, Hedwig Bleibtreu
Quite a fine and engaging interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel. Read More »
Before Midnight (1933) Lambert Hillyer, Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer, Claude Gillingwater
Detective tries to figure out who killed a man who predicted his own death. Read More »
The Last Journey (1935) Bernard Vorhaus, Hugh Williams, Godfrey Tearle, Julien Mitchell
Bob Holt’s last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement Read More »
The Cold Heart AKA Das Kalte Herz (1933/2016) Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Franz Schnyder, Elfriede Gärtner, Stefan Schnabel
A poor and lonely coal seller trades his heart to a demon of the forest Read More »
Hello, Everybody! (1933) William A. Seiter, Kate Smith, Randolph Scott, Sally Blane
The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters Read More »
I Am a Thief (1934) Robert Florey, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges
An insurance company hurt by a string of jewel thefts decides to smoke out the international community Read More »
Tomorrow at Seven (1933) Ray Enright, Chester Morris, Vivienne Osborne, Frank McHugh
People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called “The Black Ace.” Read More »
A Star is Born (1937) William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
Esther Blodgett is another starry-eyed farm child trying to break into the films. Read More »
Divorce Among Friends (1930) Roy Del Ruth, James Hall, Irene Delroy, Lew Cody
Pre code, sexually suggestive romantic comedy in which Mr and Mrs Morris both have Read More »
Moby Dick (1930) Lloyd Bacon, John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Lloyd Hughes
In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville’s classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter Read More »
Criminal Lawyer (1937) Christy Cabanne, Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame, Eduardo Ciannelli
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin Read More »