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Tag Archives: 1930s
After the Thin Man (1936) W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart
Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora find themselves trying to solve another mystery. Read More »
Mr. Thank You (1936) Hiroshi Shimizu, Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka
Mr. Thank You is the kindly young driver of a local bus traveling from poverty stricken coastal villages, over the mountains, to the town. Read More »
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) Stephen Roberts, William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason
Relations between Dr. ‘Brad’ Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. Read More »
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931) Robert Z. Leonard, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt
Susan, an orphan, lives the life of Cinderella with rustic relatives. Read More »
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life – including playing the tuba in the town band. Read More »
Married Before Breakfast (1937) Edwin L. Marin, Robert Young, Florence Rice, June Clayworth
After a leading razor company pays inventor Tom Wakefield a quarter of a million dollars Read More »
Juarez (1939) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne
The newly-named Emperor Maximillian, the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire Read More »
Those Three French Girls (1930) Harry Beaumont, Erle C. Kenton, Fifi D’Orsay, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards
Three attractive young women cause misadventures for visiting Americans. Read More »
The 39 Steps (1935) Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of “Mr Memory”‘s show in a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is running away from secret agents. Read More »