Largely fictionalized biopic of turn-of-the-century nightingale Jenny Lind Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Vogues of 1938 (1937) Irving Cummings, Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson
The blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan Read More »
The Silent Witness (1932) R.L. Hough, Marcel Varnel, Lionel Atwill, Greta Nissen, Weldon Heyburn
A London nobleman (Lionel Atwill) takes the blame and stands trial after his son strangles a lover (Greta Nissen). Read More »
Sinners’ Holiday (1930) John G. Adolfi, Grant Withers, Lucille La Verne, Warren Hymer
Ma Delano (La Verne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade, living upstairs with her sons (Cagney and Gallagher) and daughter (Knapp). Read More »
The Emperor Jones (1933) Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille, Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson
At a Baptist prayer meeting, the preacher leads a prayer for Brutus Jones, who is leaving to become a railway porter. Read More »
Cain and Mabel (1936) Lloyd Bacon, Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins
The managers of heavyweight champion Larry Cain and Broadway musical star Mabel O’Dare scheme up a romance to give the celebrities more glamour. Read More »
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn
An old classics teacher looks back over his long career, remembering pupils Read More »
A Night at the Opera (1935) Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
The Marx Brothers take on high society. Two lovers who are both in opera are prevented from being together by the man’s lack of acceptance as an operatic tenor. Read More »
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930) Alfred E. Green, Claudia Dell, Ernest Torrence, Walter Pidgeon
In 1793, Kitty Bellairs travels to Bath, Somerset for a vacation. Read More »
Blackmailer (1936) Gordon Wiles, William Gargan, Florence Rice, H.B. Warner
An inept Police Inspector Killian (Paul Hurst) is assigned to investigate a blackmail case Read More »