A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show’s manager. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Time Out for Murder (1938) H. Bruce Humberstone, Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler
A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Read More »
Jezebel (1938) William Wyler, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent
In one of her most renowned roles, Bette Davis portrays Julie Marsden Read More »
Policeman (1933) Tomu Uchida, Eiji Nakano, Isamu Kosugi, Taisuke Matsumoto
Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. Read More »
Becky Sharp (1935) Rouben Mamoulian, Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke
Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the story of Vanity Fair by Thackeray. Read More »
You May Be Next! (1936) Albert S. Rogell, Ann Sothern, Lloyd Nolan, Douglass Dumbrille
Gangster Beau Gardner (Douglass Dumbrille) runs an off-shore ship operation of jamming local radio stations Read More »
Artists and Models (1937) Raoul Walsh, Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen
Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) Read More »
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) John Ford, Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb
Dr. John Pearly is an affable, turn-of-the-century con man who sells a patent medicine whose primary ingredient is whiskey. Read More »
Little Toys (1933) Yu Sun, Lingyu Ruan, Congmei Yuan, Li-li Li
Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. Read More »
Poison Pen (1939) Paul L. Stein, Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd
A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as “poison pen letters”. Read More »