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Tag Archives: 1930s
Three Good Friends / Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930) Wilhelm Thiele, Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey, Heinz Rühmann

Returning home from a holiday, three friends – Willy, Kurt and Hans – learn they are bankrupt. Read More »
Uncle Moses (1932) Sidney M. Goldin, Aubrey Scotto, Maurice Schwartz, Judith Abarbanel, Mark Schweid

Wealthy, powerful sweatshop owner falls in love with employee’s teenage daughter Read More »
Internes Can’t Take Money (1937) Alfred Santell, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan

In a fantastically art-deco hospital, young Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished Janet Healy Read More »
Front Page Woman (1935) Michael Curtiz, Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns

Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are “bum newspapermen”. Read More »
Navy Blue and Gold (1937) Sam Wood, Robert Young, James Stewart, Florence Rice

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training. Read More »
Born Reckless (1930) Andrew Bennison, John Ford, Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, William Harrigan

Hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war. Read More »
The Black Doll (1938) Otis Garrett, Donald Woods, Nan Grey, Edgar Kennedy

Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk Read More »
Miracles for Sale (1939) Tod Browning, Robert Young, Florence Rice, Frank Craven

Mike Morgan creates the illusions that magicians use in their shows. Read More »
Strike Me Pink (1936) Norman Taurog, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers

After helping a numbskull graduate college, a nebbish blunders into a job running an amusement park. Read More »