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 »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Anne of Green Gables (1934) George Nichols Jr., Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is adopted by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) Alfred L. Werker, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino
Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. Read More »
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sidney Lanfield, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene
On his uncle’s death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad Read More »
The Admiral’s Secret (1934) Guy Newall, Edmund Gwenn, Aubrey Mather, James Raglan
Edmund Gwenn is a retired naval officer who has acquired an old valuable relic by force. Read More »
Four Hours to Kill! (1935) Mitchell Leisen, Richard Barthelmess, Joe Morrison, Gertrude Michael
A detective who has “four hours to kill” before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer Read More »
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The 41st Bengal Lancers are stationed on the Northwest Frontier of British India Read More »
Design for Living (1933) Ernst Lubitsch, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins
Two Americans sharing a flat in Paris, playwright Tom Chambers and painter George Curtis, fall for free-spirited Gilda Farrell. Read More »
Boudu saved from drowning (1932) Jean Renoir, Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska
Boudu, a tramp, jumps into the Seine. He is rescued by Mr Lestingois, a gentle and good bookseller, who gives shelter to him. Read More »
Avalanche (1937) Mikio Naruse, Hideo Saeki, Ranko Edogawa, Noboru Kiritachi
This film, directed by Mikio Naruse, is a study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. Read More »