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Tag Archives: 1930s
Upper World (1934) Roy Del Ruth, Warren William, Mary Astor, Ginger Rogers
A rich railroad tycoon, bored with his marriage (his wife has no time for him — she’s too busy giving parties and sailing on yachts) starts seeing a showgirl. Read More »
Kentucky Kernels (1934) George Stevens, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Mary Carlisle
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. Read More »
Female (1933) Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson
Alison is owner and successful manager of an automobile factory. She also has a good relation to her employees – especially the male ones Read More »
Let Us Be Gay (1930) Robert Z. Leonard, Norma Shearer, Rod La Rocque, Marie Dressler
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Read More »
The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) Berthold Viertel, Conrad Veidt, René Ray, Frank Cellier
In a London boarding house, a number of lives exist precariously on the edge of disaster or despair. Read More »
Chasing Rainbows (1930) Charles Reisner, Bessie Love, Charles King, Jack Benny
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. Read More »
Cocktail Hour (1933) Victor Schertzinger, Bebe Daniels, Randolph Scott, Sidney Blackmer
Cynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist Read More »
The Hurricane (1937) John Ford, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor
In the Island of Manukura, a French colony in the South Seas, the joyful Terangi is a leader among the natives and the first mate of the Katopua, the tall ship of Captain Nagle. Read More »
The Naughty Flirt (1930) Edward F. Cline, Alice White, Paul Page, Myrna Loy
Coquettish socialite Kay Elliott has set her cap for Alan Ward, an associate in her father’s law firm. Read More »