
The film tells of the strained relationship between a mother and her two sons after the death of the family patriarch. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Life of the Party (1930) Roy Del Ruth, Winnie Lightner, Irene Delroy, Jack Whiting

Broadway song-pluggers Flo and Dot, besieged with admirers, are fired; disgusted with men, they decide to become gold-diggers. Read More »
Billy the Kid (1930) King Vidor, Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson

In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan’s henchmen for killing Billy’s boss Read More »
Show Boat (1936) James Whale, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger

Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive Read More »
Juno and the Paycock (1930) Alfred Hitchcock, Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman, Barry Fitzgerald

During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. Read More »
Elstree Calling (1930) André Charlot, Jack Hulbert, Tommy Handley, Gordon Begg, Teddy Brown

A series of nineteen musical and comedy “vaudeville” sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself) Read More »
Broadway to Hollywood (1933) Willard Mack, Jules White, Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Jackie Cooper

Ted and Lulu Hackett are vaudeville’s The Hacketts, a fairly successful song-and-dance team. Read More »
Atlantic Adventure (1935) Albert S. Rogell, Nancy Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, Harry Langdon

An ace reporter tracks the man who killed the D.A. to an ocean liner. Read More »
Sundown Trail (1931) Robert F. Hill, Tom Keene, Marion Shilling, Nick Stuart

Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy ‘B’ ranch to read her late father’s will. Read More »
After Tomorrow (1932) Frank Borzage, Charles Farrell, Marian Nixon, Minna Gombell

In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents Read More »