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Tag Archives: 1930s
The Thin Man (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan
After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) William Dieterle, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Cedric Hardwicke
King Louis XI is a wise and old king and Frollo is the Chief Justice. Read More »
Murders in the Zoo (1933) A. Edward Sutherland
Eric Gorman returns with his wife Evelyn from a trip to the Orient collecting zoo animals Read More »
The Merry Wives (1939) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Adina Mandlová
Czech filmmaker Otakar Vavra truly came into his own with his third feature Read More »
Rich and Strange (1931) Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont
Fred and Emily Hill are leading a boring life in London. Read More »
Shoot the Works (1934) Wesley Ruggles, Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell
Jack Oakie stars as seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Read More »
Broadway Hostess (1935) Frank McDonald, Wini Shaw, Genevieve Tobin, Lyle Talbot
Winnie Wharton gets an audition to sing at the Intime nightclub at the urging of Ted “Lucky” Lorimer, and with Tommy Blake as her pianist, she becomes a big hit. Read More »
The Whole Towns Talking (1935) John Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. Read More »
The Walking Dead (1936) Michael Curtiz, Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn
A gang of racketeers frames down-on-his-luck John Ellman for murder. Read More »