In this silent Finnish film by Valentin Vaala, master violist Antti Larto (Teuvo Tulio) Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Lieutenant Kizhe AKA Poruchik Kizhe (1934) Aleksandr Faintsimmer, Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova
A sarcastic comedy about the Russian-Soviet bureaucracy, based on the eponymous Read More »
The Country Doctor (1936) Henry King, The Dionne Quintuplets, Yvonne Dionne, Cecile Dionne
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for delivering Read More »
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) Alfred L. Werker, Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. Read More »
Success at Any Price (1934) J. Walter Ruben, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan
Joe comes from a rough neighborhood and when his brother Mike is gunned down in 1927 Read More »
Viennese Nights (1930) Alan Crosland, Vivienne Segal, Alexander Gray, Jean Hersholt
In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Read More »
Party Girl (1930) Victor Halperin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, Judith Barrie
Jay Rountree, son of a wealthy manufacturer and young, rising businessman Read More »
We Are Not Children AKA Nous ne sommes plus des enfants (1934) Augusto Genina, Gaby Morlay, Claude Dauphin, Jean Wall
Le bossu (1934) René Sti, Robert Vidalin, Josseline Gaël, Samson Fainsilber
Lagardère protects Aurore, the granddaughter of the Duke of Nevers Read More »
Keep Fit (1937) Anthony Kimmins, George Formby, Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton
George Freen (George Formby) is a scrawny, weakling barber’s assistant. Read More »
Sit Tight (1931) Lloyd Bacon, Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, Paul Gregory
Winnie Lightner is the head of a health clinic and has Joe E. Brown as one of her employees. Read More »
Hundred Days AKA Hundert Tage (1935) Franz Wenzler, Werner Krauss, Gustaf Gründgens, Kurt Junker
On February 26, 1815 Napoleon leaves his exile on Elba. Read More »
Golden Dawn (1930) Ray Enright, Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal, Noah Beery
The film is based on the semi-hit stage musical of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach. Read More »
Louise (1939) Abel Gance, Grace Moore, Georges Thill, André Pernet
Louise, a young seamstress, has fallen in love with Julien, her neighbor Read More »
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) Roy William Neill, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Tala Birell
Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact Read More »