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Tag Archives: 1930s
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) Leonard Fields

A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny–and bankrupt–kingdom of Belgardia. Read More »
Stand-In (1937) Tay Garnett, Leslie Howard

Atterbury Dodd is an efficiency expert who believes everything can be reduced to mathematics. He is sent to Hollywood to see whether Colossal Pictures is a good investment. Read More »
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Robert Z. Leonard

At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings Read More »
David Golder (1931) Julien Duvivier

David is a poor but ambitious Polish Jew who reinvents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. Read More »
Huckleberry Finn (1931) Norman Taurog

A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer’s puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn Read More »
A Yank at Oxford (1938) Jack Conway

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist’s sister. Read More »
Lily of Killarney (1934) Maurice Elvey

Set in Ireland, a poor knight’s rival frames him for murder in this musical based on ‘Colleen Bawn’. Read More »
Dodsworth (1936) William Wyler, Walter Huston

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life. Read More »
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) Lewis Seiler

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. Read More »