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Tag Archives: 1930s
La tête d’un homme / A Man’s Neck (1933) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Alexandre Rignault
Willy Ferriere is dead broke and his mistress costs a lot. Read More »
Man of the World (1931) Richard Wallace, Edward Goodman, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. Read More »
Dark Victory (1939) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Judith Traherne is at the height of young society when Dr. Frederick Steele diagnoses a brain tumor. Read More »
L’atalante (1934) Jean Vigo, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel Simon
When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him as he captains a river barge. Read More »
Marie Antoinette (1938) W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier, Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore
The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. Read More »
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) George Archainbaud, Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot
There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. Read More »
Romancero marroquí (1939) Enrique Domínguez Rodiño, Carlos Velo, Aalami, Georg Eilert, Fatma
The young farmer Aalami leaves his family to find work elsewhere. Read More »
The Costello Case (1930) Walter Lang, Tom Moore, Lola Lane, Roscoe Karns
An Irish policeman (Tom Moore) handles gangsters, a mystery woman (Lola Lane) and a wise-guy reporter. Read More »
Dead End (1937) William Wyler, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart
The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Read More »