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Tag Archives: 1930s
The Gorilla (1939) Allan Dwan, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz

When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. Read More »
My Man Godfrey (1936) Gregory La Cava, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady

In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. Read More »
Mammy (1930) Michael Curtiz, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman

Center stage, singing his heart out – that’s how fans love Al Jolson. And that’s what they get in Mammy. Read More »
A Soldiers Plaything (1930) Michael Curtiz, Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Lotti Loder

At the beginning of the war, Georgie Wilson, an irresponsible but likable citizen having no sympathy with the conflict Read More »
The Vice Squad (1931) John Cromwell, Paul Lukas, Kay Francis, Judith Wood

A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes. Read More »
Personal Maid (1931) Monta Bell, Lothar Mendes, Nancy Carroll, Pat O’Brien, Gene Raymond

Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal maid for the wealthy, Gary family. Read More »
I Love That Man (1933) Harry Joe Brown, Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong

This drama chronicles the devoted love of a woman who tries to reform her lover, a black marketeer with a compulsive gambling problem. Read More »
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Rowland V. Lee, Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern

Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau d’If without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on Elba. Read More »
The Captain from Kopenick (1931) Richard Oswald, Max Adalbert, Ernst Dernburg, Willi Schur

Based on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain’s uniform, assumed command of a troop of guardsmen Read More »