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Tag Archives: 1930s
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 »
Midnight Mary (1933) William A. Wellman, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez

A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager Read More »
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)

Mary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called “The Poker”. Read More »
Brother Rat (1938) William Keighley, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, Johnnie Davis

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father. Read More »