
Finding a man alone in the desert, Marshal Tom is relieved – of his horse, clothes and water. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Lonely Road (1936) James Flood, Clive Brook, Victoria Hopper, Nora Swinburne

Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard. Read More »
The Dark Horse (1932) Alfred E. Green, Warren William, Bette Davis, Guy Kibbee

Zachary Hicks is nominated at the Progressive party’s convention even though he has little chance of winning the governorship. Read More »
The Lower Depths (1936) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet

Voted 1936’s best picture by a circle of prestigious French critics, Jean Renoir’s The Lower Depths (Les Bas-Fonds) is based on the “gutter” play by Russian author Maxim Gorky. Read More »
42nd Street (1933) Lloyd Bacon, Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent

Renowned Broadway producer/director Julian Marsh is hired to put together a new musical revue. Read More »
The Petrified Forest (1936) Archie Mayo, Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis

Gabby lives and works at her dads small diner out in the desert. She can’t stand it and wants to go and live with her mother in France. Read More »
Taxi! (1932) Roy Del Ruth, James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Read More »
International House (1933) A. Edward Sutherland, W.C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Rudy Vallee

Professor Wong has invented a television and invites everyone to see it at China’s International House Hotel. Read More »
Blood Money (1933) Rowland Brown, George Bancroft, Judith Anderson, Frances Dee

Bill Bailey is a Los Angeles bail bondsman who lives in a world of complete, casual corruption, where all he has to do is pick up the phone to get the charges against a client dismissed. Read More »
Bad Seed (1934) Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle

In the 30’s, in Paris, the playboy Henri Pasquier is supported by his father, Dr. Pasquier with money and a brandy new car. Read More »