While at a duke’s party, disguised Ruritanian king Gerrard and chancellor McNaughton are accused of jewel thievery, but find assistance from the duke’s daughter, Lamont. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Toy Wife (1938) Richard Thorpe, Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance
‘The toy wife’ or how to spoil your own life and the lives of others by being fickle and frivolous. Read More »
Night World (1932) Hobart Henley, Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, Drama
“Happy” MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers Read More »
Hearts Divided (1936) Frank Borzage, Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charles Ruggles, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. Read More »
Big City (1937) Frank Borzage, George B. Seitz, Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Charley Grapewin, Drama
To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton’s wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. Read More »
Little Miss Nobody (1936) John G. Blystone, Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan, Drama
A girl gets into trouble at her orphanage and is sent away to reform school. She escapes en route but is found and brought to trial. Her father is the prosecutor. Read More »
Roman Scandals (1933) Frank Tuttle, Eddie Cantor, The Goldwyn Girls, Ruth Etting, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. Read More »
The Barbarian (1933) Sam Wood, Ramon Novarro, Myrna Loy, Reginald Denny, Adventure, Drama, Romance
A racy story of Myrna, who arrives in Cairo to meet her fiance. She attracts the attention of Ramon, a conniving Arab guide who enchants rich women tourists in order to take advantage of them. She falls under his spell, and he turns out to be more than he seems.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) Herbert I. Leeds, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Puerto Rico has become the back door by which a criminal syndicate smuggles inexpensive contraband diamonds from South America into the United States Read More »
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) Denison Clift, Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson, Drama, Horror, Mystery
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one. Read More »