Tag Archives: 1930s

The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. Read More »

“Chick” Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names “Poochy.” Read More »

After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert Read More »

Nick Venizelos, an immigrant Greek barber, has an uncommon affinity for poker and other sorts of wagering and a group of his friends bankroll him in a big game Read More »

Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. Read More »

There have been a spate of London police murders, the victims always killed by a long knife (which the police know is a sword cane) Read More »

Julie Fresnel is a co-ed at Redgate University and her father, Dr. Henri Fresnel, is the new French professor. Read More »

Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn’t have much room for passion. Read More »

Opera singer (Marie de Flor) seeks out fugitive brother in the Canadian wilderness. Read More »

Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lil is on board than the fact that a civil war Read More »