Tag Archives: 1930s

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 »

Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Read More »

Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel “Martin Arrowsmith”. A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine. Read More »

A mystery novelist’s detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed. Read More »