
A guy’s life is retold only after his funeral. Starting as a monitor walker, Tom Garner climbed through all kinds of railroad jobs to go the corporation. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Its a Bet (1935) Alexander Esway, Gene Gerrard, Helen Chandler, Judy Kelly, Comedy, Drama

A young English reporter makes a wager with a rich publisher he can vanish for a month. Read More »
Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy – Disc Six (1935-38) Vitaphone in TECHNICOLOR!, Comedy, Musical, Short

In 1926, Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone branch made movie history with its “sound-on-disc” recording process, and the studio-within-a-studio would go on to make a variety of short subjects Read More »
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) George Fitzmaurice, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, Mystery, Crime

A girl and a man Trying to find a lady’s affection: the customary love trio? Read More »
She (1935) Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel, Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a missing property visited 500 decades back by his own ancestor Read More »
Mandalay (1934) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Drama, Romance

Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. Read More »
Too Hot to Handle (1938) Jack Conway, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Comedy, Adventure, Romance

Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. Read More »
Algiers (1938) John Cromwell, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, “native quarter” of Algiers. Read More »
Bed of Roses (1933) Gregory La Cava, Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lorry and Minnie are ex-hookers who leave prison, determined to find the good life with rich men. Read More »
My Woman (1933) Victor Schertzinger, Helen Twelvetrees, Victor Jory, Wallace Ford, Drama, Romance

Vaudeville hoofer’s wife Twelvetrees lies about her marital status to get hubby Ford a break with Jory, an honest radio executive. Read More »