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Tag Archives: 1930s
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) Irving Cummings, Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Biography, Drama, History

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. Read More »
Dr. Monica (1934) William Keighley, William Dieterle, Kay Francis, Warren William, Jean Muir, Drama, Romance

Dr. Monica Brayden, a successful physician, is the central character in this story. Read More »
Time Out for Romance (1937) Malcolm St. Clair, Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Joan Davis, Adventure, Comedy

A girl (Trevor) escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man (Whalen) in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot. Read More »
Barricade (1939) Gregory Ratoff, Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War

In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits. Read More »
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) Gregory La Cava, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Comedy, Drama, History

The Affairs of Cellini is based on Edwin Justus Mayer’s popular stage play The Firebrand, which in turn was based on the life and times of Renaissance artist/political reactionary Benvenuto Cellini. Read More »
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) George Nichols Jr., Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, History, Romance, War

Based on a story by Jules Verne and featuring battle footage from a French film version of the tale Read More »
S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939) John H. Auer, Ralph Byrd, George Barbier, Kay Sutton, Crime, Sci-Fi

A television hoax unleashes pandemonium as citizens believe New York City is being washed away. Read More »
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) David Burton, Dudley Murphy, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Norman Foster, Drama

A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn’t love. Read More »
The Go Getter (1937) Busby Berkeley

Billy Austin served on the crew of the USN airship Macon until it crashed at sea during a storm. Read More »