After notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls deeply in love with her. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Crowd Roars (1932) Howard Hawks, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Action, Drama, Sport
Famous motor-racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race. Read More »
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) Lowell Sherman, Joan Blondell, Madge Evans, Ina Claire, Comedy
Sophisticated comedy: a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury, even as they drive the men crazy. Read More »
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) Lloyd Bacon, Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell, Vivienne Osborne, Crime, Drama
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Read More »
Behind the Headlines (1937) Richard Rosson, Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Phillip Huston, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Eddie Haines is a radio reporter with Station KBC. He is always getting the scoop, which infuriates those at the New York Star, which happens to employ his ex-girlfriend Mary Bradley. Read More »
The Doorway to Hell (1930) Archie Mayo, Lew Ayres, James Cagney, Charles Judels, Crime, Drama
Lou Ricarno is a smart guy. His plan is to organize the various gangs in Chicago so that the mugs will not liquidate each other. Read More »
24 Hours (1931) Marion Gering, Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Drama
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime. Read More »
First Love (1939) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, Comedy, Musical
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. Read More »
No Man of Her Own (1932) Wesley Ruggles, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill, Drama, Romance
Clark Gable plays a card cheat who has to go on the lam to avoid a pesky cop. He meets a lonely, but slightly wild, librarian, Carole Lombard, while he is hiding out. Read More »
A Warm Corner (1930) Victor Saville, Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher, Austin Melford, Comedy, Romance
This early Gainsborough flick is truly a lost treasure, and easily one of the most daring and risque films ever made. Read More »