Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson (Charles Laughton) a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones,(Elsa Lanchester) a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Pilgrimage (1933) John Ford, Henrietta Crosman, Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Drama
Hannah Jessop (Henrietta Crosman) fears being abandoned by her son Jim (Norman Foster), and she doesn’t approve of his romance with Mary Saunders (Marian Nixon). Read More »
Inspector Hornleigh (1939) Eugene Forde, Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Miki Hood, Comedy, Mystery, Crime
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Read More »
Red Dust (1932) Victor Fleming, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond, Drama, Romance
Conditions are spartan on Dennis Carson’s Indochina rubber plantation during a dusty dry monsoon. Read More »
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Comedy
Jeff wants to get married to Virginia, but Virginia won’t marry until her older, hard-to-please sister Angelica gets married off first. Read More »
Palio (1932) Alessandro Blasetti, Leda Gloria, Laura Nucci, Guido Celano, Drama
It seems that Zarre (Guido Celano), the man chosen to be the jockey for the Lupa contrada, and fiance’ to Fiora (Leda Gloria), becomes enamored of a cafe’ chanteuse. Read More »
Hard to Handle (1933) Mervyn LeRoy, James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Comedy, Romance
Small time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. Read More »
The Good Companions (1933) Victor Saville, Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Film musical taken from JB Priestley’s novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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Calm Yourself (1935) George B. Seitz, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Comedy, Romance
Advertising executive Preston ‘Pat’ Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he offends his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Read More »
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) Joseph Kane, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, Romance, Western
In his will Langham leaves his ranch to his daughter Cody but makes Gene the executor. When Gene refuses to let her marry Cummings, Cummings tries to have Gene killed. Read More »