
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 »
Tag Archives: 1930s
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 »
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 »
The World Moves On (1934) John Ford, Madeleine Carroll, Franchot Tone, Reginald Denny, Drama, History, Romance, War

Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. Read More »
Bedside (1934) Robert Florey, Warren William, Jean Muir, Allen Jenkins, Drama

Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses. Read More »
Test Pilot (1938) Victor Fleming, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Drama, Romance

Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness. Read More »
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Comedy, Music

The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings Read More »
Lawyer Man (1932) William Dieterle, William Powell, Joan Blondell, David Landau, Drama, Romance

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Read More »
Mad About Music (1938) Norman Taurog, Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Comedy, Drama, Musical

A young woman at a girl’s school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father Read More »