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Tag Archives: 1930s
The Road to Singapore (1931) Alfred E. Green, William Powell, Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh, Drama, Romance

A wife and husband’s marriage is destroyed due to her infidelity. Read More »
The Night Riders (1939) George Sherman, John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, History, Western

Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won’t pay. Read More »
Rendezvous (1935) William K. Howard, Sam Wood, William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Comedy, War

In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Read More »
The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937) George Fitzmaurice, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance

A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks. While chasing after stolen candlesticks they discover each other’s identity and fall in love.
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The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western

Poor Mary Smith can’t go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father’s political career. Read More »
Midshipman Easy (1935) Carol Reed, Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood, Harry Tate, Adventure

Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Royal Navy. Read More »
Ninotchka (1939) Ernst Lubitsch, Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Comedy, Romance

Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. Read More »
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) J. Walter Ruben, Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Dennis O’Keefe, Western

An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed. Read More »
Submarine Patrol (1938) John Ford, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, Adventure, Drama, War

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew. Read More »