Wealthy and superstitious race-horse owner Joe Baldwin practices philanthropy because he believes his charity donations bring luck to his ponies. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Road to Glory (1936) Howard Hawks, Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, Drama, War
In 1916, somewhere in the front in France in World War I, the 5th Company in the 2nd Battalion of the 39th Regiment created by Napoleon Bonaparte Read More »
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) Paul Sloane, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Comedy, Musical
The stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.
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Hold ‘Em Jail (1932) Norman Taurog, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver, Comedy, Sport
Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden’s championship team.
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Everything’s Rosie (1931) Clyde Bruckman, Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Comedy, Romance
Huckster J. Dockweiler Droop is constantly being chased out of carnivals by a sheriff for not having a license. Read More »
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 »