The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Men Without Women (1930) John Ford, Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Action, Drama
Aboard the U.S. submarine S13 in the China seas, Chief Torpedoman Burke goes about his duties. Read More »
Brief Ecstasy (1937) Edmond T. Gréville, Paul Lukas, Hugh Williams, Linden Travers, Drama, Romance
Brief Ecstasy (1937) is a remarkable film, and the stand-out title of the set. A melodrama with expressionist touches Read More »
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) Leonard Fields, Guy Robertson, Edgar Kennedy, Irene Ware, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny–and bankrupt–kingdom of Belgardia. Read More »
Blind Adventure (1933) Ernest B. Schoedsack, Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Roland Young, Mystery
Robert Armstrong plays Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London who stumbles into the midst of international intrigue Read More »
Goodbye Again (1933) Michael Curtiz, Warren William, Joan Blondell, Genevieve Tobin, Comedy, Romance
Famed author Kenneth Bixby is on a tour of the US with his assistant Anne Rogers to promote his latest novel, Miriam. Read More »
Thirty Day Princess (1934) Marion Gering, Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Comedy, Romance
On a visit to a spa in the Ruritanian Kingdom of Tyronia, American financier Richard Gresham meets the country’s ruler, King Anatol XII Read More »
O’Shaughnessy’s Boy (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, George ‘Spanky’ McFarland, Drama
Circus animal trainer Wallace Beery (as “Windy” O’Shaughnessy) shows son “Spanky” McFarland (as “Stubby”) how to train a lion cub while well-proportioned wife and mother Leona Maricle (as Cora) thrills audiences on the flying trapeze. Read More »
Young Blood (1932) Phil Rosen, Bob Steele, Helen Foster, Charles King, Western
Nick is a modern day Robin Hood. But he has to split with his gang and the crooked Sheriff. Read More »
The Rider of the Law (1935) Robert N. Bradbury, Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger, Si Jenks, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
Bob Marlow is sent undercover to an Arizona town where an outlaw gang, comprised of the six Tolliver brothers, have taken over the town and terrorizing the citizens. Read More »