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Tag Archives: 1930s
Going Hollywood (1933) Raoul Walsh, Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D’Orsay, Musical, Romance
Sylvia is the French teacher at Briarcroft’s School for Girls, but she wants to find romance. Read More »
Panama Flo (1932) Ralph Murphy, Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong, Charles Bickford, Drama, Romance
A New York chorus girl is coerced into keeping house for an oil man in South America to pay off a debt. Read More »
Fargo Express (1933) Alan James, Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Roy Stewart, Adventure, Western
Our hero, Ken (played by Ken Maynard), takes in a misguided Mort Clark (played by Paul Fix) who’s heart is in the right place but his judgement is a little off. Read More »
Bordertown (1935) Archie Mayo, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Crime, Drama
Johnny Ramirez rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark’s border town casino. Charlie’s wife Marie loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale. Read More »
Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) Marcel Varnel, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Comedy
Through the influence of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster the sleepy Irish station of Buggleskelly. Read More »
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper, Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale, Adventure, Drama
Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena…until his wife dies for lack of medical care. Read More »
The Common Law (1931) Paul L. Stein, Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Lew Cody, Romance, Drama
Joel McCrea as John Neville, a supposedly impoverished American in Paris trying to etch out a living as an artist. Read More »
Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke / Okoto and Sasuke (1935) Yasujirô Shimazu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôkichi Takada, Hideo Fujino, Drama
The Okoto blind is a talented music teacher, but his pride keeps others – especially men – at a distance. Read More »
Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) Reinhold Schünzel, Robert Young, Lana Turner, Lew Ayres, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich businessman wants to marry his secretary, but first he has to pass muster with her middle-class family. Read More »