In Paris, the great surgeon Dr. Gogol falls madly in love with stage actress Yvonne Orlac Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Broadway Gondolier (1935) Lloyd Bacon, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A tuneful taxi driver secretly works to achieve his dream of becoming a radio singer in this musical comedy. Read More »
Talking Feet (1937) John Baxter, Hazel Ascot, Jack Barty, Davy Burnaby, Musical
An east London fishmonger’s young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident Read More »
Play Up the Band (1935) Harry Hughes, Stanley Holloway, Betty Ann Davies, Leslie Bradley, Comedy
The brass band of the Northern town of Hechdyke travel south to London to compete in a national contest. Read More »
The Avenger (1931) Roy William Neill, Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Otto Hoffman, Romance, War, Western
In 1849, Joaquin Murietta, son of a wealthy Spanish grandee, has a bitter street quarrel with three rough prospectors. Read More »
Unknown Valley (1933) Lambert Hillyer, Buck Jones, Cecilia Parker, Wade Boteler, Western
Looking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village find him unconscious. Read More »
The Nitwits (1935) George Stevens, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Johnnie is a would-be songwriter; Newton is a would-be inventor. Both work at a cigar stand in the lobby of an office building. Read More »
Song of the Saddle (1936) Louis King, Dick Foran, Alma Lloyd, Charles Middleton, Action, Adventure, Music, Western
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Read More »
Men Are Like That (1930) Frank Tuttle, Hal Skelly, Doris Hill, Clara Blandick, Drama, Comedy
This is the first sound version of George Kelly’s THE SHOW OFF. There was a silent version starring Ford Sterling a few years earlier and two MGM versions later on, one starring Spencer Tracy and the other Red Skelton. Read More »
Border Cafe (1937) Lew Landers, Harry Carey, John Beal, Armida, Music, Romance, Western
Easterner Keith Whitney, son of a wealthy Senator, heads west where he ends up a drunk at a border cafe. Read More »