A mill worker is plucked from obscurity and thrust towards fame and fortune when an ailing composer needs a singer to perform his work. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Sing As We Go! (1934) Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, John Loder, Dorothy Hyson
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool. Read More »
Six of a Kind (1934) Leo McCarey, Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields
The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and thier Great Dane. Read More »
Look Up and Laugh (1935) Basil Dean, Gracie Fields, Vivien Leigh, Douglas Wakefield
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. Read More »
A Brother and His Younger Sister / Ani to sono imoto (1939) Yasujirô Shimazu, Reikichi Kawamura, Michiko Kuwano, Kuniko Miyake
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. Read More »
Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht / It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939) Carl Froelich, Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäscher, Hans Stüwe
1865. Katharina goes to a ball in Moscow. There she meets again Tchaikowsky, her first and only love. Read More »
Queen of Hearts (1936) Monty Banks, Gracie Fields, John Loder, Enid Stamp-Taylor
An ordinary working class seamstress who is mistaken as a rich patron of the arts. Read More »
The Secret of Stamboul (1936) Andrew Marton, Valerie Hobson, James Mason, Frank Vosper
The British agent Larry travels to Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey in order to thwart a revolution. Read More »
Murder in the Private Car (1934) Harry Beaumont, Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle
Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. Read More »
Secret Service (1931) J. Walter Ruben, Richard Dix, William Post Jr., Shirley Grey
Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate Read More »