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Tag Archives: 1930s
Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933) Hans Steinhoff, Heinrich George, Berta Drews, Jürgen Ohlsen
In the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic Read More »
Svengali (1931) Archie Mayo, John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp
Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his telepathic powers. Read More »
The Age of Consent (1932) Gregory La Cava, Dorothy Wilson, Arline Judge, Richard Cromwell
The young Michael feels that his girlfriend has betrayed him and he has caught citing another boy. Read More »
Another Thin Man (1939) W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey
In this adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Farewell Murder”, Nick and Nora (and their dog Asta) Read More »
Trouble in Paradise (1932) Ernst Lubitsch, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall
High class European thief Gaston Monescu meets his soul mate Lily, a pickpocket masquerading as a countess. Read More »
Night Must Fall (1937) Richard Thorpe, Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty
Crotchety old Mrs. Bransom hires a charming young man named Danny as a live-in companion. Read More »
The Age of Innocence (1934) Philip Moeller, Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill
Dallas Archer, a young man who comes from a New York family of means, is in love with a married woman, Mrs. Armstrong Read More »
Fixer Dugan (1939) Lew Landers, Lee Tracy, Virginia Weidler, Peggy Shannon
A young girl is orphaned when her mother, a circus aerialist, is killed in a fall. Read More »
Limite (1931) Mario Peixoto, Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor
In a drifting small boat, two women and a man recalls their recent past. Read More »