
The story proper gets under way when Mr. Carey (Ralph Morgan) is killed in the Spanish American War Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
M’Liss (1936) George Nichols Jr., Anne Shirley, John Beal, Guy Kibbee

M’liss Smith, the wildcat daughter of Washoe Smith, lives a lively life in the small town founded by her father, a broken miner. Read More »
Law of the Underworld (1938) Lew Landers, Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced Read More »
Sarah and Son (1930) Dorothy Arzner, Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Fuller Mellish Jr.

A ne’er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son Read More »
Too Many Wives (1937)

Betty Jackson, a socialite, and Barry Trent are attracted to each other upon first sight. Read More »
Hatred / Mollenard (1938) Robert Siodmak, Harry Baur, Albert Préjean, Gabrielle Dorziat

Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. Read More »
Castle Vogeloed / Schloß Vogelöd (1936) Max Obal, Walter Steinbeck, Carola Höhn, Hans Stüwe

Remake of a silent Murnau classic: a young man returning to his castle is suspected Read More »
Golgotha / Behold the Man (1935) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan

Robert le Vigan plays the Son of God, but as often happens in films of this nature he is upstaged by the villains Read More »
Sweepings (1933) John Cromwell, Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, William Gargan

Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. Read More »
Aren’t Men Beasts! (1937) Graham Cutts, Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, Billy Milton

British groom-to-be Billy Milton is labelled a “beast” by French floozie Ellen Pollock as Milton marches down the aisle. Read More »