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Tag Archives: 1930s
Laughter (1930) Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast, Nancy Carroll, Fredric March, Frank Morgan
A former chorus girl weds a millionaire after the composer she loves leaves. Read More »
The Washington Masquerade (1932) Charles Brabin, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair
Perhaps most noteworthy for the first onscreen performance by future Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel Read More »
Hotel for Women (1939) Gregory Ratoff
A girl from Syracuse goes to New York to see her boyfriend, successful architect who no longer cares for her. Read More »
I Married a Doctor (1936) Archie Mayo, Pat O’Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander
The story is about a sophisticated Chicago woman (Josephine Hutchinson) who marries Read More »
Blossom Time (1934) Paul L. Stein, Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter, Carl Esmond
The film spotlights famed composer Franz Schubert, who loves a woman from afar. Read More »
Frankenstein (1931) James Whale, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff
The 1931 horror movie “Frankenstein”, tells the tale of when Henry Frankenstein who is a doctor Read More »
Dainah the Mixed / Daïnah la métisse (1932) Jean Grémillon, Charles Vanel, Habib Benglia, Gaston Dubosc
Shades of Othello loom in this engrossing exploration of class, race, and murder set on an ocean liner. Read More »
Her Majesty, Love (1931) William Dieterle, Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W.C. Fields
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred’s fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. Read More »
Two Thoroughbreds (1939) Jack Hively, Jimmy Lydon, Joan Leslie, Arthur Hohl
A group of gangsters steal the valuable brood-mare “Larkspur” from the Conway Ranch in Arizona. Read More »