
Harry Roy/Wade and his band finally find their way to success when they are hired to perform at a big hotel. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Firebird (1934) William Dieterle, Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill

When actor Herman Brandt harasses neighbor Carola Pointer, she reports him. Read More »
Manhattan Melodrama (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, George Cukor, Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy

Orphans Edward “Blackie” Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Read More »
Fours a Crowd (1938) Michael Curtiz, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell

Robert will do anything to get the big account that has eluded him. His public relations business makes public angels of rich scoundrels. Read More »
Five Scouts AKA Gonin no sekkôhei (1938) Tomotaka Tasaka, Isamu Kosugi, Bontarô Miake, Ichirô Izawa

Five airmen set out on a reconnaissance mission over northern China; the worst is feared when only four of them return. Read More »
Miss Europe AKA Prix de beauté (1930) Augusto Genina, Louise Brooks, Georges Charlia, Augusto Bandini

Lucienne, typist and gorgeous bathing beauty, decides to enter the ‘Miss Europe’ pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for. Read More »
Living Dangerously (1936) Herbert Brenon, Otto Kruger, Leonora Corbett, Francis Lister

Adapted from a long-running play by Reginald Simpson and Frank Gregory, Living Dangerously stars Otto Kruger as Dr. Norton. Read More »
Ready, Willing and Able (1937) Ray Enright, Ruby Keeler, Lee Dixon, Allen Jenkins

Ruby Keeler, as charmingly ingenuous as ever, plays Jane, a college student with show-biz aspirations. Read More »
Maria no Oyuki / Oyuki, the Virgin (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi

During a war in the 19th century, a village linked to rebellious forces is attacked by the government army Read More »
L’aventurier / The Adventurer (1934) Marcel L’Herbier, Victor Francen, Blanche Montel, Henri Rollan

Étienne Ranson is the black sheep of his family. Having made his fortune in Tunisia, he returns to France and receives Read More »