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Tag Archives: 1930s
David Golder (1931) Julien Duvivier

David is a poor but ambitious Polish Jew who reinvents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. Read More »
Huckleberry Finn (1931) Norman Taurog

A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer’s puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn Read More »
A Yank at Oxford (1938) Jack Conway

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist’s sister. Read More »
Lily of Killarney (1934) Maurice Elvey

Set in Ireland, a poor knight’s rival frames him for murder in this musical based on ‘Colleen Bawn’. Read More »
Dodsworth (1936) William Wyler, Walter Huston

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life. Read More »
Dust Be My Destiny (1939) Lewis Seiler

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. Read More »
The Criminal Code (1931) Howard Hawks

A wily D.A.(Brady) gets a 10 year conviction of a young 20 year old (Robert Graham)who he knows killed a man in self defense. Read More »
Tarzan and His Mate (1934) Johnny Weissmuller

In the first sequel to Tarzan, the Ape Man, Harry Holt returns to Africa to head up a large ivory expedition. Read More »
Red Dust (1932) Victor Fleming, Clark Gable

Conditions are spartan on Dennis Carson’s Indochina rubber plantation during a dusty dry monsoon. Read More »