A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Murder at Dawn (1932) Richard Thorpe, Josephine Dunn, Jack Mulhall, Eddie Boland
Federal Judge Folger accuses two Wall St. speculators of manipulating the stock Read More »
Mr. Poirier’s Son-in-Law / Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1933) Marcel Pagnol, Léon Bernard, Annie Ducaux, Jean Debucourt
This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter Read More »
Back Street (1932) John M. Stahl, Irene Dunne, John Boles, June Clyde
A woman’s love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the “back streets” of his life. Read More »
The Bad One (1930) George Fitzmaurice, Dolores del Rio, Edmund Lowe, Don Alvarado
A complicated romance between an American sailor and a dancing girl from Marseilles. Read More »
Brillanten (1937) Eduard von Borsody, Hansi Knoteck, Viktor Staal, Hilde Körber
The famous dancer Viktor Lamont apparently has no luck when he gambles: in fact Read More »
East of Fifth Avenue (1933) Albert S. Rogell, Wallace Ford, Mary Carlisle, Dorothy Tree
A kindly, elderly couple who run a New York City boarding house form the steady Read More »
State’s Attorney (1932) George Archainbaud, John Barrymore, Helen Twelvetrees, Jill Esmond
Attorney Tom Cardigan is the discontented “mouthpiece” for Vanny Powers’ mob. Read More »
The Student of Prague / Der Student von Prag (1935) Arthur Robison, Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos, Dorothea Wieck
Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town Read More »
The Countess of Monte-Christo / Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo (1932) Karl Hartl, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Forster, Lucie Englisch
This is one of the few comedies that starred Brigitte Helm. Unlike most of his other films Read More »