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 »
Tag Archives: 1930s
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 »
Girls Can Play (1937) Lambert Hillyer, Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth
Foy Harris (John Gallaudet) is a bootlegger selling illegal booze and also running a girl’s professional softball team Read More »
Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)
A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling. Read More »
Frontier Marshal (1939) Allan Dwan, Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero
In the frontier town of Tombstone, Arizona, the charismatic Wyatt Earp (Randolph Scott) Read More »