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Tag Archives: 1930s
The Human Beast AKA La bête humaine (1938) Jean Renoir, Jean Gabin, Julien Carette, Simone Simon
Jacques Lantier is a train engineer who is prone to violent seizures Read More »
City Lights (1931) Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. Read More »
Condemned Women (1938) Lew Landers, Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley
Shoplifter Linda Wilson doesn’t care much for life inside or outside jail until Read More »
Our Blushing Brides (1930) Harry Beaumont, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page
Three department store girls–Connie, Franky, and Jerry–share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Read More »
Forsaking All Others (1934) W.S. Van Dyke, Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable
Dill leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Read More »
Tropic Holiday (1938) Theodore Reed, Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland
A Hollywood screenwriter looking for inspiration for his next film goes to Mexico Read More »
Tangled Destinies (1932) Frank R. Strayer, Gene Morgan, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon
An airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. Read More »
The Finger Points (1931) John Francis Dillon, Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. Read More »
Derelict (1930) Rowland V. Lee, Louis J. Gasnier, George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis, William ‘Stage’ Boyd
Adventure follows a ship on its watery course between Latin America and the United States. Read More »
Gentle Julia (1936) John G. Blystone, Jane Withers, Tom Brown, Marsha Hunt
Small town life in America with Florence Atwater (Jane Withers) helping to straighten Read More »
Sooky (1931) Norman Taurog, Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend Read More »
Wild Gold (1934) George Marshall, John Boles, Claire Trevor, Harry Green
A young man desperately in love with a nightclub singer sees an opportunity to spend Read More »
Waterloo Bridge (1931) James Whale, Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd
In World War I London, Myra is an American out of work chorus girl making ends Read More »
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939) Noel M. Smith, Bert Wheeler, Marie Wilson, Gloria Dickson
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Read More »