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Tag Archives: 1930s
Morning Glory (1933) Lowell Sherman, Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou
When a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene Read More »
Winner Take All (1932) Roy Del Ruth
Young boxer Jim Hunt, resting at a New Mexico “health ranch,” meets and falls for Peggy Harmon Read More »
Paramount on Parade (1930) Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower, Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Maurice Chevalier
A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn’t again Read More »
The Man Who Changed His Name (1934) Henry Edwards, Lyn Harding, Betty Stockfeld, Leslie Perrins
A cheating wife and her lover conspire to swindle her wealthy husband out Read More »
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) William Beaudine, Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy
Newspaper reporter “Torchy” Blaine and police detective Steve McBride are on the trail Read More »
I’ll Name the Murderer (1936) Raymond K. Johnson, Ralph Forbes, Marion Shilling, Malcolm McGregor
When a nightclub singer is murdered, a local gossip columnist begins his own investigation. Read More »
Fugitives for a Night (1938) Leslie Goodwins
An actor in Hollywood is accused of murder and tries to figure his way out of it. Read More »
Abdul the Damned (1935) Karl Grune, Fritz Kortner
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. Read More »
Thunder Over Texas (1934) Edgar G. Ulmer
A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because Read More »