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Tag Archives: 1930s
Fly Away Baby (1937) Frank McDonald, Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Gordon Oliver

Torchy and Steve are investigating a murder/jewel theft with roots in Germany. Read More »
Kidnapped (1938) Alfred L. Werker, Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan

In the late eighteenth century David Balfour’s evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped Read More »
Break of Hearts (1935) Philip Moeller, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, John Beal

Franz Roberti is a famous orchestra conductor who has a number of girlfriends. Read More »
The Arizona Raiders (1936) James P. Hogan, Buster Crabbe, Raymond Hatton, Marsha Hunt

Laramie Nelson, falsely accused of horse-stealing, is about to be strung up by a posse Read More »
Quality Street (1937) George Stevens, Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Eric Blore

On Quality Street in 1805 England, a gentleman passerby is an event Read More »
We’re Only Human (1935) James Flood, Preston Foster, Jane Wyatt, James Gleason

In We’re Only Human a (action/crime/drama) film, a rebellious cop doesn’t hesitate to bend Read More »
Mayerling (1936) Anatole Litvak, Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He’s bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering Read More »
The Player / Der Spieler (1938) Gerhard Lamprecht, Eugen Klöpfer, Lída Baarová, Hedwig Bleibtreu

Quite a fine and engaging interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel. Read More »
Before Midnight (1933) Lambert Hillyer, Ralph Bellamy, June Collyer, Claude Gillingwater

Detective tries to figure out who killed a man who predicted his own death. Read More »