A summertime daytrip along the railway line Rome-Orvieto on a special-fare train, a group of diverse and lively characters. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Menace (1934) Ralph Murphy, Gertrude Michael
Menace is a very fast-paced dark house murder mystery with a plot centering around three people who are targeted Read More »
Raffles (1930) George Fitzmaurice
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life–he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed “The Amateur Cracksman”. Read More »
High Pressure (1932) Mervyn LeRoy
Gar Evans is a “high pressure” promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. Read More »
Der Choral von Leuthen / The Anthem of Leuthen (1933) Carl Froelich, Walter Supper, Otto Gebühr, Olga Tschechowa, Elga Brink
The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) Read More »
Adventure in Manhattan (1936) Edward Ludwig, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen
Joel McCrea plays a hotshot reporter who thinks he knows everything and Jean Arthur plays an actress who puts one over on him. Read More »
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) William A. Wellman, Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips
In the base of the melancholy, Tom’s mom was out of work for weeks when Ed’s dad loses his job. Read More »
The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) William A. Wellman, Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot
In the 1840’s Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican Read More »
Other Men’s Women (1931) William A. Wellman, Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey
Railroad fireman Bill White is a carefree ladies’ man with an irresponsible streak. Read More »
Winter Carnival (1939) Charles Reisner, Ann Sheridan, Richard Carlson, Helen Parrish
This romance is set during the Dartmouth College Winter Carnival and follows the exploits of a woman Read More »