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Tag Archives: 1930s
Rustic Chivalry / Nobleza baturra (1935) Florián Rey, Imperio Argentina, Miguel Ligero, Juan de Orduña

Pilar, a young Aragonese girl, is loved by two men. Read More »
These Three (1936) William Wyler, Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea

This first film version of “The Children’s Hour” uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the play’s lesbian theme. Read More »
Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Accusée… levez-vous!

Paris, 30’s declared professional rivalry between two stars of the musical, Yvonne and Gaby leads to dire consequences. Read More »
Behind the Make-Up (1930) Robert Milton, Dorothy Arzner, Henry Hathaway, Hal Skelly, William Powell, Fay Wray

Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer Read More »
This Man Is Mine (1934) John Cromwell, Irene Dunne, Constance Cummings, Ralph Bellamy

Irene Dunne is married to Ralph Bellamy. Their union is comfortable but all that changes Read More »
Invitation to Happiness (1939) Wesley Ruggles, Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charles Ruggles

An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer’s daughter. Read More »
On Your Toes (1939) Ray Enright, Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, Alan Hale

Junior Donal, an ex-vaudevillian now teaching music at Knickerbocker University in New York Read More »
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939) H. Bruce Humberstone, Jane Withers, The Ritz Brothers, Lynn Bari

Out of work vaudevillians join the army in WWI and head for France Read More »
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) Norman Taurog, Pauline Lord, W.C. Fields, Zasu Pitts

The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew Read More »