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Tag Archives: 1930s
Radio Patrol (1932) Edward L. Cahn, Robert Armstrong, Russell Hopton, Lila Lee

A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed. Read More »
The Girl from Chicago (1932) Oscar Micheaux, Grace Smith, Carl Mahon, Eunice Brooks

An undercover government agent on a case in Mississipi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who’s being menaced by a local crime boss. Read More »
Toni (1935) Jean Renoir, Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Read More »
Monkey Business (1931) Norman Z. McLeod, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers

While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service Read More »
Osaka Elegy / Naniwa erejî (1936) Kenji Mizoguchi, Isuzu Yamada, Seiichi Takegawa, Chiyoko Ôkura

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father’s debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. Read More »
Otome-gokoro – Sannin-shimai / Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) Mikio Naruse, Chikako Hosokawa, Masako Tsutsumi, Ryuko Umezono

Three sisters earn money by being street musicians. A number of loosely linked episodes ensue as the sisters Read More »
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) Roy Del Ruth, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. Read More »
Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) Wilhelm Thiele, Frank Morgan, Florence Rice, John Beal

A con man must pass himself off as the owner of a château on the French Riviera when he is expected to host his estranged daughter’s wedding. Read More »
The Upright Sinner / Der brave Sünder (1931) Fritz Kortner, Max Pallenberg, Heinz Rühmann, Dolly Haas

A small town bank official, entrusted with taking money to Vienna, spends some of it. Read More »