
A young, impoverished German woman named Hanna (Maria von Tasnady) gives her infant up for adoption and emigrates to American to live with her husband. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
Perfect Understanding (1933) Cyril Gardner, Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. Read More »
Ewiger Wald / Enchanted Forest (1936) Hanns Springer, Rolf von Sonjevski-Jamrowski, Günther Hadank, Heinz Herkommer, Paul Klinger

Intended as a cinematic proof for the shared destiny of the German woods and the German people beyond the vicissitudes of history Read More »
Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933) Hans Steinhoff, Heinrich George, Berta Drews, Jürgen Ohlsen

In the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic Read More »
Svengali (1931) Archie Mayo, John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp

Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his telepathic powers. Read More »
The Age of Consent (1932) Gregory La Cava, Dorothy Wilson, Arline Judge, Richard Cromwell

The young Michael feels that his girlfriend has betrayed him and he has caught citing another boy. Read More »
Another Thin Man (1939) W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey

In this adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Farewell Murder”, Nick and Nora (and their dog Asta) Read More »
Trouble in Paradise (1932) Ernst Lubitsch, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall

High class European thief Gaston Monescu meets his soul mate Lily, a pickpocket masquerading as a countess. Read More »
Night Must Fall (1937) Richard Thorpe, Merle Tottenham, Kathleen Harrison, Dame May Whitty

Crotchety old Mrs. Bransom hires a charming young man named Danny as a live-in companion. Read More »
The Age of Innocence (1934) Philip Moeller, Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill

Dallas Archer, a young man who comes from a New York family of means, is in love with a married woman, Mrs. Armstrong Read More »