John and Mary sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Read More »
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An American Tragedy (1931) Josef von Sternberg, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee
Having just reached adulthood, Clyde Griffiths has always lamented his lot in life, he the only son of poor missionaries. Read More »
Love on the Dole (1941) John Baxter, Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney
Filmed in the North Country of England, this is a film noir set in the 1930s as a family struggles with poverty and unemployment. Read More »
Passkey to Danger (1946) Lesley Selander, Kane Richmond, Stephanie Bachelor, Adele Mara
Tex Hanlon is some kind of advertising man who comes up with a concept for a women’s clothing campaign called THE THREE SPRINGS. Read More »
The Goob (2014) Guy Myhill, Sienna Guillory, Sean Harris, Hannah Spearritt
Young Goob, 16 years old, returns home to his mother where he grew up in the countryside Read More »
Wild Orchids (1929) Sidney Franklin, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Nils Asther
Lillie Sterling comes with her husband, John, on a business trip to Java, expecting a second honeymoon. Read More »
Vivacious Lady (1938) George Stevens, Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison
On a quick trip to the city, young university professor Peter Morgan falls in love with nightclub performer Francey Brent Read More »
Border Treasure (1950) George Archainbaud, Tim Holt, Jane Nigh, John Doucette
Anita Castro is raising money for Mexican earthquake victims. Read More »
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) H. Bruce Humberstone, Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time Read More »
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) Goran Dukic, Patrick Fugit, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides Read More »