Barry Gilbert and “Doc” Norton, broke and hungry, enter the unoccupied Reitter country estate. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1930s
The Little Giant (1933) Roy Del Ruth, Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. Read More »
Hogaraka ni ayume AKA Walk Cheerfully (1930) Yasujirô Ozu, Minoru Takada, Hiroko Kawasaki, Satoko Date
Kenji is a small thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue Read More »
Hi, Nellie! (1934) Mervyn LeRoy, Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. Read More »
Dangerous Waters (1936) Lambert Hillyer, Jack Holt, Robert Armstrong, Grace Bradley
Jim Marlowe (Jack Holt), captain of a cargo boat has his hands full trying to stop a gang trying to take over his ship Read More »
Bengal Tiger (1936) Louis King, Barton MacLane, June Travis, Warren Hull
Cliff Ballenger, the wild-animal trainer for the circus had no fear of “Satan,” the fiercest man-eating tiger in captivity Read More »
Prison Break (1938) Arthur Lubin, Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Paul Hurst
Joaquin Shannon arrives home from a cruise on his fishing boat. Read More »
Boykott (1930) Robert Land, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Lil Dagover, Rolf von Goth
A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term (Ober-Primaner = pupils of the Upper First) Read More »
Der Verlorene Sohn AKA The Prodigal Son (1934) Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast, Bertl Schultes
Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression. Read More »
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) Sidney Franklin, Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton
In 1845 London, the Barrett family is ruled with an iron fist by its stern widowed patriarch, Edward Moulton-Barrett. Read More »
Babes in Toyland AKA March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) Gus Meins, Charley Rogers, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns
Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep’s Read More »
Fugitive in the Sky (1936) Nick Grinde, Jean Muir, Warren Hull, Gordon Oliver
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. Read More »
Clive of India (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive
In the mid-1700’s the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. Read More »
Stolen Heaven (1931) George Abbott, Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, Louis Calhern
Engineering a $20,000 robbery, Mary and Joe draw up a pact to spend all the money foolishly and then commit suicide. Read More »
Man Hunt (1936) William Clemens, Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, Charles ‘Chic’ Sale
Jane, the school teacher, thinks that life in Coasterville is dull so she tells her pupils about the days of the Daltons Boys and the James Gang. Read More »