EDITOR’S NOTE: “Life”, we are told, “is full of a number of things”. Some are fact – and some fall into the category of delightful and and irresponsible allegory, that Never-Never land in which all children live – and for which all grown-ups secretly yearn… Come with us on the trail of the beautiful white […]
Vampyr - 1932
Allan Gray arrives late in the evening to a secluded riverside inn in the hamlet of Courtempierre. An old man enters his room, puts a sealed parcel on the table, blurts out that some woman mustn’t die, and disappears. Gray senses in this a call for help. He puts the parcel in his pocket, and […]
The King Murder - 1932
A beautiful blonde makes a career out of seducing and then blackmailing wealthy married men. She is found murdered after demanding a $5000 payoff from her latest victim, and the detective investigating the case finds out that she was involved in a lot more than just blackmail.
Million Dollar Legs - 1932
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money. Either a masterpiece of absurdity or a triumph of satire, depending on your mood, but it’s quite possibly the funniest movie ever made, and becomes even funnier with subsequent viewings.
Blonde Venus - 1932
Helen Faraday is a nightclub singer turned housewife. When her husband needs money to have a life-saving operation, she decides to resume her career as a singer to raise money. She undergoes a chain of events that separate her from her husband and force her to make a choice between her lucrative singing career and […]
A Farewell To Arms - 1932
A classic movie from Ernest Hemingway’s also classic novel of the same name. Starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes, it’s a love story set in WWI between an ambulance driver and a nurse in Italy.
Street Scene - 1931
In a hot summer afternoon in New York, Emma Jones gossips with other neighbors of her residential building about the affair of Mrs. Anna Maurrant and the milkman Steve Sankey. When the rude Mr. Frank Maurrant arrives, they change the subject. Meanwhile, their teenage daughter Rose Maurrant is sexually harassed by her boss Mr. Bert Easter; however, she likes her Jewish neighbor Sam that has a crush on her. On the next morning, Frank tells that is traveling to Stanford on business. Mrs. Maurrant meets the gentle Sankey in her apartment, but out of the blue Frank comes back home in an announced tragedy.
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Indiscreet - 1931
A young woman (Gloria Swanson) jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up. This movie is a pre-code film, meaning it was made after the introduction of sound in movies in 1929 and before the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines in 1934.
Svengali - 1931
This creepy Svengali guy has the power to control women through hypnotism. He decides a girl he has under control would be a good singer and convinces her to start touring, forcing her to leave behind her man, Billie, who loves her. Billie eventually finds out what is going on, and begins to pursue them.
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