L'Atalante (1934), Top Hat (1935), Queen Christina (1933), Swing Time (1936), Jezebel (1938), David Copperfield (1935), L'Age d'Or (1930), The Big Trail (1930) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best 1930s Cinema movies.
Storyline: Ann Sothern wishes to marry a man her rich father disapproves of, so she concocts a scheme to get him on her side. She hires Raymond to act like an obnoxious French count, then pretends to take an interest in him in front of her father, hoping he will agree her first choice is better than the brash, selfish, insulting count.—dictracy23
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, romance, dance, broadway, light comedy, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A former chorus girl weds a millionaire after the composer she loves leaves. Meanwhile, she strings along an artist in love with her. When the composer returns, she struggles with her needs for security vs love. High jinks and drama ensue.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, classic, black and white, musical film, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called "The Poker". She is the only woman in the town of Cloudee-making her the fancy of all the men there, especially to Sheriff Jack Rance. On the way to Monterey to sing at a mass officiated by Father Sienna, her stagecoach is held up by the infamous masked bandit, Ramerez. He too takes a fancy to Mary, and decides to secretly follow her, taking on the identity of an officer named, Lieutenant Johnson. While in Monterey, he dances, sings and courts Mary, who has now fallen in love with him. He then has to make a quick getaway. In the mean-time, Sheriff Jack has set up a trap to catch Ramerez at "The Poker". When Ramerez does arrive he soon discovers that Mary is the owner, and quickly changes to the identity of Lieutenant Johnson. How long can this sherade last?—Kelly
Plot Keywords: western, romance, musical, adventure, drama, classic, golden age hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, musical, classic film, romance, song and dance, golden age of hollywood, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Steven Gaye, a successful New York playwright has passed forty and thinks he has bid farewell to the world of romance. But he falls in love with his secretary, Linda Brown, and suddenly finds himself more madly in love than ever before in his life. Linda reciprocates his feelings but he feels there is a too wide gap in their ages, and he pushes her in the direction of the leading man, Dick Reynolds, in his current Broadway play. Linda becomes engaged to the younger man and finds there is a problem...while Dick is young and romantic, he is also dumb. And the longer Linda is with him, the more she yearns for Steven's comfortable understanding and mature charm. (Despite the site-plot line that says so, she does not marry the son of her boss.)—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, black and white film, classic hollywood, love triangle, witty dialogue, emotional entanglement, cultural clash ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an amateur from high society rather than a professional model to become "the Townsend Girl." Upset that she was passed over sight-unseen as a professional, Brewster's top model (Lupino) goes to Miami with plans to bump into Townsend and pass as a society debutante.—LJ Copley
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, romance, black and white, classic hollywood, show business, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tom Wade (Tom Tyler), agent for the Cattleman's Protective Association, receives word that his brother Ed Wade (Bob Terry), a cattle rancher, has disappeared and is suspected of murder. Tom goes to Ed's ranch and learns from Ed's wife, Annie (Dorothy Short), that Chandler (George Morrell) the banker was killed and robbed of a large amount on money. The bullet taken from Chandler's body was proved to have been fired from Ed's gun. During the investigation, Tom, working undercover, meets Celia Chandler (Lois Wilde), the banker's daughter, who is also trying to find out who killed her father. She accuses Ed of the murder and suspects Tom of being an accomplice. Tom's investigation leads him to suspect a lawyer named Jeff Tracey (Roger Williams), and while Tom is seeking proof, he learns that Tracey and his henchmen have Ed as a prisoner. Tom is ambushed and captured when he is about to discover where Tracey and his henchmen have Ed hidden, Mealwhile Celia has found Ed and discovered the truth. She hides when the outlaws arrive with Tom as their prisoner and later succeeds in releasing Tom. She rides for help from Sheriff Bains (Lafe McKee) while Tom goes after the gang, and after a fight has them in his power when help arrives.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, revenge, brotherhood, gunfight, bounty hunter, desert, justice ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Stanton, with the aid of others, has a land-grab scheme going to take over the ranch owned by Tom Storm and his kid-brother Billy, since Stanton knows there is gold on the property. To complicate matters, Stanton has a henchman file a lawsuit against Storm, and has Billy Storm cheated in a poker game and is holding the I.O.Us over Billy in order to get him to aid Stanton's rustlers. Plus, the bank holds a mortgage on the ranch which is due in a few days. In order to get the money needed to buy the ranch when the bank forecloses, Stanton sends three men to rob the bank, one of them being Spain who is the man who filed the lawsuit. Tom is at the bank when it is held-up and kills the third bandit, Spain, but the other two get away with the money and take it to Spain. Stanton then accuses Tom of intentionally murdering Spain. The gang continues to make raids on Tom's cattle-herd so he won't have the money to pay off the mortgage-note. Stanton deposits the stolen money in the bank, and his gang runs Tom's herd over a cliff, and Tom is also injured in the stampede. The banker has no recourse other than to put the property up at public auction. But the banker has checked the serial-numbers on the money Stanton deposited and knows it is the robbery-money. The auction is held---and Tom IS NOT there---but the banker bids against Stanton, foils his plans and then has him charged with robbery and murder, while Tom is wandering around horseless and helpless. There is also one other man who knows the property has gold on it, and he is the father of Tom's sweetheart. This one has a whole bunch of different side-plots, all of which do get tied together.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, adventure, action, outlaw, gunfight, sheriff, gold rush ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Aga Ben Dragore, a knife-wielding, enigmatic Egyptian Arab, is seeking a sacred jewel which has been stolen from an ancient tomb. The thief tells him that he sold it to Professor Morlant, a fanatical Egyptologist who fervently believes in the pagan power of the ancient Egyptian gods. Dying from a mysteriously disfiguring ailment, Morlant entrusts his faithful manservant to bandage the jewel in his hand and warns him of dire consequences if his dying wishes aren't carried out. After his burial in an Egyptian-type tomb on his estate, an anonymous robber steals the precious stone from the corpse. Although the ghastly-looking dead man rises at the next full moon to seek revenge, neither he nor the audience know which member of the household possesses the powerful jewel.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, psychological horror, crime, murder, detective, mystery ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Both Sam Crew and his gang and Sonora Joe and his men are rustlers after a cattle herd just arriving. John Steele, sent by the Governor, is out to stop them. Greatly outnumbered, Steele's plan is to deputize Sonora and his men to fight the Crew gang.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, sheriff, black and white, action, adventure, gunfight, fast-paced ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After her father's death, Mary Rainey takes over the Rainey Circus (which operates twice daily, rain or shine) but runs into financial troubles. In one bit reminiscent of the Marx Brothers, the circus performers are up to some ridiculous antics at a dinner party with the family of Bud Conway, Mary's beau. As times become worse and the performers go on strike, Mary must try to save the circus from rioting patrons.—Paul Donahue
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, romance, classic, black and white, american film, musical film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Durango Valley is being pillaged by a mysterious bandit known only as "The Shadow." Keene Cordner, over the protests of ranch foreman Tanner gets a job on John McKay's ranch. The sheriff, investigating a killing, comes to the ranch and arrests Keen based on the eye-witness testimony of a deputy. Tanner helps him escape and hides him out in a cabin. Keene bitterly declares that since the Sheriff has unjustly made him an outlaw, he will become one with the idea of running down the real Shadow.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, action, adventure, outlaw, sheriff, gunfight, gold rush ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Kincade controls the area's water supply and is about to force the ranchers into contracts at exorbitant rates. Government Agent Saunders has a plan that will open up the lost river and dry up Kincade's supply. So he gets the ranchers to insist on a clause that Kincade's land will revert to the public if he fails to deliver water.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, black and white film, sheriff, john wayne, singing cowboy, b-western, 1930s cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ted Hayden and his pal Dusty Rhodes come across a dying outlaw, Gatt Ganns. On Ganns's person, they find a letter of introduction to rancher Gentry implicating Gentry in the disappearance of Ted's kid brother Jim and the murder of their father many years earlier. Ted takes on Ganns's identity and pretends to go to work for Gentry, while actually looking for further evidence that Gentry did indeed murder his father and abduct his brother.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: western, action, adventure, revenge, gunfight, desert, bounty hunter ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Owens' gang shoots it out in a New York nightclub, detective Breezy Kildare is wounded. After he recovers he takes a vacation at his father's ranch in Wyoming. Here he meets Owens again and finds him running a protection racket. When Breezy tries to stop him, Owens makes plans to eliminate Breezy.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, revenge, gunfight, outlaw, bounty hunter, justice, betrayal ...
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