Classic 1930s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1930 to 1939, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Although she was only 26 when she died of kidney disease in 1937, Jean Harlow left an indelible mark on the entertainment through her memorable film roles. The too-brief life of the “Platinum Blonde” is celebrated in the release Jean…
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Before Earthquake, before The Day After Tomorrow, there was the disaster-tinged S.O.S. Tidal Wave. This Republic Pictures favorite has just been released on DVD and Blu-ray via Olive Films. Pioneering TV newsman Jeff Shannon (Ralph Byrd) was wary of using…
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The 1930s were a fascinating time for the film industry. The beginning of the decade saw talkies take over Hollywood, pre-Code flicks shocked and titillated and features like The Wizard of Oz showed how magical the movies could truly be….
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On October 15, 1937, the romantic comedy favorite Double Wedding first hit theaters. The film stars William Powell as a flighty filmmaker/bohemian who takes free-spirited young rebel Irene (Florence Rice) and her milquetoast longtime boyfriend Waldo (John Beal) under his…
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Five years after Bela Lugosi’s bloodsucking count got staked, Universal brought in Gloria Holden as his undead offspring. Guest writer Rick29 offers a look at the rarely-seen 1936 chiller Dracula’s Daughter, co-starring Edward Van Sloan and Otto Kruger.
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Wild plots, crazy characters and rapid-fire dialogue marked the screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s. For his MovieFanFare debut, writer Nathaniel Cerf examines the genre where such stars as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck and others showed off their funny bones.
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Movers Laurel and Hardy must get a heavy piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs in The Music Box. Guest writer Aurora reviews the Oscar-winning 1932 short, which she says hits all the right comedic notes.
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Ex-circus performer and chorine Zita Johann becomes the “kept woman” of gubernatorial candidate Paul Cavanagh, only to take the blame for a murder she didn’t commit to save his career. Guest writer Danny Reid exposes The Sin of Nora Moran, a little-seen 1933 drama.
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Nelson Eddy is a Harvard-educated lawyer who returns to his frontier hometown and helps free it from crooked railroad magnate Edward Arnold’s grip in Let Freedom Ring. Guest blogger Jessica Pickens reviews the 1939 MGM western/musical.
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Does the 1936 movie made from H.G. Wells’ novel do a good job of imagining the “Things to Come”? Check this analysis of the William Cameron Menzies movie starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, and Cedric Hardwicke, and then make your own predictions.
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