Classic 1930s movie reviews, movie articles and information. Movie reviews from classic movies from 1930 to 1939, the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Known for his wide mouth and trademark yell, comedian Joe E. Brown was Warner Bros.’ top comedy star in the 1930s. Read about five of Brown’s films just out on DVD and learn about his life and career.
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Carnival worker Spencer Tracy lets no one–including girlfriend Claire Trevor–stop his climb up the ladder of success, only to fall into a hellish pit of his own making. Guest writer Kristen Lopez plumbs the depths of Fox’s 1935 allegorical melodrama Dante’s Inferno.
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Glenn Morris played Tarzan once…and most think once was enough! A strange piece of trivia led me to sit down with “Tarzan’s Revenge”; let’s have a look now at one of the lesser-regarded entries in the apeman’s long screen history.
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Robert Montgomery earned an Academy Award nomination playing a handyman whose charming demeanor hides a deadly secret in Night Must Fall. Guest writer The Nitrate Diva shines a light on his chilling turn in the 1937 suspense classic, which co-starred Rosalind Russell.
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In 1937, 20th Century-Fox paired Tyrone Power and Loretta Young in a trio of popular, light-hearted romances. Guest writer The Lady Eve reviews Love Is News, Cafe Metropole and Second Honeymoon…and looks at the tales of the duo’s off-camera relationship.
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Easy-going sailor Bing Crosby and snooty rich gal Carole Lombard are drawn together when a yacht sinking leaves them and their fellow passengers stranded on a remote island. Guest blogger Danny Reid sets sail with a review of the 1934 pre-Code Paramount comedy We’re Not Dressing.
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Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris and Eddie Albert played Virginia Military Institute pals in 1938’s Brother Rat, based on a popular Broadway play. Guest writer Raquel Stecher reviews the comedy and its 1940 follow-up, Brother Rat and a Baby.
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Real-life lovers Jean Harlow and William Powell were teamed up by MGM for 1935’s Reckless, about a stage actress pursued by both a wealthy playboy and her sports promoter friend. Guest blogger Jessica Pickens reviews the song-laced romance tale.
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Sometimes even a die-hard movie fan’s interests wander, until some film revives them. Guest writer The Lady Eve shares how the 1934 Astaire-Rogers classic The Gay Divorcee reintroduced her to the world of classic cinema.
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Along with his iconic gangster roles, James Cagney’s early ’30s Warner Bros. tenure included turns as a cabbie, a race car driver, and–as Marsha Collock discusses here–a tabloid newspaper photographer, in 1933’s Picture Snatcher.
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