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American sound films between 1927 and 1933

What Price Hollywood? (1932)

August 29, 2020by Eric Binford 5 Comments

Synopsis: Star-struck waitress Mary Evans (Constance Bennett, Topper) dreams of becoming a famous movie star. A chance meeting with acclaimed movie director Max Carey (Lowell Sherman, She Done Him Wrong) […]

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1932

Thirteen Women (1932)

October 29, 2019by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: Former students of an all-girls private school start dying under mysterious circumstances. It looks as if someone from their past has a personal vendetta against them. Reaction & Thoughts: […]

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1932

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)

June 16, 2019by Eric Binford 9 Comments

Synopsis: A poor farm girl (Greta Garbo, Ninotchka) runs away from home and is rescued by a worldly architect (Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind). They fall in love, but […]

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1931

Lady for a Day (1933)

September 20, 2018by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: A New York City street vendor, “Apple” Annie (May Robson, Bringing Up Baby) has been pretending to be a high society woman to her daughter, who has lived in […]

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1933

The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

August 21, 2018by Eric Binford 14 Comments

Synopsis: In a small town in the American South, a spoiled rich girl, played by Miriam Hopkins (These Three), is forced into prostitution by her rapist. Reaction & Thoughts: “You […]

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1933

Street Scene (1931)

May 31, 2018by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: One day in the lives of several tenants in a poor New York City neighborhood. Reaction & Thoughts: Producer Samuel Goldwyn’s Street Scene is a moving and often harrowing […]

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1931

Drácula (1931, Spanish-Language Version)

April 14, 2018by Eric Binford 9 Comments

Synopsis:  A mysterious Transylvanian aristocrat, Count Drácula (Carlos Villarias), moves to London, England. Drácula is really a blood-thirty vampire who begins to terrorize the city. An intrepid intellectual, Professor Van […]

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1931

Dracula (1931)

April 11, 2018by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: Mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi, Murders in the Rue Morgue), a Transylvanian vampire, moves to London, England, and begins a killing spree. A determined occult expert, Professor Van Helsing […]

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1931

Cimarron (1931)

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Synopsis: Forty years — from 1880s to 1920s — of Oklahoma history. The story is told from the perspective of a lawyer and newspaper editor, Yancey Cravat (Richard Dix, The […]

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1931

The Bat Whispers (1930)

November 14, 2017by Eric Binford 8 Comments

Synopsis: A heinous burglar known as “The Bat” terrorizes the city with a series of daring crimes. The criminal’s latest misdeed, a bank heist, leaves the police baffled. In a […]

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1930

White Zombie (1932)

October 15, 2017by Eric Binford 13 Comments

Synopsis: A young couple, Madeleine Parker (Madge Bellamy, Charlie Chan in London) and her fiancé Neil Parker (John Harron, The Crowd Roars), agree to get married at a friend’s Haitian […]

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1932

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

September 9, 2017by Eric Binford 16 Comments

Synopsis: In 19th century Paris, France, a sadistic scientist and circus performer, Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi, Dracula), is determined to prove that humans and apes share the same ancestors. In […]

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1932

The Virginian (1929)

April 13, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: A cowhand, ‘The Virginian’ (Gary Cooper, High Noon), and his best friend, Steve (Richard Arlen, Wings), vie for the affections of the newly-arrived school teacher, Molly Wood (Mary Brian, […]

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1929

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

September 10, 2014by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: City cop Butch Saunders (Pat O’Brien, Angels with Dirty Faces) is not happy with his transfer to the Missing Persons Division because he thinks that looking for people is […]

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