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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1930s
1,149 movies from the 1930s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Little Hiawatha
1937 · Comedy
Lenin in October
1937 · Drama
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935 · Music
Midnight Intruder
1938 · Crime
The Terror of Tiny Town
1938 · Music
Girls on Probation
1938 · Crime
The Shadow of Silk Lennox
1935 · Crime
Central Airport
1933 · Drama
Storm in a Teacup
1937 · Comedy
Three on a Match
1932 · Drama
The Stranger’s Return
1933 · Drama
The Misleading Lady
1932 · Comedy
Ladies of Leisure
1930 · Romance
Stingaree
1934 · Adventure
Colleen
1936 · Romance
Three of a Kind
1936 · Comedy
The Great Consoler
1933 · Drama
Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Comedy
Party Girl
1930 · Drama
The Petrified Forest
1936 · Drama
The Unguarded Hour
1936 · Crime
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · Romance
Clean Pastures
1937 · Animation
Symphony of Six Million
1932 · Drama
Calling All Curs
1939 · Comedy
King Neptune
1932 · Animation
Alibi Bye Bye
1935 · Comedy
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Action
Lazybones
1935 · Comedy
The Pointer
1939 · Comedy
The Band Concert
1935 · Music
Porky’s Romance
1937 · Animation
The Blue Light
1932 · Drama
The Dawn Patrol
1930 · War
The Shadow Strikes
1937 · Mystery
Two Too Young
1936 · Comedy
Son of the Gods
1930 · Drama
Once in a Lifetime
1932 · Comedy
Now and Forever
1934 · Drama
Boots and Saddles
1937 · Drama
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