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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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Social Decay
1932 · Drama
The Prince and the Pauper
1937 · Fantasy
The Beloved Brat
1938 · Comedy
Air Mail
1932 · Adventure
The Hurricane
1937 · Romance
The Lucky Corner
1936 · Comedy
Arsène Lupin
1932 · Romance
Two for Tonight
1935 · Music
They Call It Sin
1932 · Drama
Captured!
1933 · War
Mickey’s Trailer
1938 · Animation
Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes
1932 · Comedy
Little Miss Broadway
1938 · Music
College Humor
1933 · Action
One Night at Susie’s
1930 · Drama
Stolen Holiday
1937 · Romance
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930 · Drama
You Can’t Buy Everything
1934 · Drama
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Romance
Santa Fe Stampede
1938 · Western
Traveling Saleslady
1935 · Comedy
Joy of Living
1938 · Comedy
We Want Our Mummy
1939 · Comedy
Society Dog Show
1939 · Comedy
The Blow Out
1936 · Animation
The Barbarian
1933 · Romance
By Your Leave
1934 · Comedy
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · Comedy
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938 · Mystery
Banjo on My Knee
1936 · Comedy
Sitting on the Moon
1936 · Drama
Murder by Television
1935 · Thriller
Good Scouts
1938 · Animation
Double Door
1934 · Drama
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Drama
The Grasshopper and the Ants
1934 · Animation
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 · Romance
Wings Over Honolulu
1937 · Romance
Giantland
1933 · Animation
Ferdinand the Bull
1938 · Animation
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