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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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Blond Cheat
1938 · Music
Carefree
1938 · Comedy
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932 · Drama
Danger – Love at Work
1937 · Comedy
Blondes at Work
1938 · Crime
Sinners’ Holiday
1930 · Romance
Wagon Wheels
1934 · Drama
Rome Express
1932 · Thriller
Westward Ho
1935 · History
The Flame of Love
1930 · Drama
Palmy Days
1931 · Music
Three Comrades
1938 · Drama
Mickey’s Polo Team
1936 · Comedy
The Woman I Love
1937 · Drama
Prison Break
1938 · Crime
Playing Around
1930 · Music
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939 · Drama
Virtue
1932 · Crime
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935 · Drama
They Were Five
1936 · Drama
Mandalay
1934 · Drama
Stage Door
1937 · Drama
Stand-In
1937 · Romance
Where’s That Fire
1939 · Comedy
The Hatchet Man
1932 · Drama
Golden Boy
1939 · Drama
Lovers Courageous
1932 · Drama
Mummy’s Boys
1936 · Comedy
Swiss Miss
1938 · Comedy
Life Begins in College
1937 · Comedy
The Affairs of Annabel
1938 · Comedy
Hôtel du Nord
1938 · Romance
Private Detective 62
1933 · Drama
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 · Comedy
Tokyo Chorus
1931 · Comedy
Held For Ransom
1938 · Crime
One Mile from Heaven
1937 · Drama
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Drama
The Matrimonial Bed
1930 · Comedy
Big City Blues
1932 · Drama
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