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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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Grips, Grunts and Groans
1937 · Comedy
Grand Slam Opera
1936 · Comedy
Pygmalion
1938 · Comedy
Madame X
1937 · Drama
Storm Over Bengal
1938 · Adventure
Young and Innocent
1937 · Mystery
The Good Fairy
1935 · Comedy
Waterfront Lady
1935 · Drama
Baby Take a Bow
1934 · Crime
The Devil to Pay!
1930 · Comedy
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936 · Comedy
The Golf Specialist
1930 · Comedy
Mädchen in Uniform
1931 · Drama
Toni
1935 · Drama
Hyppolit, the Butler
1931 · Romance
The Blonde Captive
1931 · Action
The Devil Is a Woman
1935 · Comedy
Hayseed Romance
1935 · Romance
Tit for Tat
1935 · Comedy
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Comedy
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 · Mystery
Everybody’s Hobby
1939 · Comedy
Garden of the Moon
1938 · Romance
Modern Inventions
1937 · Comedy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · History
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 · Music
The Dybbuk
1937 · Drama
Rich and Strange
1931 · Romance
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 · Drama
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Crime
What a Life
1939 · Drama
The Black Room
1935 · Horror
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
1938 · Drama
Poison Pen
1939 · Drama
Behold My Wife!
1934 · Romance
Army Girl
1938 · Comedy
City in Darkness
1939 · Mystery
The Little Giant
1933 · Crime
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935 · Comedy
The Lawless Frontier
1934 · Western
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