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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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The Royal Bed
1931 · Comedy
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 · Thriller
A Ducking They Did Go
1939 · Comedy
The Star Witness
1931 · Drama
Anthony Adverse
1936 · Drama
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937 · Adventure
Arbor Day
1936 · Comedy
Alfalfa’s Aunt
1939 · Comedy
Piccadilly Jim
1936 · Comedy
Old Bones of the River
1938 · Comedy
Everybody’s Woman
1934 · Drama
Block-Heads
1938 · War
Oh, Mr. Porter!
1937 · Comedy
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Drama
Marked Woman
1937 · Drama
The Devil’s Party
1938 · Drama
Side Streets
1934 · Drama
Mixed Magic
1936 · Comedy
Pacific Liner
1939 · Action
Of Human Hearts
1938 · Drama
David Harum
1934 · Comedy
The Garden of Allah
1936 · Drama
Adventure in Sahara
1938 · Adventure
Mark of the Vampire
1935 · Horror
The Witness Chair
1936 · Romance
Wooden Crosses
1932 · War
Fashions of 1934
1934 · Comedy
Turn Back the Clock
1933 · Drama
San Quentin
1937 · Drama
Honky Donkey
1934 · Comedy
Somewhere in Dreamland
1936 · Fantasy
So Red the Rose
1935 · Drama
Pension Mimosas
1935 · Drama
The Silent Passenger
1935 · Crime
The Saint in New York
1938 · Crime
Green Fields
1937 · Romance
Jewel Robbery
1932 · Crime
The League of Frightened Men
1937 · Crime
He Couldn’t Say No
1938 · Adventure
The Man in the Mirror
1936 · Comedy
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