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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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Lucky Kids
1936 · Comedy
Our Gang Follies of 1938
1937 · Comedy
In Old Santa Fe
1934 · Crime
Dark Victory
1939 · Drama
Dodge City
1939 · Western
Crackerjack
1938 · Drama
The Tunnel
1935
Klondike Annie
1936 · Comedy
Morning Glory
1933 · Romance
Algiers
1938 · Mystery
Kansas City Princess
1934 · Comedy
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Drama
Bulldog Drummond’s Peril
1938 · Mystery
A Feather in Her Hat
1935 · Drama
This Is the Night
1932 · Romance
The Hare Mail
1931 · Animation
Three Missing Links
1938 · Comedy
This Modern Age
1931 · Romance
The Divorce of Lady X
1938 · Comedy
Stella Dallas
1937 · Romance
Lady Killer
1933 · Comedy
The Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Romance
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Adventure
Lonesome Ghosts
1937 · Comedy
Trade Winds
1938 · Mystery
Rain
1932 · Drama
The Menace
1932 · Mystery
The Lemon Drop Kid
1934 · Comedy
The Monster Walks
1932 · Drama
Another Dawn
1937 · Romance
Minin and Pozharsky
1939 · Drama
The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep
1939 · Animation
Massacre
1934 · Western
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935 · Documentary
Pépé le Moko
1937 · Drama
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 · Drama
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939 · Action
It Happened in Hollywood
1937 · Comedy
Mad About Music
1938 · Comedy
Stranded
1935 · Drama
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