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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 Wise Little Hen
1934 · Animation
36 Hours to Kill
1936 · Romance
Bright Lights
1930 · Music
The Edge of the World
1937 · Drama
Escape!
1930 · Drama
The Sin Ship
1931 · Drama
The Westland Case
1937 · Crime
Female
1933 · Comedy
Come on Danger!
1932 · Western
This Day and Age
1933 · Crime
Deluge
1933 · Drama
A Woman of Experience
1931 · Romance
The Fire Alarm
1936 · Comedy
The Road to Singapore
1931 · Drama
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · Crime
Broadway Gondolier
1935 · Comedy
Ann Carver’s Profession
1933 · Drama
Wish upon a Pike
1938 · Family
Laughter
1930 · Comedy
Rembrandt
1936 · Drama
Things Are Looking Up
1935 · Comedy
First Lady
1937 · Comedy
Spawn of the North
1938 · Romance
Gold Dust Gertie
1931 · Comedy
The Goalkeeper
1936 · Comedy
These Three
1936 · Romance
Who Killed Cock Robin?
1935 · Family
Madame Butterfly
1932 · Drama
Five Came Back
1939 · Adventure
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939 · Comedy
Father Noah’s Ark
1933 · Animation
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Drama
Land Beyond the Law
1937
Waikiki Wedding
1937 · Comedy
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Drama
Jail Bait
1937 · Comedy
The Cheat
1931 · Drama
Cafe Society
1939 · Comedy
Shooting Straight
1930 · Drama
Operator 13
1934 · Drama
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