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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 Peach Girl
1931 · Romance
The Practical Pig
1939 · Animation
Susannah of the Mounties
1939 · Western
Great Guy
1936 · Crime
The Ghost Camera
1933 · Romance
Betty Boop’s Bamboo Isle
1932 · Comedy
Tarzan the Ape Man
1932 · Adventure
Thirteen Women
1932 · Mystery
The Barber Shop
1933 · Comedy
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930 · Romance
6 Day Bike Rider
1934 · Comedy
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935 · Adventure
Flirtation Walk
1934 · Romance
A Man’s Neck
1933 · Mystery
Housewife
1934 · Drama
The Night Is Young
1935 · Romance
She Had to Say Yes
1933 · Drama
Back Street
1932 · Romance
Upperworld
1934 · Crime
Limehouse Blues
1934 · Drama
Road to Paradise
1930 · Crime
Star of Midnight
1935 · Mystery
Check and Double Check
1930 · Comedy
Marie Galante
1934 · Thriller
Smart Money
1931 · Drama
Penrod and Sam
1931 · Drama
Perfect Understanding
1933 · Comedy
Buddy’s Adventures
1934 · Animation
Beginner’s Luck
1935 · Family
The Song of Ceylon
1934 · Documentary
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Drama
Towed in a Hole
1932 · Comedy
In the Wake of the Bounty
1933 · Action
Possessed
1931 · Romance
Play Girl
1932 · Drama
The Woman in Red
1935 · Drama
Rumba
1935 · Drama
Broken Dreams
1933 · Drama
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 · Comedy
The Man Who Played God
1932 · Romance
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