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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 Dancing Girl of Izu
1933 · Drama
The Dream Car
1934 · Comedy
International House
1933 · Comedy
Reducing
1931 · Comedy
Hog Wild
1930 · Comedy
Readin’ and Writin’
1932 · Comedy
The Phantom of Paris
1931 · Drama
Oliver the Eighth
1934 · Comedy
Kept Husbands
1931 · Drama
The Three Musketeers
1933 · Adventure
Rafter Romance
1933 · Romance
Goin’ to Town
1935 · Comedy
Billy the Kid
1930 · Western
Night Nurse
1931 · Comedy
Fanny
1932 · Drama
Mickey’s Orphans
1931 · Animation
Lady by Choice
1934 · Comedy
Bolero
1934 · Drama
Zoo in Budapest
1933 · Drama
Randy Rides Alone
1934 · Western
Number Seventeen
1932 · Thriller
Ecstasy
1933 · Drama
Mickey Steps Out
1931 · Comedy
Havana Widows
1933 · Comedy
Everything’s Rosie
1931 · Comedy
I Cover the Waterfront
1933 · Drama
Midnight
1934 · Crime
A Blonde Dream
1932 · Comedy
Cracked Nuts
1931 · Comedy
Carnival Boat
1932 · Drama
Let Us Be Gay
1930 · Comedy
The House of Rothschild
1934 · Drama
The Maltese Falcon
1931 · Mystery
Lovin’ the Ladies
1930 · Romance
Adventure Girl
1934 · Adventure
Anne of Green Gables
1934 · Drama
Passion Flower
1930 · Drama
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934 · Drama
Poor Cinderella
1934 · Family
Love in Bloom
1935 · Comedy
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