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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 Personality Kid
1934 · Crime
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · War
Polly of the Circus
1932 · Drama
Restless Knights
1935 · Comedy
Ambassador Bill
1931 · Comedy
The Half-Naked Truth
1932 · Comedy
The Youth of Maxim
1935 · War
Parachute Jumper
1933 · Drama
The Dognapper
1934 · Animation
A Study in Scarlet
1933 · Thriller
Letty Lynton
1932 · Drama
The Scarlet Empress
1934 · History
Svengali
1931 · Horror
The Squaw Man
1931 · Drama
Forty Winks
1930 · Animation
The Road to Ruin
1934 · Drama
The Exile
1931 · Drama
Something Always Happens
1934 · Romance
The Invisible Man
1933 · Horror
Show Boat
1936 · Comedy
Frankenstein
1931 · Drama
The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Drama
Cavalcade
1933 · Drama
Little Miss Marker
1934 · Drama
No Man of Her Own
1932 · Drama
Alice in Wonderland
1933 · Adventure
Desire
1936 · Comedy
True Confession
1937 · Comedy
The Public Enemy
1931 · Drama
David Copperfield
1935 · Adventure
Three Godfathers
1936 · Action
Captains Courageous
1937 · Adventure
Bombshell
1933 · Drama
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 · Drama
Another Thin Man
1939 · Mystery
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Drama
The Blood of a Poet
1933 · Fantasy
The Skin Game
1931 · Drama
Monkey Business
1931 · Comedy
Horse Feathers
1932 · Sport
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