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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 Warrior’s Husband
1933 · Comedy
The Florodora Girl
1930 · Drama
The Mayor of Hell
1933 · Drama
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
1938 · Romance
Condemned to Live
1935 · Horror
Here Comes Carter
1936 · Comedy
Jericho
1937 · Adventure
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
1931 · Romance
King of the Pecos
1936 · Western
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939 · Romance
Hollywood Hotel
1937 · Comedy
Rose Marie
1936 · Music
Coast Guard
1939 · Drama
Paddy O’Day
1936 · Music
Woman Against Woman
1938 · Drama
Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 · Crime
Mr. Moto’s Last Warning
1939 · Thriller
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936 · Mystery
All American Chump
1936 · Comedy
Fish Tales
1936 · Animation
The Lost Patrol
1934 · War
I’ll Name the Murderer
1936 · Comedy
Tonight or Never
1931 · Comedy
Quality Street
1937 · Drama
The Flirting Widow
1930 · Comedy
Craig’s Wife
1936 · Drama
The Lower Depths
1936 · Romance
If I Were King
1938 · History
Flying Devils
1933 · Adventure
Marie Antoinette
1938 · History
No Other Woman
1933 · Drama
Chance at Heaven
1933 · Romance
Secrets of the French Police
1932 · Crime
Men Are Such Fools
1938 · Drama
The Night Riders
1939 · History
Busy Bodies
1933 · Comedy
White Woman
1933 · Drama
Laughing Gravy
1931 · Comedy
Mississippi
1935 · Music
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938 · Thriller
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