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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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Night Life of the Gods
1935 · Comedy
Our Gang Follies of 1936
1935 · Comedy
The Drum
1938 · War
We’re in the Money
1935 · Comedy
The Mouthpiece
1932 · Drama
Cardinal Richelieu
1935 · Romance
Three Men on a Horse
1936 · Comedy
Didi
1937 · Drama
Once a Doctor
1937 · Drama
The Last of the Mohicans
1936 · History
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Comedy
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Mystery
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Music
The Unholy Garden
1931 · Romance
Indiscreet
1931 · Drama
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935 · Mystery
Winner Take All
1932 · Drama
The Clairvoyant
1935 · Thriller
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · History
British Intelligence
1939 · Drama
A Yank at Oxford
1938 · Drama
Judge Hardy and Son
1939 · Comedy
You Only Live Once
1937 · Crime
Night World
1932 · Drama
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
1939 · Comedy
On the Night of the Fire
1939 · Drama
Time Out for Lessons
1939 · Comedy
The Monkey’s Paw
1933 · Horror
Smilin’ Through
1932 · Drama
Laugh and Get Rich
1931 · Comedy
Stowaway
1936 · Adventure
Brave Little Tailor
1938 · Animation
La Chienne
1931 · Crime
Mickey’s Circus
1936 · Comedy
The Flute Concert of Sans-souci
1930 · History
Magnificent Obsession
1935 · Romance
The Great Meadow
1931 · Western
Hi’–Neighbor!
1934 · Comedy
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Comedy
Café Metropole
1937 · Drama
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