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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 Runaway Bride
1930 · Drama
Personal Maid’s Secret
1935 · Drama
Top Speed
1930 · Comedy
Three on a Limb
1936 · Comedy
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Drama
Music in the Air
1934 · Romance
Rockabye
1932 · Drama
First a Girl
1935 · Comedy
Kentucky
1938 · Romance
Pluto’s Judgement Day
1935 · Comedy
Born to Be Bad
1934 · Drama
Calm Yourself
1935 · Romance
Bought!
1931 · Drama
The White Parade
1934 · Drama
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939 · Family
Beauty for Sale
1933 · Romance
Mystery House
1938 · Adventure
The Sisters
1938 · Drama
The Ware Case
1938 · Drama
Professor Beware
1938 · Comedy
Vihtori ja Klaara
1939 · Comedy
Picture Snatcher
1933 · Crime
Jamaica Inn
1939 · Thriller
Bachelor Apartment
1931 · Drama
Murder in the Fleet
1935 · Comedy
The Duke of West Point
1938 · Drama
Rhythm on the Range
1936 · Western
Betty Boop’s Bizzy Bee
1932 · Comedy
Diplomaniacs
1933 · Comedy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · Drama
Things to Come
1936 · Drama
Elmer Elephant
1936 · Comedy
Hearts in Bondage
1936 · Drama
Bored of Education
1936 · Comedy
Frontier Pony Express
1939 · Western
You Can’t Buy Luck
1937 · Romance
Ask a Policeman
1939 · Comedy
Officer Duck
1939 · Comedy
Moose Hunters
1937 · Animation
The Law in Her Hands
1936 · Drama
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