Nothing Sacred, 1937, United Artists. Starring Carole Lombard, Fredric March. Directed by William A. Wellman. Technicolor, 74 minutes. Wally Cook (Fredric March) is a reporter who needs to prove he isn’t a fraud—and fast. He learns of a woman with …
Tag: 1930s
In Name Only
In Name Only, 1939, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Kay Francis. Directed by John Cromwell. B&W, 94 minutes. Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), a widow with a young daughter, has taken a summer home in the country. She’s …
The Women (1939)
The Women, 1939, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 133 minutes. Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) believes life with her husband and daughter is idyllic. That is, until—with …
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938, Warner Bros. Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains. Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley. Color, 102 minutes. In the late 12th century, England’s beloved king, Richard the LionHearted, has been …
Swing Time
Swing Time, 1936, RKO Radio Pictures, Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Music by Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields. Directed by George Stevens. B&W, 102 minutes. Quite possibly the best musical from the Depression era, including all other Astaire/Rogers …
Design for Living
Design for Living, 1933, Paramount Pictures. Starring Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. B&W, 91 minutes. Longtime friends fall for the same lady, who perhaps is less of a lady than one would expect. She can’t …
The Thin Man
Nick Charles, a retired detective with a droll wit, is a man who's happy now to live on his wife's fortune and, well, drink a lot. He and his classy, sassy wife Nora live a life of leisure, until a …
Libeled Lady
When a reporter's mistake leads to a calamitous lawsuit, the newspaper's editor has no qualms about marrying off his jilted bride to an unscrupulous ladies' man so he, in turn, can entrap a snooty heiress.
Midnight (1939)
Every Cinderella has her midnight, and for Eve Peabody, the clock is about to chime. She's been part of a fairy tale makeover by Georges Flammarion and has captured the attention of single and wealthy Jacques Picot. But her heart …
Stage Door
Wealthy society girl Terry Randall yearns to make it on Broadway, and she's willing to live humbly if that's the road to getting her name in lights. She lands a plum role, but her success means failure for last year's …
Classic for a Reason 