1930s Films That Could Easily Double As Titles For Misandrist Manifestos
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- DirectorRalph CederStarsBenny RubinHarry GribbonHeinie ConklinTwo incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsWalter ConnollyLionel StanderEduardo CiannelliIn the second of Columbia's Nero Wolfe movies, the housebound detective is confronted with several deaths and a disappearance among a group of 10 Harvard alumni who had years earlier hazed another student, resulting in his becoming crippled.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsJames GleasonZasu PittsMarjorie LordWhile Oscar and Hildegarde are attending a Broadway show, a press agent is shot in an actress' dressing room and an actor is murdered onstage in full view of the audience. Oscar and Hildegarde are on the case.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsElissa LandiDavid MannersErnest TruexIn Pontus, the land of the Amazons, gender roles and natures are completely reversed: men stay at home and take care of the children and women are the strong sex, thanks to the sacred girdle of the Roman goddess Diana. It is in the care of Queen Hippolyta and her sister Antiope, the commander of the female armed forces. Only Sapiens, Queen Hippolyta's new husband, advocates women's rights.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsDolly HaasCyril MaudeEsmond KnightThe Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a boy.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsWayne MorrisPriscilla LaneHumphrey BogartLinda Lawrence rises from secretary to account executive in an advertising agency. She falls in love with ex-football star Jimmy Hall and marries him. Radio man Harry Galleon will push her career further if she will just be "nice" to him and, when Jimmy gets jealous, she quits in favor of life as a suburban housewife. But her career still calls to her.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsJoe YuleRenie RianoTim RyanMaggie and her snooty society friends fool Jiggs and his buddies down at Dinty's tavern into not only signing a petition to close the bar, but they also trick them into taking the "temperaance" pledge to forsake all alcohol.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsClara Kimball YoungJoel McCreaDorothy MackaillDaughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
- DirectorEugene FrenkeStarsAnna StenHenry WilcoxonViola KeatsAn officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsEl BrendelWini ShawPhil ReganA bill collector and a policeman are captured by a group of mad scientists and taken to an all-female Indian tribe for study.
- DirectorManuel RomeroStarsMecha OrtizTito LusiardoNiní MarshallAna Maria del Solar is a rich lady who suddenly lands in the street. After a while she lives in the pension where her driver lives.
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsGene RaymondAnn SothernVictor MooreCarol Rogers returns from Europe to discover that her recently deceased father has left her with huge debts and no resources to pay them. Aunt Jane suggests that Carol marry a South American millionaire, but, Carol refuses and vows to find a job instead. Waldo, a bookmaker, and Aunt Jane plot the perfect scheme. They arrange for Carol to be hired as a secretary for rich bachelor racetrack enthusiast and coffee magnate , Fuller Partridge. Fuller soon falls for Carol but doesn't let her know. Aunt Jane and Waldo try to set up a romantic interlude for the two at a resort. They insist Carol join them at the resort to recuperate from her near breakdown at work. Fuller, a workaholic refuses to go - Carol goes up alone. Waldo phones Fuller that Carol is delirious and is calling out for him. Fuller rushes up to the resort. Meanwhile, Waldo and Aunt Jane hire a hypnotist to hypnotize Carol to become delirious. By mistake, Aunt Jane is hypnotized instead and is calling out for Fuller. Waldo hides Aunt Jane in Carol's bed and fools Fuller into believing she's Carol. Fuller uncovers Waldo's scheme and accuses Carol of entrapping him into marriage and leaves. Now Waldo must convince Fuller that Carol is innocent....
- DirectorArzén von CserépyStarsGerda MaurusErnst DumckeRolf von GothA Prokurist in a bank is suspected of murdering her boss and refuses to take the stand in her defense, because she believes she has to cover for the boss' nephew.
- DirectorLansing C. HoldenIrving PichelStarsHelen GahaganRandolph ScottHelen MackA group of explorers search of the legendary "flame of life," a mysterious force that bestows immortality.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsBinnie BarnesCharles WinningerAlice BradyThree sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.
- DirectorJack ConwaySam WoodStarsGus VanJoe SchenckBessie LoveWhen Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has worked her way into his confidence. When Mary sees Jack and Daisy together, she leaves Jack and Jack marries Daisy the next day. When Daisy decides that she wants into the Vaudeville act, she has Jack dump both Jerry and his baseball contract. But Jack soon finds that - no act - means no money - means no Daisy.
- DirectorHamilton MacFaddenStarsRalph ForbesBen AlexanderHala LindaBob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time in ten years but is sorry that Don has joined the Legion. Bob, Don and Bob's buddies, Muggsy and Bilgey, go to a café and there Don falls for Nina, a singer in love with Bob. Bob doesn't know this and thinks she is Garccia's girl, and warns Don to have nothing to do with her. Don disregards the warning and Garcia discovers Nina and Don together and provokes Don into hitting him. Don is arrested and thrown into the company brig. Nina, with the aid of an Arabian sheik, Ul Ahmed, helps Don escape. Bob, Muggsy and Bilgey follow but are captured and taken to Ul Hamid's headquarters. The sheik tortures Don to force Bob to work some captured machine guns for him. Ah Hamid and his tribe attack the fort, but Bob manages to turn the machine guns against his captors, and the fort is saved.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsClifford MollisonWendy BarrieZelma O'NealA telephonist falls for her employer.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsJames EllisonHelen WoodRobert KentJames Ellison ("The Gang's All Here") stars as a man who saves a German shepherd from the city pound, only to have the dog implicate him in a murder. Featuring Ace the Wonder Dog.
- DirectorOswald MitchellStarsBilly BennettKathleen HarrisonGibb McLaughlinA night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy financier.
- DirectorRussell MackStarsZasu PittsPert KeltonEl BrendelA stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsJohn MiljanShirley GreyMonroe OwsleyChesterfield - John Miljan, Shirley Grey, Monroe Owsley, Hale Hamilton. Miljan plays a famous crook who awakens in a posh mansion...
- DirectorMonty BanksStarsGene GerrardJimmy GoddenMuriel Angelus