1932 Movies

Made in 1926, but only shown in 1932. It starred amateur actors, breaking box office records with consecutive showings for several weeks.

The many difficulties of a couple to harmonize, between the need for independence of one and the brutality of the other...

A spoof on mystery movies by the Masquers Club of Hollywood.

Three knights go in search of a terrible dragon who holds the secret to relieve the princess's headache.

Oswald is leading a wagons train across the plains when it is attacked by a war party of Indians in this excellent Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

A poetic sports documentary featurette on a French middle distance runner popular during the start of the Depression, who represented his country in t...

Two women win £130,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes. They use their winnings to establish an oyster bar, but soon become the target of a phony count who a...

Impressive early music synchronization with fevered visuals, 1930s-cartoony to the point of being camp. Classical themes: "Moonlight Sonata", "Poet an...

A story about is stock deals and land speculations in Stockholm. The happiness depends on a horseshoe a couple of gentlemen find in the street.

A wedding in the Aesop's Fables jungle.

The Farmer is abducted by a capering Jungle Goddess. As pre-Code as a Terrytoon ever got. Most animation is by Frank Moser; with him are Art Babbitt,...

No. 2 in the "James FitzPatrick's Travel Talks" series.

From a dark shot of the movie theater, a drunk (Boytler in person, flesh and blood) yelled "Dude, I do better than you!" While the audience of the cin...

A British crime film directed by Norman Lee

An unemployed man who plays a concertina gets involved with a band of crooks and tries to frustrate a kidnapping, in this farcical caper.

A fable from La Fontaine.

Janet Holman is suspicious of her fiancé, Allen Wells, after he kisses her best friend Gwen when the lights are turned out during a party. Allen leave...

Early '30s British drama, starring Heather Angel, about a poor girl who achieves success as a fashion designer.

This entry of the series does not feature Robert Ripley, who is away gathering material on his tours. Leo Donnelly narrates various odds and ends like...