Tag Archives: 1930s

White Zombie (1932)

“They are not men, M’sieur: they are dead bodies – zombies! – the living dead. Corpses taken from their graves, and made to work in the sugar mills and fields at night…”   Director:  Victor Halperin Starring:  Bela Lugosi, Robert … Continue reading

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Dracula (1931)

“I am…Dracula. I bid you…welcome.”   Director:  Tod Browning Starring:  Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, David Manners, Frances Dade, Herbert Bunston Screenplay:  Garrett Fort, based upon the novel by Bram Stoker, and the play by Hamilton … Continue reading

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The Phantom Empire (1935) (Part 2)

“As long as the revolutionists are in power, we’ll never be able to get out of here!”   Director:  Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason Starring:  Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Dorothy Christy, Wheeler Oakman, Frank Glendon, Lester … Continue reading

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The Phantom Empire (1935) (Part 1)

“I am firmly convinced that this is the site of the buried city of Mu, and with proper excavation we’ll find more than radium: we’ll find secrets that have been lost to the world for thousands of years…” Director:  Otto … Continue reading

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Deluge (1933)

“The quake is moving eastward. Gulf Of Mexico flooding entire area. Chicago is doomed. Messages indicate Mississippi Basin sinking…”   Director:  Felix E. Feist Starring:  Peggy Shannon, Sidney Blackmer, Lois Wilson, Fred Kohler, Matt Moore, Lane Chandler, Samuel S. Hinds, … Continue reading

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Doctor X (1932)

“Now listen, please, to what I have to say: one of us in this room may be a murderer; a murderer who kills by the light of a full moon, leaving his victim’s body mutilated; a cannibal…”   Director:  Michael … Continue reading

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Murders In The Zoo (1933)

“You don’t mean to say you really like these beasts!?” “I love them. Their honesty, their simplicity; their primitive emotions. They love, they hate – they kill…”   Director:  A. Edward Sutherland Starring:  Lionel Atwill, Randolph Scott, Charles Ruggles, Gail … Continue reading

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The Last Journey (1936)

“Stationmaster Mulchester—express running away! Ignoring signals and detonators! She’s bound to crash at your terminus!”   Director:  Bernard Vorhaus Starring:  Julien Mitchell, Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Williams, Judy Gunn, Eve Gray, Eliot Makeham, Frank Pettingell, Michael Hogan, Olga Lindo, Mickey Brantford, … Continue reading

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