Movies from 1933

After Tonight (1933)

71 mins     Drama, Romance, Thriller      

Espionage 1933 style is like so many older movies an acquired taste one which I will admit is not mine and truthfully was grateful that "After Tonight", which is also known as "Sealed Lips", is only 71 minutes long. In fact I...

Ann Vickers (1933)

76 mins     Drama      

"Ann Vickers" is a fascinating social drama based on the novel of Sinclair Lewis although it has to be said a truncated version of his story. That is the first of a few problems with the movie as at just 76 minutes it becomes...

Christopher Strong (1933)

78 mins     Drama      

As a fan of movies I don't need much of a reason to watch a movie but I can give you two reasons to watch "Christopher Strong" a drama from way back in 1933. Firstly this was Katharine Hepburn's 2nd movie and one where you ca...

The Fighting Cowboy (1933)

59 mins     Western      

I've watched quite a few of these early 1930's westerns and it would be fair to say that not only are they generally forgettable but also that they tend to use what now is little more than cliche storylines filled with cliche...

Flying Down to Rio (1933)

89 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

"Flying Down to Rio" is a movie about band leader Roger Bond falling for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende and doing whatever he can to woo her. But that is not what you remember the movie for because "Flying Down to Rio" w...

Jaws of Justice (1933)

58 mins     Western      

What I didn't mention in that synopsis is that Boone Jackson is engaged to Judy who happens to be Dean's daughter. So that means we have one of those old fashioned story where we have a nefarious boyfriend planning steal the ...

Laughing at Life (1933)

71 mins     Adventure , Drama      

Up until now my experience of Victor McLaglen has been as a supporting actor usually in a John Wayne movie, so to watch him in the lead role in "Laughing at Life" was something new. Ironically it didn't end up feeling new bec...

Little Women (1933)

115 mins     Drama, Family, Romance      

The 1933 version of "Little Women" is in fact the fourth version I have watched and in some ways you could say that I have watched them back to front having first watched the 1994 version, then the 1978 TV mini-series which w...

Man of the Forest (1933)

62 mins     Western      

Well a man with a pet mountain lion is not something you see in a lot in westerns and it is in fact the USP when it comes to this early 1930s western "Man of the Forest". But when you watch "Man of the Forest" you soon realis...

Melody Cruise (1933)

76 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

Bright, breezy and a lot of fun and ironically entertaining not because of the main story but for everything else. What I am on about is 1933 musical "Melody Cruise" with a central storyline about an eligible bachelor aboard ...

Morning Glory (1933)

74 mins     Drama, Romance      

I will lay it on the line, the storyline to "Morning Glory" whilst good is nothing special not only because the story of a wannabe actress is a familiar one and the fact that this was remade some years later but also because ...

Riders of Destiny (1933)

53 mins     Western      

A few things stuck out at me as I watched "Riders of Destiny" with the most obvious one being that John Wayne is playing a singing cowboy. Well the Duke maybe playing Singin' Sandy Saunders but that isn't his voice you here w...

Sagebrush Trail (1933)

54 mins     Western      

There is a box set of John Wayne movies called "John Wayne - Classic Collectors Set", it features 6 of Wayne's early westerns before he became a major star and each movie has not only be colourized but also lasts just over 50...

To the Last Man (1933)

70 mins     Western      

Henry Hathaway's "To the Last Man" is a remake of an earlier western from 1923 but I am convinced that the story was used again in a later western as the whole story of a feud and one family moving away to put it behind them ...