The Little Giant 1933
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from…
The Emperor Jones 1933
At a Baptist prayer meeting, the preacher leads a prayer for Brutus Jones, who is leaving to become a railway porter. Jones joins the congregation in a spiritual. Once on…
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933
Chorus girls Polly, Carol and Trixie are ecstatic when they learn that Broadway producer Barney Hopkins is putting on a new show. He promises all of the girls parts in…
Zero for Conduct 1933
Bruel, Caussat, and Colin are three students at a boarding school. There is a continual battle between the school’s authority figures and the students. The teachers and monitors are always…
The Barber Shop 1933
Barber O’Hair has a vegetarian wife at home a pretty manicurist at work. A dog sits in the barbershop which O’Hair explains: “One day I was shaving a man and…
The Pharmacist 1933
A hard-working, hen-pecked pharmacist, harried by a shrewish spouse, dysfunctional family, and demanding clientele, maintains his patience and a stoic optimism by imbibing frequent martinis. His termagant wife and self-absorbed…
Walking the Baby 1933
Street-sweeper George flirts with a pretty, but dizzy, nursemaid in the park. Incorporates Burns & Allen’s vaudeville “dizzy” routine.
Duck Soup 1933
The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the…
Nieuwe gronden 1933
The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people of the Netherlands struggle and…
Little Women 1933
Little Women is a “coming of age” drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving…
Wild Elephinks 1933
Popeye and Olive, marooned on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas. And a moose(!). Popeye eventually battles an entire menagerie at…
Seasin’s Greetinks! 1933
Popeye skates over to Olive’s house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he’s teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh; of course, Popeye…
Popeye the Sailor 1933
Popeye introduces himself to us (including a quick live-action shot of newspapers announcing that he’s a movie star). The ship docks, and the sailors try to pick up Olive, but…
Here Comes Flossie! 1933
A farmer gives his sons $50 to go and buy whatever they want to. One son orders a cow and the other son orders a bride–and both are named Flossie….