Studio-era registry

A curated archiveof Hollywood cinema,1930-1949.

A quiet selection of studio-era features from Hollywood's golden age, arranged as a single editorial catalog.

Catalog note: studio-era features, 1930-1949.

21 titles currently indexed

Catalog selection

From the Archive

1942

A wartime drama set in a Moroccan transit city where a nightclub owner is drawn into a personal and political dilemma.

1949

A crime drama about a gang leader pursued by federal agents while managing operations from inside and outside prison.

1941

A detective drama set in San Francisco, where a private investigator becomes involved in the search for a valuable object.

1938

A crime drama set in a New York neighborhood where a returning gangster and a local priest influence a group of street boys.

1939

A crime drama tracing the rise and fall of men involved in bootlegging during Prohibition.

1935

An adventure film set in the Caribbean, where a wrongfully convicted doctor is sent to a penal colony and turns to life at sea.