Tag: 30s
Bottles (1936)
Step inside a strange little pharmacy where the bottles come alive and the ordinary becomes extraordinary! A wonderfully bizarre animated short from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Skeleton Frolic (1937)
Ub Iwerks dusts off the skeletons from his early-Disney days and puts them to work at Columbia...in a graveyard replete with eerie owls and surrealistic bats, skeletons begin to rise from their graves and form a loosely-jointed band.
The Headless Horseman (1934)
Ichabod Crane has been invited to Katrina Van Tassel's Party while reading about the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
Spooks (1930)
The Phantom of a cheap opera house helps an aspiring singer by putting a phonograph machine down her skirt. When she spurns him for Oswald the Rabbit, the Phantom takes his revenge.
Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party (1933)
Betty Boop hosts a Halloween party with aid from a scarecrow, but an uninvited gorilla threatens havoc.
Midnight Frolics (1938)
A skeptical mouse discusses the existence of ghosts with a cuckoo bird. They are startled when a sextet of spooks arrive, performing a song and dance.
The Old Dark House (1932)
Driving through a brutal thunderstorm in Wales, three travelers take refuge in an eerie house owned by the Femm family. Reluctantly admitted by Horace Femm (Ernest Thesiger), the three sit down to a strange dinner. Horace is neurotic; mute butler Morgan (...
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
13 Vintage Halloween Songs From the 1920s and 1930s
Step back in time with 13 spooky Halloween songs from the 1920s and 1930s, featuring Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Al Bowlly and more.
Revealing Schiaparelli’s Iconic 1937 Embroidered Evening Coat
Discover the extraordinary details of this iconic 1937 embroidered couture coat, designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in collaboration with the Surrealist artist Jean Cocteau.
25 CRAZY Meals New Yorkers ACTUALLY Ate in Prohibition-Era Speakeasies
Step into Prohibition-era New York and discover 25 outrageous speakeasy meals that shocked diners and defined the roaring underground nightlife.
Judy Garland’s “Swing Mr. Mendelssohn” in Everybody Sing
Watch Judy Garland transform Mendelssohn into swing in the 1938 musical comedy Everybody Sing, where her rebellious performance steals the spotlight.
The Black Blizzard of 1935: When the Sky Turned to Night
Discover the Black Blizzard of 1935, the devastating Dust Bowl storm that turned day into night and reshaped farming practices across America’s Great Plains.
The 1930 Meuse Valley Fog Disaster: Europe’s Deadly Killer Smog
Explore the 1930 killer fog in Belgium’s Meuse Valley—one of Europe’s deadliest air pollution disasters—and what caused the tragic smog event.
A 1931 Interview with a Formerly Enslaved Man
Dive into a riveting 1931 interview with George Johnson, a man who had the unbelievable experience of being owned by Confederate President Jefferson Davis.