(Saturday, September 19, 1931) — Monkey Business, the third Marx Brothers’ comedy film, opened today in the U.S. The story takes place in large part on an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Category Archives: 1930s
Gandhi arrives in England for ‘dumb’ millions 80 years ago today
(watch Gandhi's arrival in London @ 1:12 into embedded video)
(Saturday, September 12, 1931) — Mahatma Gandhi, the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement, arrived in London this afternoon in a chilling and drenching rain, determined to do his best at the second Round Table Conference for the “dumb and semi-starved millions” of India.
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‘The Public Enemy’ opens
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2hDKOhS7KM
(Thursday, April 23, 1931) — The Public Enemy, a film about a young hoodlum who rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, opens in the U.S.
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Spain ousts king, proclaims republic
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNfE199JNTs
(Tuesday, April 14, 1931) — King Alfonso XIII of Spain went into exile today and the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
