Poster for the 1931 horror film Frankenstein, featuring a then unknown actor, Boris Karloff
Tag: 1931
Murder At Midnight, 1931
A game of charades turns to murder when the blanks in the pistol used are replaced with real ammunition. initially it is thought to be a murder suicide, until the bodies start to pile up. Murder at Midnight features a cast of quirky suspects, fun dialog, and an interesting plot with a surprise ending. The picture quality of the copy we watched seemed washed out, but the sound quality was quite passable, though there was a bit of persistent background “noise”
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin over Jerusalem, 1931
Zeppelin over Tower of David, Jerusalem, April 11th, 1931. Photographed by Armenian photographer, Elia Kahvedjian.
Betty Boop Patent, 1931
Patent for Betty Boop merchandise, filed Sept 24, 1931
Turbine Rocket Ship, 1931
Prof. Goddard’s Turbine Rocket Ship For Flight To Moon, from Popular Science, December 1931
See USSR, 1931
Travel poster promoting the USSR, 1931
Popular Science, Dec, 1931
Prof. Goddard’s Turbine Rocket Ship For Flight To Moon
Floating Mid-Ocean City, 1931
A proposed $2,000,000 mid-ocean city to be established midway between Bordeaux, France and St. Johns, Newfoundland. The outer steel network would act as a breakwater, and the harbor inside would serve as a trans-Atlantic hydroplane station.
The Public Enemy, 1931
Well-Dress Robbers, 1931
Four well-dressed men strike a pose that hides their faces behind their fedoras. They were being held at New York City’s police headquarters on charges of bank robbery.
