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1930s Sports Movies

Public list by WPS with 44 movies or TV shows/series

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Kid Galahad(1937)

3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations(1938)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 6min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 41 votes)

The First part of Olympia, a documentary about the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin by German Director Leni Riefenstahl. The film played in theaters in 1938 and again in 1952 after the fall of the Nazi Regime.

Directed by Leni Riefenstahl - With Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Luz Long, Spyridon Louis, Rie Mastenbroek, Leni Riefenstahl, ...

Toby Tortoise Returns(1936)

7min | Animation
3.0/5 (with 24 votes)

Toby Tortoise is back, and this time he and Max Hare box instead of racing.

Directed by Wilfred Jackson

The Hockey Champ(1939)

7min | Animation
3.4/5 (with 21 votes)

Donald shows his nephews the moves that won him his hockey trophy. But the boys have a few moves of their own.

Directed by Jack King

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty(1938)

1h 40min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

The Second part of Olympia, a documentary about the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin by German Director Leni Riefenstahl. The film played in theaters in 1938 and again in 1952 after the fall of the Nazi Regime.

Directed by Leni Riefenstahl - With Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens, Luz Long, Spyridon Louis, Rie Mastenbroek, Leni Riefenstahl, ...

Donald's Golf Game(1938)

8min | Animation
3.0/5 (with 21 votes)

Donald Duck tries to exhibit his golfing ability to his nephews only to have them tease him with sneezes, noises and "trick" clubs. Finally, they put a grasshopper in a ball and it "jumps" all over.

Directed by Jack King

Kampf(1932)

1h 27min | Drama

The race car drivers Robert Wenck and Kurt Harder are good friends. They become rivals when it appears that Robert is married to Eva. Eva was the former lover of Kurt Harder. Complications will follow.

Der Läufer von Marathon(1933)

1h 38min | Action
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Roxy und ihr Wunderteam(1938)

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by János Vaszary

Strikes and Spares(1934)

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.

Directed by Felix E. Feist - With Andy Varipapa

The Game That Kills(1937)

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing more than a racket, a plaything for game-fixing racketeers. When his brother is killed in a highly suspicious accident, Ferguson and team trainer Holland join forces to bring the killers to justice.

Mickey's Polo Team(1936)

8min | Animation
3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

Mickey leads his polo team Donald (on a mule), Goofy, The Big Bad Wolf against an all-star team: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harpo Marx (on an ostrich), Charles Chaplin, in a game refereed by Jack Holt. Featured spectators include the Three Little Pigs with Shirley Temple, W.C. Fields, and Clarabelle Cow with Clark Gable. Game action proceeds pretty much as you might expect from this bunch of comedians.

Directed by David Hand
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Porky & Daffy(1938)

3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

Porky is Daffy's fight manager who gets Daffy a fight with "The Champion", but things get looney.

Directed by Bob Clampett

The Swellhead(1930)

1h 10min | Drama, Romance / Love

A young fighter, Bill Hickey, achieves success through the help and support of his friends and, once he does, he gets a big case of 'swellhead.' And then he loses his friends, loses his girl-friend, loses his confidence and is all set-up to lose his title.

Directed by James Flood

Touchdown!(1931)

1h 19min | Drama

Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod - With Richard Arlen

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor(1939)

1h 10min | Adventure, Action
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

Directed by Edward Sedgwick - With Harry Carey

Stadio(1934)

1h 2min

Directed by Carlo Campogalliani.

Directed by Carlo Campogalliani - With Luigi Beccali, Andrea Checchi

Down the Stretch(1936)

1h 6min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by William Clemens - With Patricia Ellis

Alpine Antics(1936)

3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

Prologue: various animals enjoy winter sports. Beans sees a notice of a ski race, and decides to enter. But so does a bad guy (who looks more than a little like Disney's Pete). The bad guy sabotages the other contestants in various ways, takes short cuts, etc. But Beans manages to tie up the bad guy in his own trip line. A duck riding a dachshund knocks the bad guy out for a while; he and Beans trade places a few more times before Beans wins the race, just barely.

Directed by Jack King

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford(1936)

3.1/5 (with 9 votes)

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

Fast Companions(1932)

1h 11min | Drama

A crooked jockey tries to reform.

The Thoroughbred(1930)

58min | Drama
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Riley and Donovan, racehorse owners and trainers who have been rivals and enemies for years, seek to befriend Tod Taylor, a jockey, and Ham, a retainer. Tod elects to work for Riley, incurring the enmity of rival jockeys. Riley's daughter, Colleen, sympathizes with Tod and cares for his bruises. Trying to befriend Donovan, Tod wins a match between Riley's colt, Reckless, and Donovan's best horse; and many more victories bolster his confidence. His head is turned by Margie, a come-on girl for Drake, a gambler. She precipitates his dissipation, and Tod is induced to throw the race to avoid a jail sentence.

Love in the Ring(1930)

1h 21min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

King for a Night(1933)

1h 18min | Crime
3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.

70,000 Witnesses(1932)

1h 11min | Mystery
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses and dies. A detective has the whole game re-enacted to find important clues.

Directed by Ralph Murphy - With Phillips Holmes

Knockout – Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann(1935)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 23min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Hold 'Em Navy(1937)

1h 4min | Drama
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Two football players fight over the same girl.

The Great Game(1930)

1h 16min | Comedy

Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.

Directed by Jack Raymond - With Rex Harrison

Le prince des Six Jours(1936)

1h 37min | Comedy

How a simple fellow who took on the identity of a famous cyclist manages to win the famous Six Days race.

Directed by Robert Vernay - With René Ferté

Death on the Diamond(1934)

1h 11min | Mystery, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?

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