Subgenre Sampler
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Top Hat (1935)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- Magically irrepressible musical with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers enacting some brilliant toe–tapping routines to the tunes of Irving Berlin…
Triumph of the Will (1935)
- Dir. Leni Riefenstahl
- The famous official document of the Nazi rally at Nuremberg, 1934, shot in stunning geometric compositions. This manages to stagger the senses, while…
Werewolf of London / She-Wolf of London (1935)
- Dir. Stuart Walker, Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Don Porter…
- A double feature of early 'werewolf' horrors.
Werewolf of London (1935) Dir. Stuart Walker – The first film to feature the 'werewolf'…
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
- Dir. Dawn O'Day
Feat. Dawn O'Day, Tom Brown, Sara Haden…
- Charming early adaptation of the classic L.M. Montgomery novel starring Dawn O'Day as Anne Shirley (Dawn legally changed her name to Anne Shirley…
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Mae West
- Mae's first post–production code outing: she plays a sultry cabaret singer lusted after by a myriad of Missippian males. Duke Ellington also…
Born to be Bad (1934)
- Dir. Lowell Sherman
Feat. Loretta Young, Cary Grant
- A worthy though now–obscure melodrama from pre–Hays Code Hollywood, in which street–tramp Young tries to successively rob, extort…
Bright Eyes (1934)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell…
- Colourised version of an early Shirley Temple classic – with the recently orphaned cutie mixed up in an adoption battle. Features the song,…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (1934)
- Dir. Rowland V Lee
Feat. Robert Donat, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer…
- Exemplary version of Alexandre Dumas' classic swashbuckler. Robert Donat plays the imprisoned officer seeking revenge with steel and panache.
Dames (1934)
- Dir. Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley
Feat. Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, ZaSu Pitts…
- This blissful musical battle between stage–hopefuls and a disapproving decency group is often referred to by critics as the 'Gold Diggers of…
Gay Divorcee, The (1934)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers received top–billing for the first time in this excellent revision of Cole Porter's Broadway musical. Songs…