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Silent NaruseSilent Naruse (Flunky, Work Hard; No Blood Relation; Apart From You; Every-Night Dreams; Street Without End) (1931-1934)
Dir. Mikio Naruse
A collection of silent era films from renowned Japanese director Mikio Naruse, the only five from the 1930's that still exist today, featuring new…
Street SceneStreet Scene (1931) Recommended
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Sylvia Sidney, William Collier, Jr., Estelle Taylor
Drama set over a single 24 hours on a city block in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Describes a melting pot of gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery…
SvengaliSvengali (1931)
Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Bramwell Fletcher
Adapted from the novel by George du Maurier, this has a hypnotic maniac (Barrymore) turning his evil gaze on a young model and forcing her to…
TabuTabu (1931)
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Anna Chevalier
A beautifully filmed romantic tragedy based on a simple Pacific island folk tale. Poetry and sensuality is startlingly evoked through the play of…
Threepenny Opera, TheThreepenny Opera, The (3 Penny Opera, The) (1931)
Dir. G.W. Pabst
The ever–pointed satire of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical, in its London dockland setting of thieves, beggars and bobbies is given a…
Vintage MickeyVintage Mickey (1931-1933)
Timeless collection of Mickey Mouse's more memorable cartoons, featuring the classic "Steamboat Willie", notable for being the very first appearance…
All Quiet On the Western FrontAll Quiet On the Western Front (1930) Recommended
Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray
Landmark film looks at WW1 from the enemy's point of view. It remains brilliant and quite moving after all these years. Academy Award winner for Best…
Animal CrackersAnimal Crackers (1930)
Dir. Victor Heerman
Feat. Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx
Pre–Hollywood Marx Brothers, a little stagey yet with a glorious abundance of gags.
Anna ChristieAnna Christie (1930)
Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, Marie Dressler
Ayoung woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past. Garbo's first…
Big Trail, TheBig Trail, The (1930)
Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel
The film that elevated a young John Wayne from bit–part actor to leading man is this grand saga of a wagon trail, shot in an early form of 70mm.

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