Subgenre Sampler
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Great Waltz, The (The Life of Johann Strauss) (1938)
- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Fernand Gravey, Luise Rainer, Lionel Atwill
- The lIfe story of Johann Strauss is given a rich if somewhat corny treatment in this otherwise well–mounted musical biopic.
Holiday (1938)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
- Sparkling Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn duet stands as tall as its famous successor, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. The drawbacks of life in high society are…
Hurricane, The (1938)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall
- A doomed South Seas romance between islander natives, provides the melodramatic prelude to an awesome special f/x typhoon. Vintage Hollywood…
I Accuse (J'Accuse) (1938)
- Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Victor Francen, Line Noro, Marie Lou
- Dir. Gance’s own remake of his 1919 silent classic, in which a soldier traumatised by the slaughter of WWI attempts to prevent future…
Jezebel (1938)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Henry Fonda
- A classic, Oscar–winning role for Bette Davis, as a southern belle who defies the arch conventions of 19th century New Orleans high society…
Lady Vanishes, The (1938)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty…
- Prime British Hitchcock, tracks a brilliantly–plotted mystery of an old lady's disappearance on a trans–Europe train, with…
Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows) (1938)
- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan
- The forever anti–heroic Jean Gabin takes on an underworld of pimps and perverts in this gloomy French classic, a major influence on the film…
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
- Dir. George B. Seitz
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland…
- Mickey Rooney stars in this early teenage rom–com as a ruddy–faced youth who becomes entangled with three different girls (Garland,…
Made for Each Other (1938)
- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. James Stewart, Carole Lombard
- Couple James Stewart and Carole Lombard test their marriage vows through a patch of misfortune in this finely acted soap.
Marseillaise, La (1938)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Leon Larive…
- Renoir's classic depicts events leading up to the French revolution in the 18th Century, electing to extract history from the heart of the common…