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Subgenre Sampler
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, Maureen O'Sullivan… - If you're looking for the classic chest beatin', vine swingin' versions of Edgar Rice Burrough's much–abused creation, this is where you start.…
Trouble in Paradise (1932)- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Herbert Marshall, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis - Perhaps dir. Lubitsch's most celebrated comedy, this concerns a pair of endearing swindlers (Marshall and Hopkins) whose partnership in romance and…
Vampyr (1932)- Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Julian West, Henriette Gerard - Seminal psychological horror film makes up for in atmosphere what it lacks in technical sophistication. Dream–like plot concerns a young man…
White Zombie (1932)- Dir. Victor Halperin
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn - Creaky but effectively eerie chiller with Bela Lugosi as a voodoo king menacing naive newlyweds in Haiti. The trance–like direction and tiny…
A Nous la Liberte (1931)- Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy - Pre–dating – and disputedly influencing – Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES by some years, this is both more lyrical and whimsical in its…
Cimarron (1931)- Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor - Set during the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1880's, a charismatic newspaper editor claims a plot of land and resettles himself, along with his rather…
City Lights (1931)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Hank Mann, Jean Harlow - Chaplin's most melancholy and beautiful film revolves around his love for a blind flower girl and his on–off relationship with a drunkard…
Dracula (1931)- Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Bela Lugosi - The role that immortalised Bela Lugosi – the original and most convincing Dracula ever committed to the screen. For sheer gothic ambience, look…
Frankenstein (1931)- Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff - Boris Karloff is the definitive incarnation of Mary Shelley's tragic man–monster, while the delicate balance of horror and pathos give the film…
Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950 (1931-1951)- A revealing, 40–strong film archival of British society, culture, work ethic, and nationalism, preserved in documentaries shot during the…
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