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Subgenre Sampler
Sisters of the Gion (1936)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura - An early feminist film from director Kenji Mizoguchi, focusing on two geisha sisters – one of whom enters into a codependent relationship with…
Swing Time (1936)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers - A fine example of Fred and Ginger's magical screen partnership, their sixth together, weaving the music of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, into…
Tarzan Escapes (1936)- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Benita Hume - One of the best Weissmuller TARZAN sequels, has the jungleman kidnapped by hunters and taken back to England. Excitingly action–packed.
Texas Rangers, The (1936)- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker… - High–end, intricately plotted Western from King Vidor about three outlaws in a scheme to pose as Texas Rangers and gain the advantage in…
Things to Come (1936)- Dir. William Cameron Menzies
Feat. Ralph Richardson, Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman - Mind–boggling visualisation of a 21st century utopia, with ant–like humans inhabiting monolithic structures on towering, ten–acre…
Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The (1936)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda - This pioneering colour film is an engaging old–fashioned Western tale of loyalty, family and romance set against an age–old feud between…
Une Partie de Campagne (A Day in the Country) (1936)- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Sylvia Bataille - This evocative, unfinished short (originally part of a full–length feature) lovingly captures the flirtations of a young girl as she detours…
Dangerous + Hell's House (1935/32)- Dir. Alfred Green, Howard Higgin
Feat. Bette Davis - Bette Davis in two early roles – her lead performance as a star–turned–alcoholic in DANGEROUS fetching her the first of two Best…
39 Steps, The (1935)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat, Peggy Ashcroft - A ripping yarn about a innocent man embroiled in a spy conspiracy and is chased across Scotland. Set a sophisticated precedent for the spy/thriller…
Anna Karenina (1935)- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Greta Garbo, Basil Rathbone - Leo Tolstoy's heroine is the ideal vehicle for Greta Garbo, luminous amid some of the more extravagant sets MGM ever lavished on a costume drama.
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