Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
Wolf Man, The - The Legacy Collection (The Wolf Man, Werewolf of London, She-Wolf of London) (1935-1946)
- Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney
- A 3–disc set containing two of Lon Chaney Jr.'s WOLF MAN films and two other 'werewolf' horrors WEREWOLF OF LONDON and SHE–WOLF OF LONDON.
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,…
Britain in the Thirties (1934-1939)
- Dir. Various
- A compilation of short films from Britain’s flowering of innovative documentary and experimental film during the 1930s. Featured films: Song of…
Cleopatra (1934)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Warren William
- Claudette Colbert stars as the sultry Roman Empress in this baroque De Mille version. Most noted for the lavish barge scene and some startling action…
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…