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Subgenre Sampler
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1939)
- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Charles Laughton - Charles Laughton is perfectly cast in this beautifully expressionistic version of the classic.
Jour Se Leve, Le (Daybreak) (1939)- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Arletty - A renowned example of 'poetic realism', Jean Gabin gives another consummate performance as a doomed anti–hero. His tragic story is told in…
La Regle Du Jeu (Rules of the Game) (1939)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain… - Considered one the greatest films in history, this downbeat yet incisive satire centres around weekend shooting party that results in a myriad of…
Of Mice and Men (1939)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Burgess Meredith, Betty Field… - A mentally–challenged giant and his level–headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in this adaptation of John Steinbeck's…
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth - Quintessential Hawks fare in which men are men and women have to be equally tough. At a South American outpost, mail pilot Cary Grant becomes…
Stars Look Down, The (1939)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Emlyn Williams - Gritty account of life in a Northumberland coal mining village was dir. Reed's first notable film and still one of his most successful. Centred…
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The (1939)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Shôtarô Hanayagi - The story of an aspiring kabuki actor in late 19th–century Japan, and the woman who loves and supports him at a great cost to herself. A…
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)- Dir. John M. Stahl
Feat. Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil - Overly sentimental romantic melodrama about an unhappily married concert pianist who casually falls for a restaurant waitress whom he takes back to…
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver… - A fresh–faced Henry Fonda gives credence to the formative years of Abraham Lincoln, seen here as a country boy–turned–lawyer…
Alexander Nevsky (1938)- Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikolai Cherkassov, Nikolai Okhlopkov - Eisenstein's first sound film is a patriotic epic about the 13th century hero who led his people against the Teutonic Knights. Monumental battle…
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