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Subgenre Sampler

 
FuryFury (1936)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney
Blunt statement against the mob–mentality with Spencer Tracy as an innocent man set upon by vicious locals intent on lynching with extreme…
Mary of ScotlandMary of Scotland (1936)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, John Carradine
Katharine Hepburn stars as Mary, Queen of Scots who, after languishing in jail for 18 years at Elizabeth I's command, is offered a pardon if she will…
Osaka ElegyOsaka Elegy (1936)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura
A counterpart to Mizoguchi's other 1936 film SISTERS OF THE GION, featuring some of the same cast and crew and again focusing on the hardships faced…
Prisoner of Shark Island, ThePrisoner of Shark Island, The (1936) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart
Gripping John Ford–directed prison yarn is based on the ordeal of Dr. Samuel Mudd, a famous victim of circumstance who unknowingly cared for…
Sisters of the GionSisters 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…
Trail of the Lonesome Pine, TheTrail of the Lonesome Pine, The (1936) Recommended
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 CampagneUne 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…
David CopperfieldDavid Copperfield (1935)
Dir. George Cukor
Feat. W.C. Fields
Top–line Hollywood–ization of the Dickens classic.
Devil Is A Woman, TheDevil Is A Woman, The (1935)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero
Set during Carnival in turn on the century Seville where a temptress comes between a young revolutionary and his old friend.

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