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Shanghai Express (1932): Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Warner Oland; Hollywood's version of pre–revolutionary Shanghai is a lavish parallel universe of sin and oriental treachery with Marlene Dietrich (as…
Marius (1931): Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis…; Based on the play by revered French writer Marcel Pagnol, this is the first film in the Marseille Trilogy featuring the characters of Marius (Pierre…
Mata Hari (1931): Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore…; Heavily fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, the exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo is magnetic…
Possessed (1931): Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable; Vivid and detailed early drama about a rich NYC lawyer and his mistress, made when its lead performers were both on the verge of stardom. Centred…
Street Scene (1931): Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Sylvia Sidney, William Collier, Jr., Estelle Taylor…; Drama set over a single 24 hours on a city block in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Describes a melting pot of gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery…
Tabu (1931): Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Anna Chevalier; A beautifully filmed romantic tragedy based on a simple Pacific island folk tale. Poetry and sensuality is startlingly evoked through the play of…
Threepenny Opera, The (3 Penny Opera, The) (1931): Dir. G.W. Pabst; The ever–pointed satire of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical, in its London dockland setting of thieves, beggars and bobbies is given a…
Anna Christie (1930): Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, Marie Dressler…; Ayoung woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past. Garbo's first…
Blood of a Poet (1930): Dir. Jean Cocteau
Feat. Lee Miller, Pauline Carton; Cocteau's first film is a surrealist gem that sewed the seeds of his style. The Dali/Bunuel influence is clear, but this goes one step further with…
Blue Angel, The (1930): Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings; A masterwork of the twenties German grotesquerie, this enjoyed great success and gave an early career boost to Marlene Dietrich.

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