Film Index
American cinema: 1930s
42nd Street (1933)
Lloyd Bacon
In 1932, with America in the Satanic grip of the Great Depression, work for singers and dancers is hard to come by. So, when Broadway producers Jones and Barry announce that they are putting on a new show entitled Pretty Lady, there is a virtual stampede to the auditions...
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Lloyd Bacon
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
George Cukor
With her husband Hilary committed to an asylum for the insane, Meg Fairfield decides to divorce him so that she can marry another man, Gray Meredith...
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George Cukor
A Damsel in Distress (1937)
George Stevens
Everyone at Tottleigh Castle knows that Lady Alyce Marshmorton is about to get married, but no one knows for certain who the lucky man will be...
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George Stevens
A Day at the Races (1937)
Sam Wood
Judy Standish is the unhappy owner of a sanatorium which faces closure unless she can raise the money to pay the mortgage...
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Sam Wood
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Frank Borzage
During World War I, a young American, Frederick Henry, enlists as an ambulance driver in the Italian army. He meets and falls in love with a young English nurse, Catherine Barkley...
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Frank Borzage
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Sam Wood
By donating money to Otis B. Driftwood, an opera promoter of dubious repute, wealthy widow Mrs Claypool hopes to buy her way into high society... [More...]
Sam Wood
By donating money to Otis B. Driftwood, an opera promoter of dubious repute, wealthy widow Mrs Claypool hopes to buy her way into high society... [More...]
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
D.W. Griffith
In 1809, a child was born in a humble log cabin who would grow up to become one of the greatest political leaders in history... [More...]
D.W. Griffith
In 1809, a child was born in a humble log cabin who would grow up to become one of the greatest political leaders in history... [More...]
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Michael Curtiz
England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
England, 1191. With Richard the Lionheart, the rightful king, away fighting in the crusades, the country is governed by his younger brother, John... [More...]
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Alfred L. Werker
When Professor Moriarty is acquitted of a murder charge, his arch-nemesis Sherlock Holmes vows to bring him to book. Moriarty rises to this challenge by concocting what he believes will be the crime of the century... [More...]
Alfred L. Werker
When Professor Moriarty is acquitted of a murder charge, his arch-nemesis Sherlock Holmes vows to bring him to book. Moriarty rises to this challenge by concocting what he believes will be the crime of the century... [More...]
Alias the Doctor (1932)
Michael Curtiz
Martha Brenner is filled with pride when her son Stefan and adopted son Karl leave their country home and go off to Munich to study medicine... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Martha Brenner is filled with pride when her son Stefan and adopted son Karl leave their country home and go off to Munich to study medicine... [More...]
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
Lewis Milestone
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, a German schoolmaster is urging his class of idealistic youths to enlist and do their bit to save the Fatherland... [More...]
American Madness (1932)
Frank Capra
Senior banking official Thomas Dickson finds himself in a minority of one when his board of directors challenge him to agree to a merger with a New York trust... [More...]
Frank Capra
Senior banking official Thomas Dickson finds himself in a minority of one when his board of directors challenge him to agree to a merger with a New York trust... [More...]
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Michael Curtiz
Jerry Connolly and Rocky Sullivan are two kids growing up in a poor area of New York. Their first attempt at robbery ends in failure - Jerry escapes but Rocky is caught and sent to a reform school... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Jerry Connolly and Rocky Sullivan are two kids growing up in a poor area of New York. Their first attempt at robbery ends in failure - Jerry escapes but Rocky is caught and sent to a reform school... [More...]
Animal Crackers (1930)
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Victor Heerman
Society dowager Mrs Rittenhouse is hosting an extravagant party at her Long Island mansion. The purpose of the party is to welcome back the famous explorer, Captain Spaulding, after his expedition to Africa, but the hostess cannot resist using the occasion to show off a priceless Beaugard painting, which has been given to her by her most fervent admirer, Roscoe W... [More...]
Anna Christie (1930)
Clarence Brown
For years, the old coal barge captain Chris Christopherson has led a free and solitary life. Then, one evening, his daughter, Anna, decides to re-enter his life... [More...]
Clarence Brown
For years, the old coal barge captain Chris Christopherson has led a free and solitary life. Then, one evening, his daughter, Anna, decides to re-enter his life... [More...]
Anna Karenina (1935)
Clarence Brown
During the 19th century, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina undertakes a trip to Moscow in the hope of saving her brother Stiva's marriage... [More...]
Clarence Brown
During the 19th century, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina undertakes a trip to Moscow in the hope of saving her brother Stiva's marriage... [More...]
The Awful Truth (1937)
Leo McCarey
Jerry Warriner returns home after his holiday to find that his wife Lucy has apparently got herself romantically involved with her music teacher, Armand Duvalle... [More...]
Leo McCarey
Jerry Warriner returns home after his holiday to find that his wife Lucy has apparently got herself romantically involved with her music teacher, Armand Duvalle... [More...]
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Gus Meins
Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee are a pair of happy-go-lucky apprentice toy-makers in Toyland. They live in a giant shoe with kind Mother Peep and her daughter Bo, who is forever mislaying her sheep... [More...]
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish works as a shop assistant in a New York department store. On the day she learns she is to be dismissed she manages to get herself mistaken for the mother of a baby that has been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage... [More...]
Garson Kanin
Polly Parrish works as a shop assistant in a New York department store. On the day she learns she is to be dismissed she manages to get herself mistaken for the mother of a baby that has been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage... [More...]
Barbary Coast (1935)
Howard Hawks
In 1849, the California Gold Rush is well underway. San Francisco has become a boomtown, a place where fortunes are made and lost in a day... [More...]
Howard Hawks
In 1849, the California Gold Rush is well underway. San Francisco has become a boomtown, a place where fortunes are made and lost in a day... [More...]
Behind the Headlines (1937)
Richard Rosson
Eddie Haines is radio station KBC's star reporter. His talent for scooping big news stories has made him massively unpopular with his rival journalists, not least of whom is his former girlfriend, Mary Bradley... [More...]
Richard Rosson
Eddie Haines is radio station KBC's star reporter. His talent for scooping big news stories has made him massively unpopular with his rival journalists, not least of whom is his former girlfriend, Mary Bradley... [More...]
The Big Trail (1930)
Raoul Walsh
Breck Coleman's quest for the man who murdered his friend brings him to the Missouri River, where a party of settlers are about to set off on a 1500 mile trek to their promised land in Oregon... [More...]
Raoul Walsh
Breck Coleman's quest for the man who murdered his friend brings him to the Missouri River, where a party of settlers are about to set off on a 1500 mile trek to their promised land in Oregon... [More...]
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Frank Capra
When Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai to marry her fiancé, a missionary worker named Robert Strike, the country is in the midst of a bloody civil war... [More...]
Frank Capra
When Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai to marry her fiancé, a missionary worker named Robert Strike, the country is in the midst of a bloody civil war... [More...]
The Black Cat (1934)
Edgar G. Ulmer
The writer Peter Alison and his wife Joan are travelling across Hungary on their honeymoon when their path crosses that of Dr Vitus Werdegast, an eminent psychiatrist... [More...]
Edgar G. Ulmer
The writer Peter Alison and his wife Joan are travelling across Hungary on their honeymoon when their path crosses that of Dr Vitus Werdegast, an eminent psychiatrist... [More...]
Block-Heads (1938)
John G. Blystone
During WWI, Stan and Ollie bid a fond farewell just before Ollie goes over the top, leaving his friend to guard the trench... [More...]
John G. Blystone
During WWI, Stan and Ollie bid a fond farewell just before Ollie goes over the top, leaving his friend to guard the trench... [More...]
Blonde Venus (1932)
Josef von Sternberg
Edward Faraday is an American research chemist whose experiments with radioactive substances have given him a life-threatening illness... [More...]
Josef von Sternberg
Edward Faraday is an American research chemist whose experiments with radioactive substances have given him a life-threatening illness... [More...]
Blotto (1930)
James Parrott
Stan and Ollie are planning to enjoy an evening of heavy drinking at a posh night club. This being prohibition era, they have to supply their own alcoholic refreshment, but luckily Stan's wife has a bottle hidden away... [More...]
James Parrott
Stan and Ollie are planning to enjoy an evening of heavy drinking at a posh night club. This being prohibition era, they have to supply their own alcoholic refreshment, but luckily Stan's wife has a bottle hidden away... [More...]
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
James W. Horne
When Count Arnheim learns that a party of gypsies have set up camp on his estate he orders that they be chased away. In revenge, one of the gypsy women kidnaps his daughter and leaves her with her husband, Oliver, just before she elopes with her lover... [More...]
James W. Horne
When Count Arnheim learns that a party of gypsies have set up camp on his estate he orders that they be chased away. In revenge, one of the gypsy women kidnaps his daughter and leaves her with her husband, Oliver, just before she elopes with her lover... [More...]
Boys Town (1938)
Norman Taurog
Called to the cell of a condemned man, Father Edward Flanagan wonders how the man would have turned out if he had been given a better deal when he was a child... [More...]
Norman Taurog
Called to the cell of a condemned man, Father Edward Flanagan wonders how the man would have turned out if he had been given a better deal when he was a child... [More...]
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
James Whale
Prompted by Lord Byron and her husband one stormy night in 1817, Mary Shelley tells the second part of her story about Dr Frankenstein and his unearthly creation... [More...]
James Whale
Prompted by Lord Byron and her husband one stormy night in 1817, Mary Shelley tells the second part of her story about Dr Frankenstein and his unearthly creation... [More...]