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- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose HobartDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
- DirectorEdgar SelwynStarsHelen HayesLewis StoneNeil HamiltonOut of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
- DirectorNikolai EkkStarsNikolay BatalovYvan KyrlyaMikhail DzhagofarovYoung hobos are brought to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards. But crooks kill one of the young people when they try to damage the newly build railroad to that camp.
- DirectorGéza von RadványiStarsLilli PalmerRomy SchneiderTherese GiehseIn a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsRaymond CordyHenri MarchandRolla FranceSeeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsColman 'Tiger' KingMaggie DirraneMichael DirraneIn this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneStarsMarta AbbaNerio BernardiLuigi Cimara"Loyalty of Love" - In 1821 Count Federico Confalonieri was arrested by the Austrians for conspiracy and sentenced to the halter. His wife, Teresa Casati , with great difficulty manages to obtain the grace from the emperor of Austria and the death penalty is changed to life imprisonment to be served in the Spielberg where he will remain until 1835.
- DirectorCarlo CampogallianiStarsEmma GuerraMaria ArcioneGiorgio CensiScenes of healthy young Italians enjoying the fresh air playing rugby in different contests are combined with a subplot of romantic intrigue and psychology.
- DirectorGustav MachatýStarsHedy LamarrZvonimir RogozAribert MogEva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
- DirectorJack ConwayHoward HawksWilliam A. WellmanStarsWallace BeeryFay WrayLeo CarrilloAfter enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnJoan BennettPaul LukasA chronicle of the lives of sisters growing up in 19th-century New England.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenMary ModerWe see bunny rabbits preparing for Easter, by making chocolate eggs and rabbits, decorating eggs, and weaving and filling baskets.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsFredric MarchEvelyn VenableGuy StandingThe Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam HarriganA scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsMadeleine CarrollFranchot ToneReginald DennyRichard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.
- DirectorMarcel de Hubsch
- DirectorGerard RuttenStarsJan MuschTheo de MaalBetsy Ranucci-BeckmanAfter building a dam, closing off the Zuiderzee from the sea, it effectively turns the former sea into a lake and the fishermen call it "dead water". They desperately attack the dam with spades and even explosives, culminating in tragedy.
- DirectorGoffredo AlessandriniStarsSergio TofanoDina PerbelliniMaria DenisFilm set in the 1910s, in an Italian school. A male school teacher falls in love with the female gymnastics teacher at the school. She is attracted to him, but their students attempt to sabotage the prospective romance.
- DirectorGustaf MolanderStarsTutta RolfMargit ManstadErnst EklundDiddi Werner is an orphan and has been raised by her aunts Lotten and Amalia. Amalia wants her to study further after graduation while Lotten wants her to get married. Lotten predicts her future and see a dark, older man in the cards.
- DirectorMuhsin ErtugrulStarsBehzat ButakVasfi Riza ZobuFerdi TayfurThe love story of rich Hursit and Fadime, the daughter of a roasted chickpea maker.
- DirectorKatsudo Shashin
- DirectorBenito PerojoStarsPilar AguirreIsa AlmarPilar Arroyo
- DirectorChittajalu PullayyaStarsVemuri GaggaiahSurabhi KamalabaiRamatilakamA women named Savitri fights with Yama (Head of the Hell) to save her husband's life.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboFredric MarchFreddie BartholomewThe married Anna Karenina falls in love with Count Vronsky despite her husband's refusal to grant a divorce, and both must contend with the social repercussions.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsMártha EggerthSandro PalmieriGualtiero TumiatiYoung composer Vincenzo Bellini is still an unknown music student in Napoli when he finds in a maiden's eyes the inspiration for the aria that would become his most beloved one, "Casta Diva".
- DirectorPierre ChenalStarsHarry BaurPierre BlancharMadeleine OzerayRaskolnikov is a Russian man who follows an unusual moral code. A combination of vigilantism and hubris fuels his decision to aid a hapless prostitute by removing her antagonist, a local merchant. Raskolnikov is locked up for the murder, and while he does not deny committing the crime, he tries to persuade the police that he should not be charged.
- DirectorWalter ReischStarsPaula WesselyKarl Ludwig DiehlOtto TreßlerWhen a young woman loses her mother's money due to a bank failure, a middle aged benefactor comes to her protection.But the man has hired an attractive ex officer to tutor his sons.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigClarence NashMickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.
- DirectorFrank WisbarStarsHeinrich GeorgeKarin HardtPaul HenckelsSeven men in peaceful Switzerland swear lifelong friendship, while the rest of the world is at strife, though a conflict arises when the daughter of one (a rich trader) falls in love with the son of another (a lowly tailor).
- DirectorJean de LimurStarsBetty StockfeldRoger TrévilleClaude DauphinA husband orders his wife to recover a lost slipper. The wife enlists the aid of her friend, Beatrice (Betty Stockfield) to bring the slipper to her in Switzerland, and Georges (Roger Treville) follows Betty.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsMadeleine RenaudSuzanne DesprèsGaby TriquetA young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Canada, endures the hardships of isolation and climate, and chooses between three suitors: a trapper, a farmer, and an immigrant from Paris.
- DirectorAlex BennoLouis SaalbornStarsEsther De Boer-van RijkPhilip DornJan Van EesDriven by poverty and honor fisherwoman Kniertje sends the last of her kin to sea. Her two sons will work on the Op hoop van zegen, of which some people in town doubt it is seaworthy.
- DirectorJulian HuxleyStarsA.L. AlexanderA 1934 GB production that was picked up in 1937 by Educational for 20th Century Fox distribution about the gannet, (a beautiful white and exceedingly graceful bird deemed the best fisherman in the world), that inhabits a small rocky island off the coast of Wales. One of the few Educational releases that actually was shown in schools, and one would have had to play hookey every day in order to miss seeing this as a Texas school kid in the 40's and 50's. Footage from this short used in many other wild-life films also.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsGary CooperAnna StenRalph BellamyBecause his finances are low and he is seeking background for a new book, author Tony Barratt and his wife Dora return to his country home in Connecticut. While he is finding material for his book on the lives and customs of the local immigrant tobacco farmers, his wife returns to New York and, alas, his Japanese servant deserts him. He meets neighboring farm girl Manya Novak and hires her to cook his meals and clean his house. They soon fall in love, but following the customs of the old country, her father has entered a 'marriage bargain' for her to wed Fredrik Sobieski, a man not of her choosing.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichLionel AtwillEdward Everett HortonA young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsPaul RobesonLeslie BanksNina Mae McKinneyA British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
- DirectorJuda LemanStarsDavid RossPortraying Zionist settlers' accomplishments, this part-documentary, part-travelogue shows 1930s Palestine as opportunity for fulfilling a dream. Through evocative visuals, it encourages settlement and investment in the "Jewish homeland."
- DirectorLuis TrenkerStarsLuis TrenkerViktoria von BallaskoWerner KunigA German-born Swiss citizen emigrates to the United States in search of a better life and making fortune. Based on the story of John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.
- DirectorAugusto GeninaStarsFulvia LanziFrancesca DalpeFosco GiachettiA story of the Italian troops in Africa.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsPaul MuniJosephine HutchinsonAnita LouiseThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsAnnabellaVictor FrancenGabriel SignoretIn a time of national emergency, the wife of the Captain of a French battleship finds that her former lover is now the her husband's first officer. Her attempts to sort out this situation get mixed in with shipwreck and court martial.
- DirectorJohannes RiemannStarsBeniamino GigliKäthe von NagyHarald PaulsenAn opera singer has had one great love in his life, that for a devoted french-girl who died. He comes to Paris for his annual visit to her grave on the anniversary of her death, but is forced to go through with a concert his manager had arranged without his knowledge. The manager visits a shady night club and, while intoxicated, drops information to a hard-boiled entertainer and her gigolo of the singers' great sorrow and wealth. The wealth part impresses the pair. The girl meets and accompanies the singer to Naples, after playing on his sympathies with lies and deception. The singer and the girl announce their engagement, but he discovers her duplicity and she, now genuinely in love with him, flees the consequences. She is injured in an automobile accident and the singer, having learned of her repentance and true affectation for him, takes her for his bride.
- DirectorMarcel L'Herbier
- DirectorJohn FordLeslie GoodwinsStarsKatharine HepburnFredric MarchFlorence EldridgeThe recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
- DirectorJosef RovenskýStarsJirina StepnickováVladimír BorskýJaroslav VojtaWhen a young woman he loves is promised by her father to an older widower, the youth decides to leave his village and go off to war rather than see this happen.Will the girl's grandmother be able to step in and help?
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsHenry BrandonA rendition of Louis Alter's symphony interpreting the thoughts of a young and unsung composer who, enamored by a girl across the way, composes a symphony for her. When the girl returns home, he sees her in the arms of another.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperJean ArthurGeorge BancroftA unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsJan KiepuraFriedl CzepaLuli DesteToni Kowalski, a taxi-driver, has his favorite stop at Vienna's Opernring corner, where Mizzi and her father sell flowers and press. When Toni is mistakenly involved in an accident and looses his job, he earns his living singing at the nearby villages. Until wealthy Corinne makes him his protegée and trains him to become an opera singer. Little by little Toni is fascinated by her manners, so different from those of Mizzi and his own.
- DirectorM. EmmerJerzy Maliniak
- DirectorGiorgio Ferroni
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsSeymour HicksDonald CalthropRobert CochranEbenezer Scrooge is a mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.
- DirectorJ.B. Holmes
- DirectorFriedrich FeherStarsHans FeherFrançoise RosayMagda SonjaA whimsical spectacle of a little boy's adventures with a gang of bandits who are terrorizing a small southern European town.
- DirectorKarl RitterStarsWilly BirgelLída BaarováIrene von MeyendorffForeign spies infiltrate: a German airplane factory testing a new bomber, a metal works, and a bank, in this propagandistic warning to guard your tongues when talking to strangers.
- DirectorDavid HandStarsBilly BletcherDon BrodieLeo ClearyRobin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow. A court is convened; the judge, an owl, keeps singing the title. A variety of birds are brought to the witness stand, but nobody knows a thing.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsSylvia SidneyHenry FondaFred MacMurrayA railroad man from the city befriends a mountain girl in a Kentucky family feud.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsFrançoise RosayAndré AlermeJean MuratTells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsNova PilbeamCedric HardwickeJohn MillsA dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted), to her brief reign as monarch of England, and finally to her beheading. This movie portrays her as an innocent set up for the slaughter, while the scheming courtiers and pretenders to the throne barely pay her mind, as they stab each other in the back in their attempts to gain power and influence.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsMarie BellFrançoise RosayLouis JouvetChristine, newly widowed and consumed by the memory of a ball she attended age 16, decides to track down the men she danced with that night and discover their fates.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsAnnibale NinchiCamillo PilottoFosco GiachettiA story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsEmil JanningsPaul WagnerHannes StelzerMathias Clausen is a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsEdward G. RobinsonBette DavisHumphrey BogartFight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
- DirectorLloyd BaconMichael CurtizStarsBette DavisHumphrey BogartLola LaneA crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.
- DirectorKôjirô SasakiStarsKiyoshi AonoJun AraiKaoru Futaba
- DirectorViktor GertlerStarsÉva SzörényiLili BerkySándor Svéd
- DirectorVishnupant Govind DamleSheikh FattelalStarsVishnupant PagnisGauriB. NandrekarThis film chronicles the life of Tukaram (17th century), one of Maharashtra's most popular saint poets, activating the 20th century resonances of his turning away from courtly Sanskrit towards vernacular rhythms of religious poetry which constituted the first major emancipatory movement against Brahmanical caste domination. The episodic plot pits Tukaram (Pagnis) against the Brahmin Salomalo (Bhagwat), who pretends to be the true author of Tukaram's songs while calling for his ostracization.
- DirectorMiles ManderStarsCharles FarrellMary MaguireJames RaglanSandy, an adventurer in Australia, travels from place to place doing various jobs. At a sheep farm he meets Mary and they fall in love, but he runs away in the end. He later meets Dr. John Vaughan, who has sentimental problems of his own and takes a job as a flying doctor. Destiny will reunite the thee of them again.
- DirectorJoseph LejtesStarsJadwiga SmosarskaWitold ZacharewiczLeokadia Pancewicz-LeszczynskaBarbara Radziwillówna, the daughter of the noble house of Radziwill, accidentally meets the future Polish king Zygmunt August under embarrassing circumstances. She introduces herself as a member of a forester's family, whereas the heir to the Polish throne describes himself as a squire serving the king. Their passionate love affair leads to a secret marriage which is revealed shortly before Zygmunt's coronation. However, the queen mother is furious at this turn of events as she has always planned a truly royal spouse for her son. Members of the parliament refuse to sanction the marriage, but the king's plea for recognition of his bride eventually breaks down all opposition. But the queen mother reverts to Borgia-like tactics to get rid of the unwanted daughter-in-law and the tragedy pursues.
- DirectorEugeniusz Cekalski
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyZoltan KordaStarsSabuW.E. HollowayWalter HuddThis black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueSacha GuitryStarsJacqueline DelubacSacha GuitryLyn HardingThree narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl us from Pope Clement VII to Mary Queen of Scots, from whom the pearls are stolen while she's occupied with the headsman. Historic events are seasoned with sly, satiric humor, and famous beauties are portrayed by stunning actresses. Then the narrators meet, and decide to try tracing the three unrecovered pearls from 1587 to the present...
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsBurgess MeredithMargoEduardo CiannelliImmigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the gangster Trock Estrella.
- DirectorGoffredo AlessandriniStarsAmedeo NazzariGermana PaolieriRoberto VillaSuccessful WWI pilot Luciano Serra has problems adjusting to an ordinary life in peace, so he leaves his family and becomes a pilot in America. In the 30s, his son in Italy wants also to become a pilot, and Luciano accepts an offer of a double dealing agent for a flight from Rio to Rome, but his plane crashes in the Atlantic. For the world Luciano Serra is missing, but he has entered the Italian army under a new name to fight in Ethiopia. The train in which his unit travels is attacked by Ethiopian soldiers, his son flying a reconasaince mission is shot down and wounded by the same attacking enemies. Will Luciano be able to fly the plane back, to get close air support for the outnumbered Italian troups ?
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsDavid AlbrittonArvo AskolaJack BeresfordThe document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardWendy HillerWilfrid LawsonA phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeJulien DuvivierStarsNorma ShearerTyrone PowerJohn BarrymoreThe tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.
- DirectorFernando de FuentesStarsTito GuízarRené CardonaEsther FernándezA "comedia ranchera", where two good friends fall in love with the same girl.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsJack BuchananMaurice ChevalierJune KnightTwo small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye: One of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned. For one thing, no one seems to care that the "dead man" is missing; also, he's mistaken for the leader of a Balkan revolutionary group and kidnapped by the other side.
- DirectorWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsHeinz RühmannLeny MarenbachHans SöhnkerWhen a bland British banker fails to please his wife, he pretends to be interested in other women so she will become jealous and care more for him.
- DirectorGustaf MolanderStarsIngrid BergmanTore SvennbergAnders HenriksonAn embittered woman, leader of a criminal gang, has a change of heart.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsHans AlbersFrançoise RosayCamilla HornFernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former wife Flora works as a predator trainer. Their son Marcel is an art rider and does not know that Fernand is his father.
- DirectorRomuald GantkowskiStarsLudwik SolskiStanislawa Angel-EngelównaElzbieta BarszczewskaThe "genius of the stage" is Ludwik Solski, a Polish stage actor and theater director who managed the municipal playhouse in Cracow during the first two decades of the 20th century.
- DirectorGennaro RighelliStarsVittorio De SicaCaterina BorattoMaria DenisA marriage between a Russian princess and a movie star, arranged for convenience, turns into the real thing.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBette DavisHenry FondaGeorge BrentIn 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsJean GabinMichel SimonMichèle MorganA military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
- DirectorCurt OertelStarsMathias WiemanThe life and works of Michelangelo are presented by German actor Mathias Wieman, in the the historical context of the High Renaissance era.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneStarsAntonio CentaDoris DurantiEnrico GloriTwo partners return from the war to find their coffee plantation in the hands of an unscrupulous overseer. One is attracted to an exotic native girl that the overseer has at the plantation.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsDanielle DarrieuxDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Mischa AuerNicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution is to try to snare a rich husband, and she enlists the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre d' to catch the eye of Bill Duncan.
- DirectorCharles DekeukeleireA documentary about art - the relation between Flanders and its painters.
- DirectorKarl RitterStarsIngeborg TheekIwa WanjaRolf MöbiusBerlin, 1918. During six hours' leave, German soldiers see their (un)faithful wives, meet their teachers, experience first love, and two of them are confronted with the leftist revolutionary movement. Will they return and do their duty?
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsGinger RogersJames StewartJames EllisonA professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.
- DirectorCarl FroelichStarsZarah LeanderHeinrich GeorgeRuth Hellberg1885. For the opera festival it has organized, the small town of Imlingen has invited a famous singer, Maddalena Dall'Orto, who will not only sing at the local opera but will also perform the part of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion at church. The lady is welcomed by an enthusiastic welcome committee comprising the Prince of Imlingen himself. After a while Maddalena, who has come with her friend Rohrmoser, reveals that they are both of German origin. In fact, Maddalena is Magda von Schwartze, a citizen of Ilmingen who has left home in anger a few years before...
- DirectorUlrich K.T. Schultz
- DirectorGiorgio Ferroni
- DirectorMarcel IchacStarsPierre AllainJean ArlaudJacques AzémarAccount of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for the trip to the end of the ascent. After a long approach walk through quasi-desert regions, then on a huge glacier, the caravan of 700 porters arrives at the foot of Hidden Peak. The expedition was led by Henry de Ségogne, with Jean Charignon, Pierre Allain, Raymond Leininger, Jean Carle, Jean Deudon, Louis Neltner, Jacques Azémar, doctor Jeand Arlaud and director Marcel Ichac. Weather conditions, logistical problems and a strike among Sherpas forced the team to retire at 6900m on the south face. The film received the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1938.