Subgenre Sampler
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I Accuse (J'Accuse) (1938)
- Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Victor Francen, Line Noro, Marie Lou
- Dir. Gance’s own remake of his 1919 silent classic, in which a soldier traumatised by the slaughter of WWI attempts to prevent future…
Marseillaise, La (1938)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Leon Larive…
- Renoir's classic depicts events leading up to the French revolution in the 18th Century, electing to extract history from the heart of the common…
Elephant Boy (1937)
- Dir. Zoltan Korda, Robert Flaherty
Feat. Sabu, Walter Hudd, Allan Jeayes
- Docu–drama based on Rudyard Kipling's novel about government elephant hunters in the British Raj, helped by an Indian boy (debut for Sabu).…
Kid Galahad (1937)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart…
- A potent prize–fighting movie with room for some romantic asides and weighty egos.
Knight Without Armour (1937)
- Dir. Jacques Feyder
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Herbert Lomas…
- Visually sumptuous tale of Russian Countess Marlene Dietrich fleeing the 1917 Revolution with the help of Robert Donat. Dir. Feyder made his name as…
Life of Emile Zola, The (1937)
- Dir. William Dieterle
Feat. Paul Muni
- The great French 'naturalist' writer is the subject of this appropriately epic biopic, with Paul Muni giving a signature performance in the title…
Maytime (1937)
- Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Feat. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore
- Love affair between opera soprano and two–bit singer in Paris. An exemplary Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy musical.
Oh! Mr Porter (1937)
- Dir. Marcel Varnel
Feat. Will Hay
- One of the best British comedies of the 1930s, this predates Ealing in its winning blend of whimsy, slapstick and inventiveness.
Will Hay plays a…
Stella Dallas (1937)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles
- Definitive family melodrama in which Barbara Stanwyck compels as the social–climbing Stella, ultimately driven to painful self–knowledge…
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen
- Charming adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's adventure story, with young Shirley negotiating between the British army and Afghani rebels.