Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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.
Dimples (1936)- Feat. Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Robert Kent
- Shirley Temple musical set in the New York Bowery, where the young lass helps her pickpocket grandfather., Soon however her musical talents come to…
Jacques Tati Shorts (1936)- Dir. Jacques Tati
- Three rare short comedies for those that can't get enough of the French funnyman. Watch your Left! (1936), School for Postmen (1947), and Evening…
- Pennies from Heaven (1936)
- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bing Crosby - Bing Crosby vehicle sees the showman protecting a little girl from the big bad school system.
- Rembrandt (1936)
- Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Charles Laughton - Vignettes from the life of the great 17th century painter whose popularity sharply regressed after he painted 'The Nightwatchmen'. Charles Laughton…
San Francisco (1936)- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke, D.W. Griffith
Feat. Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy - Outstanding chronicle of old Frisco, climaxing with great FX earthquake. Stars Clark Gable, amid all star cast .
Swing Time (1936)- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers - A fine example of Fred and Ginger's magical screen partnership, their sixth together, weaving the music of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, into…
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