Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Whole Town's Talking, The (1935)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl… - Edward G. Robinson stars in a duel role as a meek office clerk who bares a resemblance to Public Enemy Number One. Entertaining mix of farce and…
Britain in the Thirties (1934-1939)
- Dir. Various
- A compilation of short films from Britain’s flowering of innovative documentary and experimental film during the 1930s. Featured films: Song of…
Cleopatra (1934)- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Warren William - Claudette Colbert stars as the sultry Roman Empress in this baroque De Mille version. Most noted for the lavish barge scene and some startling action…
Merry Widow, The (1934)- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald - Out of cold–blooded patriotism to his homeland Marshovia, gadabout Maurice Chevalier attempts to seduce millionairess Jeanette MacDonald into…
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1934)- Dir. Harold Young
Feat. Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Merle Oberon - Leslie Howard leads a double–life as an aristocratic fop by day and swashbuckling hero by night in the dark days of the French Revolution.…
Betty Boop - The Ultimate Collection (1933-1939)- Dir. Max Fleisher
- An early cartoon sensation, Betty Boop flashed her curves and batted her eyelids across Depression–era America in an amusing, slightly…
Devil's Brother, The (1933)- Dir. Hal Roach
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy - Laurel and Hardy become fearless highwaymen in 1700s Italy but meet their match in a notorious highwayman. Funny spoof of Auber's operetta.
Liebelei (1933)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Arthur Schnitzler - An early work from the German maestro of the tracking shot, whose tale of doomed romance between a young soldier and fraulein (taken from a play by…
American Madness (1932)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Walter Huston - Vivid parable in which Walter Huston portrays a bank president facing the threat of commercial failure during the Great Depression.
Bill of Divorcement, A (1932)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke… - Shell–shocked war veteran John Barrymore returns to the world after 15 years in an asylum, to find that wife Katharine Hepburn (in her screen…
©2025 AroVideo | Using the Catalogue | Feedback Opens in a new window | Terms of use Opens in a new window | Privacy Policy Opens in a new window | AroVideo on Twitter AroVideo on Facebook
