Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3634 Films to Buy & Rent
Young In Heart (1938)
- Dir. Richard Wallace
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Paulette Goddard
- Comedy about a family of con artists who travel from the French Riviera to London with the police on their tail. They befriend an elderly widow with…
A Star Is Born (1937)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Fredric March, Janet Gaynor
- The first version of this since twice–remade tale of Hollywood tragedy is non–musical, developing a more critical edge to accompany the…
Angel (1937)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas
- Love triangle between a distracted husband, a neglected wife and an ardent suitor set amid the rigid social norms of the…
Awful Truth, The (1937)
- Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Cary Grant, Irene Dunne
- Cary Grant stars in this delightful screwball comedy about a divorced couple who, through misadventure, decide they are best for each other.
Camille (1937)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore…
- One of Greta Garbo’s finest roles, playing the courtesan heroine of Alexandre Dumas’ potboiler, navigating the treacheries of the French…
Captains Courageous (1937)
- Dir. Victor Fleming
Feat. Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney…
- Classic 'boys own' adventure from the pages of Rudyard Kipling, sees Freddie Bartholomew falling off an ocean liner for more rugged sea–faring…
Damsel in Distress, A (1937)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, George Burns, Joan Fontaine…
- A wealthy American entertainer (Astaire) must win the heart of a lovely English lady (Fontaine). His efforts to woo are drastically hindered by her…
Dark Journey (1937)
- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Ursula Jeans…
- British spy caper with Leigh as a French spy falling for a German double–agent.
Day at the Races, A (1937)
- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx…
- Marx Brothers' flamboyantly staged comedy in which unabridged lunacy never lets up at a sanitarium and then a racecourse. Contains some of cinema's…
Dead End (1937)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea…
- Highly watchable account of life in the slum tenements of NYC – if you can accept the sentimental touches. With Humphrey Bogart as a gangster…