Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3634 Films to Buy & Rent
Easy Living (1937)
- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland…
- A breathless screwball comedy from the pen of Preston Sturges that almost rivals the writer–director's best work. Spunky Jean Arthur is the…
Edge of the World, The (1937)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry…
- In what is considered his first major film, director Michael Powell depicts a majestic account of the depopulation of one of the isolated outer…
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).…
Fire Over England (1937)
- Dir. William K. Howard
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Dame Flora Robson, Raymond Massey…
- The war between England and Spain in the late 16th century serves as the backdrop for this lavish drama. Laurence Olivier plays a British naval…
Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim…
- The heroics and hypocrasies of war are illustrated through an imprisoned French squadron in WW1 and their cultured German commandant. A hailed…
Heidi (1937)
- Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher…
- Ideal vehicle for Shirley Temple, who jerks the tears as the lovable orphan taken from her grandfather by her nasty Aunt in 1800's Switzerland.
In Old Chicago (1937)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche…
- Lavish disaster movie based on the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which almost completely destroyed the original city in a huge fireball. Although the…
It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
- Dir. Harry Lachman
Feat. Fay Wray, Richard Dix
- Not very good.
Keep Fit (1937)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton, George Formby
- Snappy–yet–slight musical–comedy sees Formby play a skinny wimp who faces off against a stocky Middleton in a 'keep fit' contest in…
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.