Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3631 Films to Buy & Rent
Bright Eyes (1934)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell…
- Colourised version of an early Shirley Temple classic – with the recently orphaned cutie mixed up in an adoption battle. Features the song,…
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…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (1934)
- Dir. Rowland V Lee
Feat. Robert Donat, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer…
- Exemplary version of Alexandre Dumas' classic swashbuckler. Robert Donat plays the imprisoned officer seeking revenge with steel and panache.
Dames (1934)
- Dir. Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley
Feat. Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, ZaSu Pitts…
- This blissful musical battle between stage–hopefuls and a disapproving decency group is often referred to by critics as the 'Gold Diggers of…
Gay Divorcee, The (1934)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers received top–billing for the first time in this excellent revision of Cole Porter's Broadway musical. Songs…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 2 (The Cat's Paw, The Milky Way) (1934-1936)
- Dir. Sam Taylor, Leo McCarey
Feat. Harold Lloyd
- Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes THE CAT'S PAW, with Lloyd entangled in local body politics; and THE MILKY WAY, in which the silent…
It Happened One Night (1934)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
- The first film to win all five major Oscars is the classic story of an East–end boy who goes about winning the heart and changing the snobbish…
L'Atalante (1934)
- Dir. Jean Vigo
Feat. Michel Simon, Jean Daste
- A recently restored master work from the French film archive combines lyrical romance with inspired touches of fantasy.
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre
- Peter Lorre stars in this original version as the villain who kidnaps an innocent man's child to ensure his silence. Budget limitations are overcome…
Maniac (1934)
- Dir. Dwain Esper
Feat. Horace B. Carpenter, Bill Woods
- Named as one of the "100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made" in The Official Razzie Movie Guide, this early sexploitation/horror shocker was loosely…