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Old Dark House, TheOld Dark House, The (1932)
Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
Seeking refuge from an encroaching storm, six travellers pick the wrong house to take shelter in, with a spooky Boris Karloff, among other terrors in…
Rain (1932)
Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Joan Crawford, Walter Huston
A turbulent adaptation of Somerset Maugham's short story 'Miss Thompson' set on a Samoan island quarantine station during the rainy season. When a…
Red DustRed Dust (1932)
Dir. Victor Fleming
Feat. Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Mary Astor…
Steamy pre–code drama that captures Jean Harlow at her tough, raunchy best, playing a Saigon hooker who's competing with Mary Astor for the…
ScarfaceScarface (1932) Recommended
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley
The most potent ganster flick of the '30s caused great controversy over its violent content when first released, still makes an impact today.…
Shanghai ExpressShanghai Express (1932)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Warner Oland
Hollywood's version of pre–revolutionary Shanghai is a lavish parallel universe of sin and oriental treachery with Marlene Dietrich (as…
Sign of the Cross, TheSign of the Cross, The (1932)
Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton…
Pre–Code Hollywood epic from director Cecil B. DeMille, based on the Wilson Barrett play of the same name. Forms a biblical trilogy with…
Smilin' Through (1932)
Dir. Sidney Franklin
Feat. Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard
Winning tear–jerker with Norma Shearer and Fredric March in dual roles as two sets of unrequited lovers caught in a blood feud.
Tarzan the Ape ManTarzan the Ape Man (1932) Recommended
Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, Maureen O'Sullivan…
If you're looking for the classic chest beatin', vine swingin' versions of Edgar Rice Burrough's much–abused creation, this is where you start.…
Trouble in ParadiseTrouble in Paradise (1932) Recommended
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Herbert Marshall, Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis
Perhaps dir. Lubitsch's most celebrated comedy, this concerns a pair of endearing swindlers (Marshall and Hopkins) whose partnership in romance and…
VampyrVampyr (1932)
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Julian West, Henriette Gerard
Seminal psychological horror film makes up for in atmosphere what it lacks in technical sophistication. Dream–like plot concerns a young man…

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