Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3631 Films to Buy & Rent
Ghoul, The (1933)
- Dir. T. Hayes Hunter
Feat. Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger…
- Creaky, but efficient Karloff outing centres on an Egyptologist who returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon…
- Busby Berkeley brings his snappy camerawork and choreography magic to the production numbers of this pre–'Hays code' musical, in which Dick…
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan…
- Freewheeling musical comedy set (and made) during the Great Depression, with Al Jolson playing a hobo in New York who falls in love with the mayor's…
I'm No Angel (1933)
- Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Mae West, Cary Grant
- Man–eater and circus performer Mae West digs for gold, settling on (and suing!) the loaded Cary Grant, only to fall in love for…
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
- Dir. Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen…
- First screen version of H.G. Wells' fascinating novel features the delightfully loony Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau, the exiled scientist obsessed…
Kennel Murder Case, The (1933)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. William Powell, Mary Astor
- Stylish murder mystery from the pre code era with William Powell playing detective and Scottish Terrier owner Philo Vance, popularised in the novels…
King Kong (1933)
- Dir. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong
- An iconic classic of cinema that literally smashed new ground in terms of special effects, and must have had unwitting audiences of the day…
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…
Little Women (1933)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Katharine Hepburn
- Constantly enjoyable version of Louisa Alcott's novel about four sisters and their mother coping while their father fights in the Civil War. Splendid…
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh
- An early horror which formed the basis of Vincent Price's HOUSE OF WAX. Containing its own grisly twists on the 'waxing' process, this is well worth…