Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3634 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Private Life of Henry VIII, The (1933)
- Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon
- The signature role for actor–extraordinaire Charles Laughton was this portrayal of England's notorious, much–married monarch.
His…
Queen Christina (1933)
- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
- Historical costume drama with Greta Garbo appropriately cast as the Swedish Queen.
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
- Dir. Lowell Sherman
Feat. Mae West, Cary Grant
- A raucous comedy success, debuting Mae West as a bawdy bar room entertainer with a penchant for vulnerable men (namely, Cary Grant).…
Sons of the Desert (Fraternally Yours) (1933)
- Dir. William A. Seiter
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
- A 24–carat Laurel and Hardy classic sees the boys wanting to attend a fraternal organisation shindig, but having to deceive their wives to do…
Tarzan The Fearless / Tarzan And The Trappers (1933-1958)
- Dir. Charles Haas, Robert F. Hill
Feat. Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Gordon Scott
- "Tarzan The Fearless" is feature film stitched together in the 1960's from the first four chapters a 12–part 1933 serial starring Buster Crabbe…
Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge
- Dir. Lang's brilliant sequel to the silent DR. MABUSE – THE GAMBLER, rethinking his vision of the evil controlling mastermind for the nascent…
Three Musketeers, The (1933)
- Dir. Colbert Clark
Feat. Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Francis Bushman…
- An early John Wayne movie serial set in distant Arabia, where he rescues three French Legionaires (Hatton, Mulhall and Bushman) from Arab attacks and…
American Madness (1932)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Walter Huston
- Vivid parable in which Walter Huston portrays a bank president facing the threat of commercial failure during the Great Depression.