Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3631 Films to Buy & Rent
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.
Bela Lugosi Collection (White Zombie, Killer Bats, Ghost on the Loose) (1932-1943)
Bill of Divorcement, A (1932)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke…
- Shell–shocked war veteran John Barrymore returns to the world after 15 years in an asylum, to find that wife Katharine Hepburn (in her screen…