Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3628 Films to Buy & Rent
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hania
- Renoir's joyfully anarchic attack on the bourgeoisie in which vagrant Michel Simon wreaks emotional havoc in the orderly household that have offered…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins
- Lurid and expressionistic 30s version of Stevenson's novel, and still the best, with Fredric March (who won an Oscar) as the idealist Doctor who…
Fanny (1932)
- Dir. Marc Allegret
Feat. Raimu, Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay…
- Leisurely French romantic drama based on the play by Marcel Pagnol that marks the second part in the Marseille film trilogy that started with Marius…
Freaks (1932)
- Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams
- The only film in history to exploit real–life 'mutants' is actually a sensitive and fascinating piece of cinema history. Perhaps misunderstood…
Grand Hotel (1932)
- Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore…
- The granddaddy of extravagent soap–opera, this pre–eminent, Oscar–winning Hollywood affair glitters with stars. Weekend guests'…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 8 (Movie Crazy, Welcome Danger) (1932)
- Dir. Clyde Bruckman
Feat. Harold Lloyd
- Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes MOVIE CRAZY, arguably the comedian's best sound film, about making it in Hollywood; and WELCOME DANGER,…
Horse Feathers (1932)
- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx…
- Marxist malarkey in which the crazy quartet engage in a college football conspiracy. Their wildest screen outing.
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson…
- Minor American classic unravels Paul Muni's plight an as innocent man subjected to the brutality of prison life. With fierce conviction, the film…
Love Me Tonight (1932)
- Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Myrna Loy…
- Charismatic tailor Maurice Chevalier makes beautiful music with princess Jeanette MacDonald in this splendiferous romance, one of the great musicals…
Most Dangerous Game, The (1932)
- Dir. Ernest B Shoedsack, Irving Pichel
Feat. Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
- This mother of all chase–movies was adapted from Richard Connell's book by the makers of KING KONG. A fresh–faced Joel McCrea is…