Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3631 Films to Buy & Rent
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 Collection, The (Tarzan the Ape Man, Tarzan Escapes, Tarzan and His Mate, Tarzan Finds a Son, Tarzan Secret Treasure, Tarzan's New York Adventure) (1932-1942)
- Feat. Johnny Weissmuller
- All 6 of the 'Tarzan' movies starring Johnny Weismuller.
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
- 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 Paradise (1932)
- 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…
Vampyr (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…
White Zombie (1932)
- Dir. Victor Halperin
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn
- Creaky but effectively eerie chiller with Bela Lugosi as a voodoo king menacing naive newlyweds in Haiti. The trance–like direction and tiny…
A Nous la Liberte (1931)
- Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy
- Pre–dating – and disputedly influencing – Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES by some years, this is both more lyrical and whimsical in its…
Cimarron (1931)
- Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor
- Set during the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1880's, a charismatic newspaper editor claims a plot of land and resettles himself, along with his rather…
City Lights (1931)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Hank Mann, Jean Harlow
- Chaplin's most melancholy and beautiful film revolves around his love for a blind flower girl and his on–off relationship with a drunkard…
Dracula (1931)
- Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Bela Lugosi
- The role that immortalised Bela Lugosi – the original and most convincing Dracula ever committed to the screen. For sheer gothic ambience, look…