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Night at the Opera, ANight at the Opera, A (1935) Recommended
Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
A Marx brothers extravaganza with the three sibling buffoons in top form as they wreak havoc on an opera company. As good as they get.
No LimitNo Limit (1935)
Dir. Monty Banks
Feat. George Formby, Florence Desmond, Howard Douglas
The template for all the Ealing Studio comedies to follow, this follows 'George' (Formby), a chimney sweep with dreams of winning the Isle Of Man TT…
She Married Her Boss (1935)
Dir. Gregory La Cava
Feat. Claudette Colbert
Pleasant romantic comedy stars Claudette Colbert, who just may regret her marital decision.
Sylvia ScarlettSylvia Scarlett (1935)
Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant
Katharine Hepburn looks smashing as a boy in this cross–dressing flop that was reappraised in the 1960s as a lost classic, with a unique style…
Whole Town's Talking, TheWhole Town's Talking, The (1935)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl
Edward G. Robinson stars in a duel role as a meek office clerk who bares a resemblance to Public Enemy Number One. Entertaining mix of farce and…
Belle of the NinetiesBelle of the Nineties (1934)
Dir. Leo McCarey
Feat. Mae West
Mae's first post–production code outing: she plays a sultry cabaret singer lusted after by a myriad of Missippian males. Duke Ellington also…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 2Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 2 (The Cat's Paw, The Milky Way) (1934-1936) Recommended
Dir. Sam Taylor, Leo McCarey
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes THE CAT'S PAW, with Lloyd entangled in local body politics; and THE MILKY WAY, in which the silent…
March of the Wooden SoldiersMarch of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes In Toyland) (1934) Recommended
Dir. Gus Meins, Charles R. Rogers
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Imaginative musical fantasia also makes the most of Laurel and Hardy's comic genius – as dim–witted toymakers whose mistaken order for…
Merry Widow, TheMerry Widow, The (1934) Recommended
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald
Out of cold–blooded patriotism to his homeland Marshovia, gadabout Maurice Chevalier attempts to seduce millionairess Jeanette MacDonald into…
Thin Man, TheThin Man, The (1934) Recommended
Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy
Taken from Dashiell Hammett's novel, this near–perfect comedy–thriller virtually invented the genre, with William Powell and Myrna Loy as…

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