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L'AtalanteL'Atalante (1934)
Dir. Jean Vigo
Feat. Michel Simon, Jean Daste
A recently restored master work from the French film archive combines lyrical romance with inspired touches of fantasy.
Of Human BondageOf Human Bondage (1934)
Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Bette Davis, Leslie Howard
The film which propelled Bette Davis to stardom, with her vivid personification of a coy, but slutty Cockney waitress who becomes the object of…
Our Daily BreadOur Daily Bread (1934)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper
Another fascinating sociological drama from director King Vidor about a struggling couple during the Great Depression who move to the country and…
EcstasyEcstasy (1933)
Dir. Gustav Machety
Feat. Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr came to world attention in this 1932 film, playing a sexually–frustrated bride who goes on a fifteen minute nude romp in an alpine…
LiebeleiLiebelei (1933)
Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Arthur Schnitzler
An early work from the German maestro of the tracking shot, whose tale of doomed romance between a young soldier and fraulein (taken from a play by…
Queen ChristinaQueen Christina (1933)
Dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Feat. Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
Historical costume drama with Greta Garbo appropriately cast as the Swedish Queen.
American MadnessAmerican 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.
Bill of Divorcement, ABill 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…
Bird of ParadiseBird of Paradise (1932)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Dolores Del Rio, Joel McCrea, John Halliday
Erotic adventure drama about a sailor who falls in love with a woman from an unnamed Pacific island where the film is set. Plenty of colonialist…
Blonde VenusBlonde Venus (1932)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Herbert Marshall
Director Josef von Sternberg reunites with muse Marlene Dietrich in this sweeping melodrama about a German chanteuse turned struggling housewife who…

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