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Nancy Drew...Reporter (1939)- Dir. William Clemens
Feat. Bonita Granville - One of the very first screen adaptations of Edward Stratemeyer’s series of "Nancy Drew" mystery stories, Bonita Granville stars as the youthful…
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Bette Davis, Errol Flynn - Bette Davis is perfectly cast as Queen Liz, opposite Errol Flynn. An enjoyable romp.
Women, The (1939)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell… - They gossip! They bitch! They cackle! What does one expect with a cast of 135 women. Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell head the…
Bete Humaine, La (1938)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux… - Adaptation of Zola's romantic tragedy brims with tension and exults the presense of French icon Jean Gabin as a hot–headed train driver coaxed…
Jezebel (1938)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Henry Fonda - A classic, Oscar–winning role for Bette Davis, as a southern belle who defies the arch conventions of 19th century New Orleans high society…
Sisters of the Gion (1936)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura - An early feminist film from director Kenji Mizoguchi, focusing on two geisha sisters – one of whom enters into a codependent relationship with…
Annie Oakley (1935)- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas… - Sharpshooter Barbara Stanwyck joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for friendly rivalry with resident top gun Preston Foster. A romantic–comic…
Sylvia 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…
Little Women (1933)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Katharine Hepburn - Constantly enjoyable version of Louisa Alcott's novel about four sisters and their mother coping while their father fights in the Civil War. Splendid…
Rain (1932)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Joan Crawford, Walter Huston - A turbulent adaptation of Somerset Maugham's short story 'Miss Thompson' set on a Samoan island quarantine station during the rainy season. When a…
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