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Subgenre Sampler
Good Earth, The (1938)
- Dir. Sidney Franklin
Feat. Paul Muni, Luise Rainer - Pearl S. Buck's epic novel is given the proud, grand and serious treatment by Hollywood. The tale told is about greed and gain amongst Chinese…
Great Waltz, The (The Life of Johann Strauss) (1938)- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Fernand Gravey, Luise Rainer, Lionel Atwill - The lIfe story of Johann Strauss is given a rich if somewhat corny treatment in this otherwise well–mounted musical biopic.
I Accuse (J'Accuse) (1938)- Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Victor Francen, Line Noro, Marie Lou - Dir. Gance’s own remake of his 1919 silent classic, in which a soldier traumatised by the slaughter of WWI attempts to prevent future…
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…
Marseillaise, La (1938)- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare, Leon Larive… - Renoir's classic depicts events leading up to the French revolution in the 18th Century, electing to extract history from the heart of the common…
Angel (1937)- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas - Love triangle between a distracted husband, a neglected wife and an ardent suitor set amid the rigid social norms of the…
Camille (1937)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore… - One of Greta Garbo’s finest roles, playing the courtesan heroine of Alexandre Dumas’ potboiler, navigating the treacheries of the French…
Edge of the World, The (1937)- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry… - In what is considered his first major film, director Michael Powell depicts a majestic account of the depopulation of one of the isolated outer…
Fire Over England (1937)- Dir. William K. Howard
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Dame Flora Robson, Raymond Massey… - The war between England and Spain in the late 16th century serves as the backdrop for this lavish drama. Laurence Olivier plays a British naval…
Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim… - The heroics and hypocrasies of war are illustrated through an imprisoned French squadron in WW1 and their cultured German commandant. A hailed…
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