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Subgenre Sampler
Stella Dallas (1937)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles - Definitive family melodrama in which Barbara Stanwyck compels as the social–climbing Stella, ultimately driven to painful self–knowledge…
Uncivilised (1937)- Dir. Charles Chauvel
Feat. Margot Rhys, Dennis Hoey, Ashton Jarry - Illogical Chauval epic with a white authoress, looking for a story in the outback, kidnapped by an Afghan slaver!
César (1936)- Dir. Marcel Pagnol
Feat. Raimu, Orane Demazis, Pierre Fresnay… - Playwright Marcel Parcol takes over the director's reins himself for this concluding part of his Marseille trilogy, following 'Marius' and 'Fanny'.…
Dodsworth (1936)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas… - While on a European holiday, businessman Walter Huston's marriage reaches crisis point. A mature, highly–rated studio pic with especially…
Fury (1936)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney - Blunt statement against the mob–mentality with Spencer Tracy as an innocent man set upon by vicious locals intent on lynching with extreme…
Mary of Scotland (1936)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, John Carradine… - Katharine Hepburn stars as Mary, Queen of Scots who, after languishing in jail for 18 years at Elizabeth I's command, is offered a pardon if she will…
Prisoner of Shark Island, The (1936)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart - Gripping John Ford–directed prison yarn is based on the ordeal of Dr. Samuel Mudd, a famous victim of circumstance who unknowingly cared for…
Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The (1936)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda - This pioneering colour film is an engaging old–fashioned Western tale of loyalty, family and romance set against an age–old feud between…
Dangerous + Hell's House (1935/32)- Dir. Alfred Green, Howard Higgin
Feat. Bette Davis - Bette Davis in two early roles – her lead performance as a star–turned–alcoholic in DANGEROUS fetching her the first of two Best…
David Copperfield (1935)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. W.C. Fields - Top–line Hollywood–ization of the Dickens classic.
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