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Shanghai Express (1932)- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Warner Oland - Hollywood's version of pre–revolutionary Shanghai is a lavish parallel universe of sin and oriental treachery with Marlene Dietrich (as…
Marius (1931)- Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis… - Based on the play by revered French writer Marcel Pagnol, this is the first film in the Marseille Trilogy featuring the characters of Marius (Pierre…
Mata Hari (1931)- Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore… - Heavily fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, the exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo is magnetic…
Miracle Woman, The (1931)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy - Barbara Stanwyck teams with dir. Frank Capra for this captivating pre–Code film about a preacher's daughter who becomes disillusioned by the…
Possessed (1931)- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable - Vivid and detailed early drama about a rich NYC lawyer and his mistress, made when its lead performers were both on the verge of stardom. Centred…
Street Scene (1931)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Sylvia Sidney, William Collier, Jr., Estelle Taylor… - Drama set over a single 24 hours on a city block in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. Describes a melting pot of gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery…
Tabu (1931)- Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Anna Chevalier - A beautifully filmed romantic tragedy based on a simple Pacific island folk tale. Poetry and sensuality is startlingly evoked through the play of…
Anna Christie (1930)- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, Marie Dressler… - Ayoung woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past. Garbo's first…
Blood of a Poet (1930)- Dir. Jean Cocteau
Feat. Lee Miller, Pauline Carton - Cocteau's first film is a surrealist gem that sewed the seeds of his style. The Dali/Bunuel influence is clear, but this goes one step further with…
Blue Angel, The (1930)
- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings - A masterwork of the twenties German grotesquerie, this enjoyed great success and gave an early career boost to Marlene Dietrich.
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