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    Little Man, What Now? 1934 POSTER

    Little Man, What Now?

    1934

    English

    7.1

    5

    83%

    79%

    based on novel or book

    bravery

    brothel

    cigarette smuggling

    Drama

    germany

    greed

    Music

    Romance

    Frank Borzage Frank Borzage Director Margaret Sullavan Margaret Sullavan as Emma 'Lammchen' Pinneberg Alan Mowbray Alan Mowbray as Franz Schluter Douglass Montgomery Douglass Montgomery as Hans Pinneberg Alan Hale Alan Hale as Holger Jachman
    A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
    Murder at the Vanities 1934 POSTER

    Murder at the Vanities

    1934

    English

    6.5

    78%

    36%

    Action

    Crime

    murder

    Music

    Musical

    Mystery

    pre-code

    Romance

    Mitchell Leisen Mitchell Leisen Director Juanita Moore Juanita Moore as Black Dancer in Duke Ellington's Ebony Rhapsody Frank Sully Frank Sully as Chorus Boy Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe as Chorus Boy Wanda Perry Wanda Perry as Earl Carroll Girl
    Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.
    Fashions of 1934 1934 POSTER

    Fashions of 1934

    1934

    English

    6.6

    5

    Action

    Comedy

    con artist

    Drama

    fashion

    musical

    Musical

    pre-code

    William Dieterle William Dieterle Director Bette Davis Bette Davis as Lynn Mason Nella Walker Nella Walker as Mrs. Van Tyle Reginald Owen Reginald Owen as Oscar Baroque Armand Kaliz Armand Kaliz as Paris Cafe Manager
    When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
    Death Takes a Holiday 1934 POSTER

    Death Takes a Holiday

    1934

    English

    6.9

    6

    78%

    78%

    based on play or musical

    Drama

    Fantasy

    grim reaper

    holiday

    romance

    Romance

    threat of death

    unrequited love

    Mitchell Leisen Mitchell Leisen Director Henry Travers Henry Travers as Baron Cesarea Evelyn Venable Evelyn Venable as Grazia Fredric March Fredric March as Prince Sirki Gail Patrick Gail Patrick as Rhoda
    After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
    Evergreen 1934 POSTER

    Evergreen

    1934

    English

    6.6

    3

    83%

    38%

    Action

    bad father

    blackmail

    Comedy

    mistaken identity

    Musical

    musical theater

    musical theatre

    music hall

    Romance

    Victor Saville Victor Saville Director Norma Varden Norma Varden as Barmaid Jessie Matthews Jessie Matthews as Harriet Green Betty Shale Betty Shale as Mrs. Hawkes Arnold Bell Arnold Bell as Reporter
    Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, mysteriously disappears on the eve of her wedding. Years later, she reappears on the stage as young looking and beautiful as ever.
    Now and Forever 1934 POSTER

    Now and Forever

    1934

    English

    6.5

    9

    64%

    64%

    Action

    con artist

    con man

    Crime

    daughter

    Drama

    husband wife relationship

    Music

    pre-code

    pre-unix

    Romance

    Henry Hathaway Henry Hathaway Director Ronnie Cosby Ronnie Cosby as Guest at Penny's Party Gary Cooper Gary Cooper as Jerry Day Shirley Temple Shirley Temple as Penelope 'Penny' Day Luise Rainer Luise Rainer as Real Estate Office Secretary
    Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Then a corruptible influence enters his life.
    Search for Beauty 1934 POSTER

    Search for Beauty

    1934

    English

    6.0

    3

    7%

    7%

    beefcake

    Comedy

    Crime

    magazine

    olympic games

    poverty row film

    pre-code

    Romance

    Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton Director Ida Lupino Ida Lupino as Barbara Hilton Lynn Bari Lynn Bari as Beauty Contestant Entrant Ann Sheridan Ann Sheridan as Dallas Beauty Winner Buster Crabbe Buster Crabbe as Don Jackson
    Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.
    Tati: Brute Wanted 1934 POSTER

    Tati: Brute Wanted

    1934

    French

    5.5

    2

    Comedy

    Sport

    wrestling

    Charles Barrois Charles Barrois Director Georges Labynit Georges Labynit as Jean Clairval Jean Clairval as Rhum Rhum as Mérandol Jacques Tati Jacques Tati as Roustabat
    A tall, shy and reserved young actor accidentally signs himself up for a wrestling match.
    Treasure Island 1934 POSTER

    Treasure Island

    1934

    English

    7.1

    7

    100%

    73%

    Action

    Adventure

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    Family

    island

    pirate gang

    sailboat

    treasure hunt

    treasure map

    Victor Fleming Victor Fleming Director Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook as Joyce Frank Hagney Frank Hagney as Pirate Edmund Breese Edmund Breese as Pirate of the Spanish Main Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Dumbrille as Pirate of the Spanish Main
    In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.
    Little Miss Marker 1934 POSTER

    Little Miss Marker

    1934

    English

    6.9

    2

    89%

    73%

    Action

    Adventure

    bookie

    Comedy

    Drama

    Family

    little girl

    mother figure

    motherly love

    Music

    orphan

    prayer

    Alexander Hall Alexander Hall Director Frank Mills Frank Mills as Bookie Frank Conroy Frank Conroy as Doctor Ingalls Edward Earle Edward Earle as Marky's Father Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou as Sorrowful Jones
    Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
    The Scarlet Letter 1934 POSTER

    The Scarlet Letter

    1934

    English

    5.4

    3

    21%

    21%

    adultery

    colonial america

    Drama

    pre-code

    puritan

    Romance

    Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola Director Alan Hale Alan Hale as Bartholomew Hockings Shirley Jean Rickert Shirley Jean Rickert as Humility Crakstone Betty Blythe Betty Blythe as Innkeeper Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall as Roger Chillingworth
    In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
    Three Songs About Lenin 1934 POSTER

    Three Songs About Lenin

    1934

    Russian

    6.5

    3

    Action

    Documentary

    Dziga Vertov Dziga Vertov Director Dolores Ibárruri Dolores Ibárruri as Herself Nadezhda Krupskaya Nadezhda Krupskaya as Herself Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin as Himself V.I. Lenin V.I. Lenin as Himself
    This documentary, made up of 3 episodes, is based on three songs sung by anonymous people in Soviet Russia about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
    Kentucky Kernels 1934 POSTER

    Kentucky Kernels

    1934

    English

    6.0

    4

    44%

    44%

    Action

    Comedy

    feud

    kentucky

    Music

    George Stevens George Stevens Director Charlie Hall Charlie Hall as Cigarette Stand Owner Harrison Greene Harrison Greene as Lawyer Aloysius T. Guilfoyle Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing as Policeman George 'Spanky' McFarland George 'Spanky' McFarland as Spanky Milford
    The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.
    It Happened One Night 1934 POSTER

    It Happened One Night

    1934

    English

    8.1

    60

    98%

    93%

    Action

    black and white

    Comedy

    marriage

    miami, florida

    newspaper

    reporter

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    Frank Capra Frank Capra Director Frank Capra Frank Capra as Bus Singer Alan Hale Alan Hale as Danker Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Gas Station Attendant William A. Boardway William A. Boardway as Wedding Guest
    A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
    Black Moon 1934 POSTER

    Black Moon

    1934

    English

    5.9

    6

    30%

    30%

    Drama

    Horror

    jungle

    murder

    pre-code

    secretary

    tropical island

    voodoo

    Roy William Neill Roy William Neill Director Fay Wray Fay Wray as Gail Hamilton Ernestine Wade Ernestine Wade as Island Woman Cora Sue Collins Cora Sue Collins as Nancy Lane Theresa Harris Theresa Harris as Sacrificed Girl
    A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
    The Black Cat 1934 POSTER

    The Black Cat

    1934

    English

    6.9

    12

    89%

    69%

    Action

    Adventure

    black and white

    chess

    Crime

    edgar allan poe

    Horror

    hungary

    pre-unix

    prisoner of war

    Romance

    Thriller

    Edgar G. Ulmer Edgar G. Ulmer Director John Carradine John Carradine as Cult Organist Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi as Dr. Vitus Werdegast Boris Karloff Boris Karloff as Hjalmar Poelzig Harry Cording Harry Cording as Thamal
    After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
    The Woman Condemned 1934 POSTER

    The Woman Condemned

    1934

    English

    4.4

    4

    Crime

    Drama

    Mystery

    Romance

    woman director

    Dorothy Davenport Dorothy Davenport Director Mischa Auer Mischa Auer as Dr. Wagner Lola Lane Lola Lane as Jane Merrick Jason Robards Sr. Jason Robards Sr. as Jim Wallace Louise Beavers Louise Beavers as Sally - Jane's Maid
    When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young woman discovered with her is the culprit — everyone, that is, but newspaper reporter Jerry Beall, who sets out to prove her innocence.
    The Thin Man 1934 POSTER

    The Thin Man

    1934

    English

    7.9

    21

    98%

    93%

    Action

    black and white

    Comedy

    Crime

    detective

    dinner

    husband wife relationship

    mistress

    Mystery

    police

    Romance

    W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke Director Kenneth Gibson Kenneth Gibson as Apartment Clerk Ward Bond Ward Bond as Detective? Gill Myrna Loy Myrna Loy as Nora Charles Douglas Fowley Douglas Fowley as Taxi Driver
    A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
    The Lucky Texan 1934 POSTER

    The Lucky Texan

    1934

    English

    5.5

    5

    32%

    32%

    Action

    Adventure

    cross dressing

    Drama

    Romance

    Western

    Robert N. Bradbury Robert N. Bradbury Director Eleanor Hunt Eleanor Hunt as Eddie Parker Eddie Parker as Al Miller John Wayne John Wayne as Jerry Mason George Morrell George Morrell as Townsman
    Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.
    The Lost Patrol 1934 POSTER

    The Lost Patrol

    1934

    English

    6.8

    4

    100%

    64%

    Action

    Adventure

    ambush

    british army

    desert oasis

    Drama

    middle east

    sniper

    War

    world war i

    John Ford John Ford Director Alan Hale Alan Hale as Cook J.M. Kerrigan J.M. Kerrigan as Quincannon Boris Karloff Boris Karloff as Sanders Victor McLaglen Victor McLaglen as The Sergeant
    A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.
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