Top Movies of 1930s


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121. The Mummy

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Karl Freund
Actors: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Bramwell Fletcher, Arthur Byron
Plot: A group of archaeologists uncover a tomb containing the Scroll of Thoth. One man opens the scroll and goes mad when he discovers it brought an ancient mummy back to life. Now free, the mummy seeks the companionship of his ancient lover, whom he believes is reborn in the body of a young half-Egyptian woman.

122. Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The ( Zangiku monogatari )

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Gonjurô Kawarazaki, Kakuko Mori, Tokusaburo Arashi, Yôko Umemura
Plot: Tokyo, 1888, Kikunosuke Onoue is the adopted son of a famous actor who learns that all his praise is due to his father and that behind his back no one takes him seriously. His only true friend is Otoku, a wet-nurse, but the relationship is frowned upon and she is fired. But Kikunosuke follows her despite the scandal. She encourages him to become a true actor and regain the family name.

123. Forbidden

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy, Dorothy Peterson, Thomas Jefferson, Myrna Fresholt
Plot: A dissatisfied librarian (Barbara Stanwyck) impulsively books a cruise to
Havana. On board, she meets and falls in love with a charming man (Adolphe
Menjou) and he with her. But his true identity will have shattering
consequences for them both.

124. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Kathleen Burke

125. Atalante, L'

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Vigo
Actors: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Maurice Gilles

126. Love Affair

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovitch

127. March of the Wooden Soldiers ( aka Babes in Toyland )

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight, Henry Brandon, Florence Roberts
Plot: Two men get into trouble for trying to get rid of the local scrooge. They are freed, and a war between the good people of the town and the scrooge's evil army ensues.

128. Rembrandt

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda
Actors: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman, Walter Hudd, Roger Livesey

129. Mad Love

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Karl Freund
Actors: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy, Sara Haden, Edward Brophy
Plot: A renowned plastic surgeon replaces the crushed hands of a pianist with
those of a guillotined murderer. The murderer's hands soon take on a life
of their own.

130. The Lost Patrol

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan
Plot: A group of British soldiers crossing the Mesopotomian desert finds themselves in dire straights when their commanding officer is killed. As he was the only one who knew their final destination, a sergeant takes over the duty the keeps them heading north. But a stop at an oasis may become their last when an Arab enemy entraps them.

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