121. Little Caesar
Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince
Plot: An up-and-coming gangster makes aggressive plays for more power.
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. 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
125. 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
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. 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.
129. 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
130. The Black Cat
Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Actors: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording
