81. Of Mice and Men
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele
Plot: Based on John Steinbeck's classic novel: two drifters, gentle giant Lennie and his friend George wander the countryside during the Great Depression, finding themselves on a farm run by a sadistic man and his flirtatious wife. All they want is a piece of the good life - and it always seems just out of reach.
82. Red Dust
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp, Tully Marshall
83. Lower Depths, The ( bas-fonds, Les )
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Le Vigan
84. Ninotchka
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Plot: A no-nonsense Russian woman, sent to Paris to make sure the sale of the jewels of exiled Grand Duchess Swana goes off without a hitch, finds her hard exterior being slowly chipped away by Count Leon. Falling in love, the Grand Duchess becomes jealous - while the relationship itself goes against the Russian political system.
85. Zero for Conduct ( Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège )
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Vigo
Actors: Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Léon Larive, Madame Émile
Plot: In a stuffy, repressive boarding school a group of boys, back from holiday, come up with a plan to rebel against the system coinciding with a celebrated day.
86. The Public Enemy
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Plot: Two friends grow up doing jobs for gangsters, and so they become gangsters
themselves.
87. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Actors: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes, Edgar Norton
Plot: The classic tale penned by Robert Louis Stevenson comes to life: the good Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that mankind has two distinct sides: the good and evil - and only by separating the two can man liberate himself. In order to prove his theory he creates a chemical that does just that - only to have his evil side, Mr. Hyde, go on a crime spree. When he realizes what he has unleashed, he stops the treatment... but it is already too late.
88. Scarface
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, George Raft, Vince Barnett, Boris Karloff, Edwin Maxwell
Plot: An emigrant during prohibition climbs up the chain of command in the mob
business to become a ruthless gangster only to be brought down by what
brought him to the top.
89. The Life of Emile Zola
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Dieterle
Actors: Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Louis Calhern
Plot: The biography of French writer Emile Zola who was a muckraker in the 1860's about anti-semitism.
90. Gunga Din
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Fontaine, Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli
Plot: 3 friends in the British army try to find a treasure, while a cult tries to kill them.
