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See also: [[Early Films]], Films of the [[Films of the 1920s|1920s]], [[Films of the 1940s|1940s]], [[Films of the 1950s|1950s]], [[Films of the 1960s0s|1960s]], [[Films of the 1970s|1970s]], [[Films of the 1980s|1980s]], [[Films of the 1990s|1990s]], [[Films of the 2000s|2000s]], [[Films of the 2010s|2010s]]. |
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== Notable Film Franchises, 1930-1939 == |
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* ''[[Andy Hardy]]'' |
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** ''A Family Affair'' (1937) |
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** ''You're Only Young Once'' (1937) |
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** ''Judge Hardy's Children'' (1938) |
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** ''Love Finds Andy Hardy'' (1938) |
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** ''Out West with the Hardys'' (1938) |
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** ''The Hardys Ride High'' (1939) |
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** ''Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever'' (1939) |
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** ''Judge Hardy and Son'' (1939) |
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* ''[[Charlie Chan]]'' |
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* ''[[The Cat and The Canary (Theatre)|The Cat and The Canary]]'' -- Got three versions in the 30's. |
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** ''The Cat Creeps'' (1930) -- Sound remake of the 1927 film by Universal. |
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** ''La Voluntad del Muerto'' (1930) -- Spanish version of the former. |
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** ''The Cat and the Canary'' (1939) -- Produced by Paramount and starring [[Bob Hope (Creator)|Bob Hope]]. |
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* ''[[Ellery Queen (Creator)|Ellery Queen]]'' |
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** ''The Spanish Cape Mystery'' (1935) |
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** ''The Mandarin Mystery'' (1936) |
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* The first two ''[[Flash Gordon Serial (Film)|Flash Gordon]]'' [[Film Serial|film serials]] |
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** ''Flash Gordon'' (1936) |
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** ''Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars'' (1938) |
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* Universal Horror series |
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** The ''Dracula'' Series |
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*** ''[[Dracula (Film)|Dracula]]'' (1931) |
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*** ''Drácula'' (1931) -- same script done [[Adaptation Distillation|again]] on the same set. But with a different crew and in Spanish. |
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*** ''[[Draculas Daughter (Film)|Draculas Daughter]]'' (1936) |
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** The ''Frankenstein'' Series |
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*** ''[[Frankenstein 1931 (Film)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931) |
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*** ''[[Bride of Frankenstein (Film)|Bride of Frankenstein]]'' (1935) |
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*** ''[[Son of Frankenstein (Film)|Son of Frankenstein]]'' (1939) |
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* The [[Marx Brothers]] star in their classic early comedies |
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** ''[[Animal Crackers]]'' (1930) |
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** ''[[Monkey Business]]'' (1931) |
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** ''[[Horsefeathers]]'' (1932) |
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** ''[[Duck Soup]]'' (1933) |
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** ''[[A Night At the Opera]]'' (1935) |
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** ''[[A Day At the Races]]'' (1937) |
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** ''Room Service'' (1938) |
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** ''At The Circus'' (1939) |
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* ''[[Tarzan]]'' |
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** ''Tarzan the Ape Man'' (1932) |
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** ''Tarzan the Fearless'' (1933) |
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** ''Tarzan and His Mate'' (1934) |
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== 1930 == |
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* ''[[All Quiet On the Western Front (Literature)|All Quiet On the Western Front]]'' |
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* ''[[The Blue Angel (Film)|The Blue Angel]]'' (''Der blaue Engel'') |
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* ''[[Just Imagine]]'' |
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* ''[[Sinkin in The Bathtub]]'' |
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== 1931 == |
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* ''[[Ambassador Bill]]'' -- Starring Will Rogers |
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* ''[[City Lights]]'' |
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* ''[[M (Film)|M]]'' -- By [[Fritz Lang]] |
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* ''[[The Public Enemy (Film)|The Public Enemy]]'' -- One of the three early talkie gangster films that in essence established the genre. Made [[James Cagney]] a star. Pass the grapefruit. |
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* ''[[Little Caesar (Film)|Little Caesar]]'' -- One of the three early talkie gangster films that in essence established the genre. Made [[Edward G Robinson]] a star. "Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?" |
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== 1932 == |
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* ''[[Doctor X (Film)|Doctor X]]'' |
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* ''[[Freaks (Film)|Freaks]]'' |
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* ''[[Grand Hotel]]'' |
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* ''[[The Greeks Had a Word For Them]]'' |
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* ''[[I Am a Fugitive From A Chain Gang]]'' |
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* ''[[The Mummy (Film)|The Mummy]]'' |
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* ''[[Murders in The Rue Morgue (Film)|Murders in The Rue Morgue]]'' |
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* ''[[The Old Dark House (Film)|The Old Dark House]]'' |
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* ''[[Scarface (Film)|Scarface]]'' -- ''Not'' the one with [[Al Pacino]]; the ORIGINAL. One of the three early talkie gangster films that in essence established the genre. Look for [[Boris Karloff]] in a supporting role. |
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* ''[[Trouble in Paradise]]'' |
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* ''[[White Zombie (Film)|White Zombie]]'' |
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== 1933 == |
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* ''[[Female]]'' |
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* ''[[Gabriel Over the White House]]'' |
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* ''[[Forty Second Street|42nd Street]]'' |
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* ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'' |
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* ''[[Footlight Parade]]'' |
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* ''[[The Invisible Man (Film)|The Invisible Man]]'' |
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* ''[[King Kong]]'' -- The original, and the most famous "giant monster" movie until ''[[Godzilla]]'' |
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* ''[[Lady for A Day]]'' |
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* ''[[House of Wax (Film)|Mystery of the Wax Museum]]'' |
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* ''[[Queen Christina (Film)|Queen Christina]]'' |
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* ''[[The Shape of Things to Come|Things To Come]]'' -- adapted to the screen from [[HG Wells]]' novel, by Wells himself |
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== 1934 == |
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* ''[[Babes in Toyland]]'' |
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* ''[[The Black Cat (Film)|The Black Cat]]'' |
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* ''[[It Happened One Night]]'' |
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* ''[[L Atalante (Film)|L Atalante]]'' |
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* ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much]]'' |
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* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (Film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' |
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* ''[[The Thin Man (Film)|The Thin Man]]'' |
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* ''[[Manhattan Melodrama (Film)|Manhattan Melodrama]]'' |
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== 1935 == |
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* ''[[The 39 Steps]]'' |
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* ''[[Captain Blood (Film)|Captain Blood]]'' |
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* ''[[Mutiny On the Bounty]]'' |
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* ''[[The Phantom Empire]]'' |
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* ''[[The Raven (Film)|The Raven]]'' |
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* ''[[Roberta (Film)|Roberta]]'' |
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* ''[[Top Hat (Film)|Top Hat]]'' |
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* ''[[Triumph of the Will (Film)|Triumph of the Will]]'' (''Triumph des Willens'') -- Like ''[[The Birth of a Nation]]'', a landmark of cinematographic art...which was also propaganda for a [[Nazi Germany|hate group]]. Unlike Birth, the propaganda was intentional. |
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* ''[[Werewolf of London (Film)|Werewolf of London]]'' -- Botanist is bitten by a werewolf in Tibet and returns to London to wreak havoc unwittingly. |
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== 1936 == |
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* ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' |
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* ''[[The Invisible Ray (Film)|The Invisible Ray]]'' |
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* ''[[Mary of Scotland (Film)|Mary of Scotland]]'' -- [[Narm]] that nearly sank [[Katherine Hepburn]]'s career |
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* ''[[Modern Times]]'' |
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* ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Film)|Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'' |
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* ''[[My Man Godfrey]]'' |
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* ''[[Reefer Madness (Film)|Reefer Madness]]'' -- Probably the original [[So Bad Its Good]] movie |
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* ''[[Rogues Tavern]]'' |
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* ''[[Show Boat]]'' --One of the versions |
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== 1937 == |
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* ''[[The Awful Truth (Film)|The Awful Truth]]'' |
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* ''[[The Dybbuk]]'' |
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* ''[[Fire Over England]]'' |
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* ''[[The Grand Illusion]]'' |
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* ''[[Jungle Jim (Comic Strip)|Jungle Jim]]'' -- a 12 part movie serial |
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* ''[[Lost Horizon (Film)|Lost Horizon]]'' |
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* ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (Film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' |
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* ''[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'' -- Few movies can legitimately claim to have single-handedly established a genre. This film did (the animated feature). |
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* ''[[Stage Door]]'' |
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* ''[[A Star Is Born]]'' |
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== 1938 == |
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* ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (Film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' |
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* ''[[Alexander Nevsky]]'' |
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* ''[[Angels With Dirty Faces]]'' |
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* ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'' |
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* ''[[The Lady Vanishes (Film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' |
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* ''[[You Can't Take It With You (Theatre)|You Can't Take It With You]]'' |
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== 1939 == |
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* ''[[Gone With the Wind]]'' -- Adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing film of all time. Still a cultural icon today. |
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* ''[[Goodbye Mr. Chips]]'' |
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* ''[[Max Fleischers Gullivers Travels|Gulliver's Travels]]'' -- [[Max and Dave Fleischer|Max Fleischer's]] forgotten masterpiece. |
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* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' -- The [[Charles Laughton]] version. |
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* ''[[Ninotchka]]'' |
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* ''[[The Rules Of The Game]]'' (''La règle du jeu'') -- Considered by many critics to be the "French [[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]" (appears regularly on best-ever-made film-lists). |
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* ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington|Mr. Smith Goes To Washington]]'' |
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* ''[[Stagecoach]]'' -- Another good example of [[The Western|the typical western]]. |
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* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' -- Equal to GWTW as a cultural icon. |
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* ''[[The Women]]'' |
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* ''[[The Roaring Twenties (Film)|The Roaring Twenties]]'' |
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* ''[[Wuthering Heights (Literature)|Wuthering Heights]]'' |
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== [[The Golden Age of Animation|Cartoons]] and Live Action Shorts == |
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* ''[[Classic Disney Shorts (Animation)|Classic Disney Shorts]]'' |
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** "[[The Band Concert]]" (1935) |
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** "[[Brave Little Tailor]]" (1938) |
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** "[[Clock Cleaners]]" (1937) |
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** "[[Flowers and Trees]]" (1932) |
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** "[[The Golden Touch]]" (1935) |
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** "[[Lonesome Ghosts]]" (1937) |
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** "[[The Mad Doctor]]" (1933) |
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** "[[Moving Day]]" (1936) |
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** "[[The Old Mill]]" (1937) |
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** "[[Plutos Judgement Day]]" (1935) |
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** "[[Three Little Pigs (Disney)|Three Little Pigs]]" (1933) |
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** "[[The Tortoise and The Hare (Disney)|The Tortoise and The Hare]]" (1935) |
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* ''[[Happy Harmonies (Animation)|Happy Harmonies]]'' and other classic shorts from [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] |
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** "[[Good Little Monkeys]]" (1935) |
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** "[[Peace On Earth]]" (1939) |
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* ''[[The Little Rascals]]'' |
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* ''[[Betty Boop]]'', ''[[Popeye]]'' and other classic shorts from [[Max and Dave Fleischer]] |
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** "[[Bimbos Initiation]]" (1931) |
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** "[[Minnie the Moocher]]" (1932) |
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** "[[Snow White (Animation)|Snow White]]" (1933) |
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** "[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad The Sailor]]'' (1936) |
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** "[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Babas Forty Thieves]]" (1937) |
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* ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' |
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** "[[Porkys Duck Hunt (Film)|Porkys Duck Hunt]]" (1937) |
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** "[[Porky in Wackyland]]" (1938) |
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* ''Merrie Melodies'' |
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** "[[Daffy Duck and Egghead (Animation)|Daffy Duck and Egghead]]" (1938) |
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** "[[I Love to Singa]]" (1936) |
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** "[[Lady Play Your Mandolin]]" (1931) |
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* ''[[The Three Stooges (TV)|The Three Stooges]]'' |
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* ''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' |
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** "[[The Music Box]]" (1932) |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Media]] |
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[[Category:Film]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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[[Category:Films Of The 1930 s]] |
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[[Category:Trope]] |
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