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Revision as of 06:58, 26 January 2014
See also: Early Films, Films of the 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s.
Notable Film Franchises, 1930-1939
- Andy Hardy
- A Family Affair (1937)
- You're Only Young Once (1937)
- Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
- Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
- Out West with the Hardys (1938)
- The Hardys Ride High (1939)
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
- Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
- Charlie Chan
- The Cat and The Canary -- Got three versions in the 30's.
- The Cat Creeps (1930) -- Sound remake of the 1927 film by Universal.
- La Voluntad del Muerto (1930) -- Spanish version of the former.
- The Cat and the Canary (1939) -- Produced by Paramount and starring Bob Hope.
- Ellery Queen
- The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)
- The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
- The first two Flash Gordon film serials
- Flash Gordon (1936)
- Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
- Universal Horror series
- The Dracula Series
- Dracula (1931)
- Drácula (1931) -- same script done again on the same set. But with a different crew and in Spanish.
- Draculas Daughter (1936)
- The Frankenstein Series
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- The Dracula Series
- The Marx Brothers star in their classic early comedies
- Animal Crackers (1930)
- Monkey Business (1931)
- Horsefeathers (1932)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- A Night At the Opera (1935)
- A Day At the Races (1937)
- Room Service (1938)
- At The Circus (1939)
- Tarzan
- Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
- Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
- Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
1930
- All Quiet On the Western Front
- The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel)
- Just Imagine
- Sinkin in The Bathtub
1931
- Ambassador Bill -- Starring Will Rogers
- City Lights
- M -- By Fritz Lang
- 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.
- 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?"
1932
- Doctor X
- Freaks
- Grand Hotel
- The Greeks Had a Word For Them
- I Am a Fugitive From A Chain Gang
- The Mummy
- Murders in The Rue Morgue
- The Old Dark House
- 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.
- Trouble in Paradise
- White Zombie
1933
- Female
- Gabriel Over the White House
- 42nd Street
- Gold Diggers of 1933
- Footlight Parade
- The Invisible Man
- King Kong -- The original, and the most famous "giant monster" movie until Godzilla
- Lady for A Day
- Mystery of the Wax Museum
- Queen Christina
- Things To Come -- adapted to the screen from HG Wells' novel, by Wells himself
1934
- Babes in Toyland
- The Black Cat
- It Happened One Night
- L Atalante
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- The Thin Man
- Manhattan Melodrama
1935
- The 39 Steps
- Captain Blood
- Mutiny On the Bounty
- The Phantom Empire
- The Raven
- Roberta
- Top Hat
- Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) -- Like The Birth of a Nation, a landmark of cinematographic art...which was also propaganda for a hate group. Unlike Birth, the propaganda was intentional.
- Werewolf of London -- Botanist is bitten by a werewolf in Tibet and returns to London to wreak havoc unwittingly.
1936
- The Great Ziegfeld
- The Invisible Ray
- Mary of Scotland -- Narm that nearly sank Katherine Hepburn's career
- Modern Times
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- My Man Godfrey
- Reefer Madness -- Probably the original So Bad It's Good movie
- Rogues Tavern
- Show Boat --One of the versions
1937
- The Awful Truth
- The Dybbuk
- Fire Over England
- The Grand Illusion
- Jungle Jim -- a 12 part movie serial
- Lost Horizon
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs -- Few movies can legitimately claim to have single-handedly established a genre. This film did (the animated feature).
- Stage Door
- A Star Is Born
1938
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Alexander Nevsky
- Angels With Dirty Faces
- Bringing Up Baby
- The Lady Vanishes
- You Can't Take It With You
1939
- Gone With the Wind -- Adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing film of all time. Still a cultural icon today.
- Goodbye Mr. Chips
- Gulliver's Travels -- Max Fleischer's forgotten masterpiece.
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame -- The Charles Laughton version.
- Ninotchka
- The Rules Of The Game (La règle du jeu) -- Considered by many critics to be the "French Citizen Kane" (appears regularly on best-ever-made film-lists).
- Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
- Stagecoach -- Another good example of the typical western.
- The Wizard of Oz -- Equal to GWTW as a cultural icon.
- The Women
- The Roaring Twenties
- Wuthering Heights
Cartoons and Live Action Shorts
- Classic Disney Shorts
- "The Band Concert" (1935)
- "Brave Little Tailor" (1938)
- "Clock Cleaners" (1937)
- "Flowers and Trees" (1932)
- "The Golden Touch" (1935)
- "Lonesome Ghosts" (1937)
- "The Mad Doctor" (1933)
- "Moving Day" (1936)
- "The Old Mill" (1937)
- "Plutos Judgement Day" (1935)
- "Three Little Pigs" (1933)
- "The Tortoise and The Hare" (1935)
- Happy Harmonies and other classic shorts from Metro Goldwyn Mayer
- "Good Little Monkeys" (1935)
- "Peace On Earth" (1939)
- The Little Rascals
- Betty Boop, Popeye and other classic shorts from Max and Dave Fleischer
- "Bimbos Initiation" (1931)
- "Minnie the Moocher" (1932)
- "Snow White" (1933)
- "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad The Sailor (1936)
- "Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Babas Forty Thieves" (1937)
- Looney Tunes
- "Porkys Duck Hunt" (1937)
- "Porky in Wackyland" (1938)
- Merrie Melodies
- "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (1938)
- "I Love to Singa" (1936)
- "Lady Play Your Mandolin" (1931)
- The Three Stooges
- Laurel and Hardy
- "The Music Box" (1932)