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** ''Judge Hardy and Son'' (1939)
* ''[[Charlie Chan]]''
* ''[[The Cat and The Canary (Theatre)|The Cat and Thethe 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 (Creator)|Bob Hope]].
* ''[[Ellery Queen (Creator)|Ellery Queen]]''
** ''The Spanish Cape Mystery'' (1935)
** ''The Mandarin Mystery'' (1936)
* The first two ''[[Flash Gordon Serial (Film)|Flash Gordon]]'' [[Film Serial|film serials]]
** ''Flash Gordon'' (1936)
** ''Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars'' (1938)
* Universal Horror series
** The ''Dracula'' Series
*** ''[[Dracula (Film1931 film)|Dracula]]'' (1931)
*** ''Drácula'' (1931) -- same script done [[Adaptation Distillation|again]] on the same set. But with a different crew and in Spanish.
*** ''[[Dracula's Daughter (Film)|Draculas Daughter]]'' (1936)
** The ''Frankenstein'' Series
*** ''[[Frankenstein (1931 (Filmfilm)|Frankenstein]]'' (1931)
*** ''[[Bride of Frankenstein (Film)|Bride of Frankenstein]]'' (1935)
*** ''[[Son of Frankenstein (Film)|Son of Frankenstein]]'' (1939)
* The [[Marx Brothers]] star in their classic early comedies
** ''[[Animal Crackers]]'' (1930)
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** ''[[Horsefeathers]]'' (1932)
** ''[[Duck Soup]]'' (1933)
** ''[[A Night Atat the Opera]]'' (1935)
** ''[[A Day Atat the Races]]'' (1937)
** ''Room Service'' (1938)
** ''At The Circus'' (1939)
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== 1930 ==
* ''[[All Quiet On the Western Front (Literature)|All Quiet Onon the Western Front]]''
* ''[[The Blue Angel (Film)|The Blue Angel]]'' (''Der blaue Engel'')
* ''[[Just Imagine]]''
* ''[[Sinkin in The Bathtub]]''
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* ''[[Ambassador Bill]]'' -- Starring Will Rogers
* ''[[City Lights]]''
* ''[[M (Film)|M]]'' -- By [[Fritz Lang]]
* ''[[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.
* ''[[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?"
 
== 1932 ==
* ''[[Doctor X (Film)|Doctor X]]''
* ''[[Freaks (Film)|Freaks]]''
* ''[[Grand Hotel]]''
* ''[[The Greeks Had a Word Forfor Them]]''
* ''[[I Am a Fugitive Fromfrom Aa Chain Gang]]''
* ''[[The Mummy (Filmfilm)|The Mummy]]''
* ''[[Murders in The Rue Morgue (Film)|Murders in Thethe Rue Morgue]]''
* ''[[The Old Dark House (Film)|The Old Dark House]]''
* ''[[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.
* ''[[Trouble in Paradise]]''
* ''[[White Zombie (Filmfilm)|White Zombie]]''
 
== 1933 ==
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* ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]''
* ''[[Footlight Parade]]''
* ''[[The Invisible Man (Filmfilm)|The Invisible Man]]''
* ''[[King Kong]]'' -- The original, and the most famous "giant monster" movie until ''[[Godzilla]]''
* ''[[Lady for Aa Day]]''
* ''[[House of Wax (Film)|Mystery of the Wax Museum]]''
* ''[[Queen Christina (Film)|Queen Christina]]''
* ''[[The Shape of Things to Come|Things To Come]]'' -- adapted to the screen from [[HGH. G. Wells]]' novel, by Wells himself
 
== 1934 ==
* ''[[Babes in Toyland]]''
* ''[[The Black Cat (Film)|The Black Cat]]''
* ''[[It Happened One Night]]''
* ''[[L Atalante (Film)|L 'Atalante]]''
* ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (Filmfilm)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''
* ''[[The Thin Man (Filmfilm)|The Thin Man]]''
* ''[[Manhattan Melodrama (Film)|Manhattan Melodrama]]''
 
== 1935 ==
* ''[[The 39 Steps]]''
* ''[[Captain Blood (Film)|Captain Blood]]''
* ''[[Mutiny Onon the Bounty]]''
* ''[[The Phantom Empire]]''
* ''[[The Raven (Filmfilm)|The Raven]]''
* ''[[Roberta (Film)|Roberta]]''
* ''[[Top Hat (Film)|Top Hat]]''
* ''[[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.
* ''[[Werewolf of London (Film)|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 (Film)|The Invisible Ray]]''
* ''[[Mary of Scotland (Filmfilm)|Mary of Scotland]]'' -- [[Narm]] that nearly sank [[Katherine Hepburn]]'s career
* ''[[Modern Times]]''
* ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Film)|Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]''
* ''[[My Man Godfrey]]''
* ''[[Reefer Madness (Film)|Reefer Madness]]'' -- Probably the original [[So Bad It's Good]] movie
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== 1937 ==
* ''[[The Awful Truth (Film)|The Awful Truth]]''
* ''[[The Dybbuk]]''
* ''[[Fire Over England]]''
* ''[[The Grand Illusion]]''
* ''[[Jungle Jim (Comic Strip)|Jungle Jim]]'' -- a 12 part movie serial
* ''[[Lost Horizon (Filmfilm)|Lost Horizon]]''
* ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (Filmfilm)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]''
* ''[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|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 (Filmfilm)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''
* ''[[Alexander Nevsky]]''
* ''[[Angels Withwith Dirty Faces]]''
* ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]''
* ''[[The Lady Vanishes (Film)|The Lady Vanishes]]''
* ''[[You Can't Take It With You (Theatre)|You Can't Take It With You]]''
 
== 1939 ==
* ''[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]'' -- Adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing film of all time. Still a cultural icon today.
* ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''
* ''[[Max Fleischers Gullivers Travels|Gulliver's Travels]]'' -- [[Max and Dave Fleischer|Max Fleischer's]] forgotten masterpiece.
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Filmfilm)|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 (Film)|Citizen Kane]]" (appears regularly on best-ever-made film-lists).
* ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington|Mr. Smith Goes To Washington]]''
* ''[[Stagecoach]]'' -- Another good example of [[The Western|the typical western]].
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' -- Equal to GWTW as a cultural icon.
* ''[[The Women]]''
* ''[[The Roaring Twenties (Filmfilm)|The Roaring Twenties]]''
* ''[[Wuthering Heights (Literaturenovel)|Wuthering Heights]]''
 
== [[The Golden Age of Animation|Cartoons]] and Live Action Shorts ==
* ''[[Classic Disney Shorts (Animation)|Classic Disney Shorts]]''
** "[[The Band Concert]]" (1935)
** "[[Brave Little Tailor]]" (1938)
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** "[[The Old Mill]]" (1937)
** "[[Plutos Judgement Day]]" (1935)
** "[[Three Little Pigs (Disney film)|Three Little Pigs]]" (1933)
** "[[The Tortoise and The Hare (Disney)|The Tortoise and Thethe Hare]]" (1935)
* ''[[Happy Harmonies (Animation)|Happy Harmonies]]'' and other classic shorts from [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]
** "[[Good Little Monkeys]]" (1935)
** "[[Peace Onon Earth]]" (1939)
* ''[[The Little Rascals]]''
* ''[[Betty Boop]]'', ''[[Popeye]]'' and other classic shorts from [[Max and Dave Fleischer]]
** "[[BimbosBimbo's Initiation]]" (1931)
** "[[Minnie the Moocher]]" (1932)
** "[[Snow White (Animationanimation)|Snow White]]" (1933)
** "[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad Thethe Sailor]]'' (1936)
** "[[Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali BabasBaba's Forty Thieves]]" (1937)
* ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]''
** "[[PorkysPorky's Duck Hunt (Film)|Porkys Duck Hunt]]" (1937)
** "[[Porky in Wackyland]]" (1938)
* ''Merrie Melodies''
** "[[Daffy Duck and Egghead (Animation)|Daffy Duck and Egghead]]" (1938)
** "[[I Love to Singa]]" (1936)
** "[[Lady Play Your Mandolin]]" (1931)
* ''[[The Three Stooges (TV)|The Three Stooges]]''
* ''[[Laurel and Hardy]]''
** "[[The Music Box]]" (1932)
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