Bestest filums of the 30's

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Is it Lang ye like or Lorre, EG?

When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Jack Haley) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked
Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) to earn his help.

One of the best films ever was made in the 3os

All quiet On The Western Front - as good an anti war film as you are likely to see

The 2 above shall be added.

Definitely Lorre, Guinness. I thought he was great - brilliant screen presence! And then I love these lyrics:

On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime

Excellent.

Added

'City Lights' (1931)

Reefer Madness

Little Caesar, Edward G. Robinson 1931

I smile whenever i see Edward G's name written..

Not a story to tell your children, Mikky D...

story of Louis Pasteur - Paul Muni.

the magic Bullet - Dr. Ehrlich. EGR

King Kong 33v

Laurel and Hardy 1930-1940

Mr Deeds goes to Town
Mr smith goes to washington - Jean Arthur.

Bogart - cagney - muni - EGR - bette Davis.
bette davis with Platinum blonde hair - brilliant.

Ninotchka (1939)

39 Steps
Goodbye Mr Chips

Hunchback of Notre Dame

2 great films involving tramps!


My Man Godfrey (1936)

Merrily We Live (1938)

Some gooduns chaps, i will add some of my own when the fred dies..

Triumph Of The Will
Le Grande Illusion
Stagecoach
The 39 Steps
Olympia
The Adventures Of Robin Hood
Public Enemy
Dracula
Gunga Din
Mutiny On The Bounty
I'm A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
Goodbye Mr Chips

You Can't Take It With You (1938)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Twentieth Century (1934)

Anne Of Green Gables (1934)

Lost Horizon (1937)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Topper (1937)

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

The Charge Of The Light Brigade

Freaks (1932)

Ah Dunlaying, i thought ye wouldn't let me down.. Or you Percy..

MM's leaving mine alone...

I didn't want to ruin your grand entrance to the debate g2d. We are waiting

Deanna Durbin films - she saved the studio.

Nobody mentioned Laurel and Hardy?

Le Quai Des Brumes
Remorques

Ah Maigret himself, Dunlaying.

Ok MM just the one for now.

'It Happened One Night' I bet y'all never knew Clark Gable was born in Cadiz..

I never knew that.

Great film.

On Talking Pictures tv on Friday, there is a host of stuff from the 30s being shown. I don't think there is anything on listed here but thought it may be of interest to those who have access to this channel.

Stagecoach mac I'd forgotten all about that. Great film.

Disappointing that no one has mentioned A Night At The Opera with the incomparable Groucho

MM: Aye Cadiz - Ohio

39 steps with Robert Doughnut is a favourite of mine.

The guy out of Dads Army (we're all dooooomed!!) is in it (can't be arsed to google his name). Looks in his 60's then, so fook knows how old he was in dads army.

Goodbye Mr Chips with Robert Donat. Fabulous story.

Martin Clunes had a very good stab at the role a dozen or so years ago in a TV movie.

John Laurie was the actor in the 39 steps

I mentioned Night At The Opera in an earlier post & found one of Groucho's remarks

He was a TV host for a while & once interviewed a woman with 19 kids - he asked why she had so many - she said it was because she loved her husband

Groucho replied by saying I smoke & love my cigar...but I take it out of my mouth sometimes

Had me in fits of laughter when I read that

Groucho has some great one-liners. My fav is "You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose" followed by a quick twist of his ciger.. Priceless..

You got me

Speaking of Dad`s Army. Did you know that Arnold Ridley, who played Goddfrey, wrote The Ghost Train which was turned into the classic 1941 film starring Arthur Askey.

Aka, Stagecoach was a brilliant film. Nobody could make Westerns like the great John Ford. It was John Wayne`s first major film following his outstanding B Movie career.

For future ref, MM. I would have spelt it this way Cádiz...

.... I shall bear that in mind. It never crossed my mind that the forum`s top film guru would throw a curved ball

Tbf, i am a sneaky bastard..

That Spanish geezer also starred in another two classic films of the thirties:

Mutiny On The Bounty

San Francisco

Tbf though mucker as you're one of the few to talk to me on ere it was odds on ye was gonna bite..

Well that's one of mine gone so touché (ye twát)

Karma

How many are left on your list not already mentioned?

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Most of them were shown in a booth behind red curtains though..

other than a few already mentioned would say the 1939 version of The Four Feathers

trailer here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6DWwf0AjE0


Not very pc ,trailer mentions 'hordes of savage fuzzy wuzzies'

That was a good one tobermory.

That's why it's one of mine.

Good choice tobes..

Well I`ll try and get a few of the legitimate ones Guinness.

Stanley And Livingstone

The Private Lifes Of Elizabeth And Essex

2 balls

The Lady Vanishes

Tarzan The Ape Man

King Kong

The Champ (One of my favs)

The Private Live Of Henry VIII

Cleopatra

The Thin Man

Les Miserables (Zanuk) brilliant

The Citadel

Alexanders Rag Time Band

The Informer (Victor)

Drums Along The Mohawk another Ford classic

Herzog's Land of Silence and Darkness up soon on Film4 mucker (2:15)

A walk for you before number 5 appeared..

.... thanks mate, I didn`t realise that. Is it a season of his films? Stroszek was on other day.

Dunno, just spotted this one.

They made some brilliant films in 30s 40s and 50s with REAL movie stars, not like the clones nowadays.

BFI have released some cracking old films on Blu Ray recently.

Yeah i noticed. They paid the stars well even in those days, tied to a contract though..

Have you seen that new Baseball film called Spaceman, based on the life of Bill Lee?

Very watchable movie. I seen it earlier tonight.

The Natural was on early Sunday Morning.

The Warner Bros. book was a great read.

Yeah i've read all the studio books (i fink)

Not seen in no..

I`m off to watch the Herzog documentary. Catch you later mate. Goodnight.

Night mucker.

The Invisible Man with Claude Rains

Excellent tobes.

M - Peter Lorre
Metropolis , I think that was from the 30s. I will google it.

M was 2nd post, dun..

And Metropolis is 1927.

Gone with the Wind was a considered a classic and broke many records. I thought it was about 4 hours too long.

Metropolis was 1927.

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

DUCK SOUP

FRANKENSTEIN

CITY LIGHTS

MODERN TIMES

THE TESTAMENT OF DR MABUSE

FURY

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS

BEAU GESTE

THE BLUE ANGEL

3 walks and a 1st base..

Pimpernel Smith starring Leslie Howard

Sorry that film i have just mentioned was made in 1941 but the part played by Howard was an update of his role in The Scarlet Pimpernel from 1934

"because she gave me water"

"That damn elusive Pimplearse"..

Oh Mr Porter (1937), Will Hay at his best, a film like School For Scoundrels later than I can watch regularly.

Grapes of wrath filmed in thirties

Tonari no Yae-chan - Our Neighbor, Miss Yae 1935ish...

The one thing this thread proves with the movies all highlighted is that a great film can stand the test of time if the storyline and the characters are strong enough - as Clint would say in For A Few Dollars More - bravo

Much prefer 30's films to now, geordie. The word STAR doesn't compute to todays models..


The Roaring Twenties

Oh Mr Porter (1937), Will Hay at his best

twas a good filum. His 2 side kicks were very funny too