Fantastic Films of the '30s
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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu


A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.
Directed by: Lewis Milestone


A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Borderline (1930)
Directed by: Kenneth MacPherson


A negro woman having an adulterous affair with a white man causes his wife to go mad and re-enforces the towns-folk's prejudice against Negroes.
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Directed by: James Whale


Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian


Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
Frankenstein (1931)
Directed by: James Whale


An obsessed scientist creates a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
The Goddess (1934) (1982)
Directed by: Yonggang Wu


Street walker by night, devoted mother by day, a woman fights to get her young son an education amid criminal and social injustice in China.
The Grand Illusion (1937)
Directed by: Jean Renoir


During the First World War, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are sent to a seemingly impenetrable fortress which seems impossible to escape from.
Humanity And Paper Balloons (1937)
Directed by: Sadao Yamanaka


The lives of two slum neighbors, one of a happy-go-lucky gambler and the other of a poor ronin, converge when the two get involved with the affairs of a powerful samurai official and his gangsters.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Directed by: William Dieterle


In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
I Was Born, But... (1932)
Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu


Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.
King Kong (1933)
Directed by: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack


A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.
Directed by: Nick Grinde


When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
Modern Times (1936)
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin


The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Directed by: Hiroshi Shimizu


Shimizu’s endearing road movie follows the long and winding route of a sweet-natured bus driver—nicknamed Mr. Thank You for his constant exclamation to pedestrians who kindly step out of his path—traveling from rural Izu to Tokyo.
No Blood Relation (1932)
Directed by: Mikio Naruse


An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
Passing Fancy (1933)
Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu


Two Tokyo co-workers come across a destitute young lady in search of a place to live.
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