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Annie Oakley (1935)
Barbara Stanwyck delivered a fresh and exciting performance as America's most famous female sharpshooter in "Annie Oakley." It follows her journey from a backwoods hunter to the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Director George Stevens ("Swing Time" 1936) and the screenwriters Joel [..]
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
"Steamboat Round the Bend" is comedy B-film starring Will Rogers as a steamboat captain who enters his boat in a winner-take-all race on the Mississippi River. Director John Ford ably took the helm of this movie and kept things smooth sailing in the 82 minute running [..]
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The Best Picture of 1935 is....."Mutiny on the Bounty." This dramatization of the true story of the 1789 revolt against Captain Bligh of the HMS Bounty in the South Pacific was tightly directed by Frank Lloyd ("Cavalcade" 1933) from a screenplay by Talbot Jennings, Jules [..]
Blue Steel (1934)
John Wayne plays a U. S. Marshall working undercover to capture the Polka Dot Bandit who has committed a string of robberies in "Blue Steel." The supporting cast includes Eleanor Hunt as a victim of the Bandit, George "Gabby" Hayes as the sheriff, Yakima Canutt as [..]
Imitation of Life (1934)
"Imitation of Life" is one of the earliest films to deal with the issue of race in America. It is the story of a young light-complected woman who has trouble dealing with her mixed-race background, especially her black mother. Director John M. Stahl [..]
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
"Manhattan Melodrama" is a crime drama film following two orphaned childhood friends - one become a crusading district attorney and the other fall into a life of crime as a notorious mobster and casino boss. Director W. S. Van Dyke does an excellent job at the helm [..]
The Man from Utah (1934)
John Wayne stars as a drifter who is hired by the sheriff to go undercover at rodeos to investigate gangs who are murdering championship riders to steal their money in "The Man from Utah." This B-western movie was one of many that Wayne appeared in [..]
Marie Galante (1934)
"Marie Galante" is a mystery-melodrama film where an innocent French woman is abducted and stranded in Central America where she becomes entangled in an espionage plot to sabotage the Panama Canal. Director Henry King ("State Fair" 1933) put together this riveting drama which has great production [..]
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Best Picture of 1934 is....."It Happened One Night." This is a comedy picture about a spoiled heiress trying to escape her overbearing father and return to her husband. She teams up with a recently fired reporter who helps her in exchange for an exclusive [..]
Babes on Broadway (1941)
"Babes on Broadway" is a big MGM musical where Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland play two starstruck performers struggling to make it in New York. To get their big break and send orphan kids on a country vacation, they team up to produce their own ambitious benefit [..]