It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night 1934

7.82

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

1934

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo 1934

6.60

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.

1934

Tarzan and His Mate

Tarzan and His Mate 1934

6.58

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

1934

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland 1934

6.40

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

1934

Them Thar Hills

Them Thar Hills 1934

7.60

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

1934

The Black Cat

The Black Cat 1934

6.67

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

1934

It's a Gift

It's a Gift 1934

6.50

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

1934

The Thin Man

The Thin Man 1934

7.50

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama 1934

7.00

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

1934

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934

6.40

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

1934

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf 1934

6.50

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

1934

Cleopatra

Cleopatra 1934

6.00

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.

1934

The Grasshopper and the Ants

The Grasshopper and the Ants 1934

6.40

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

1934

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress 1934

6.90

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

1934

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life 1934

6.99

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

1934

Finishing School

Finishing School 1934

5.90

Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.

1934

The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee 1934

6.80

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

1934

The Cat's-Paw

The Cat's-Paw 1934

6.20

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning. Their plan backfires as he wins and embarks upon a reform crusade.

1934

L'Atalante

L'Atalante 1934

7.49

Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.

1934

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow 1934

6.70

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

1934