Classic Cinema
Imitation of Life (1934)
7.6/10
Director: John M Stahl
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Louise Beavers
After taking in black housekeeper Delilah Johnson and her light-skinned daughter, the white and widowed Bea Pullman makes a fortune in the pancake bus... Read more
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
7.6/10
Director: Rowland V Lee
Starring: Louis Calhern, Robert Donat, Sidney Blackmer, Raymond Walburn, Elissa Landi
Robert Donat stars in this classic swashbuckler based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas. It tells the story of Edmond Dantes, a common seaman false... Read more
The Films of Jean Vigo (1934)
Director: Jean Vigo
Starring: Dita Parlo, Jean Daste, Michel Simon
The life of masterful French auteur Jean Vigo was cut tragically short at the age of 29, leaving him with a filmography of only four films, all of whi... Read more
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
7.7/10
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe
Marlene Dietrich lights up the screen as the Empress Catherine in this historical drama directed by Josef Von Sterberg. Young Princess Catherine's dre... Read more
Shirley Temple: Little Darling Pack (1934)
6.2/10
Director: Alexander Hall, Henry Hathaway
Starring: Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper, Shirley Temple
This double bill of early Shirley faves opens with the first film version of Damon Runyon's "Little Miss Marker" (1934), with Temple as the adorable t... Read more
Call It Murder (1934)
5.5/10
Director: Chester Erskine
Starring: Henry Hull, Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Wycherley, Sidney Fox
Aka 'Midnight'. One of Humphrey Bogart's first featured roles was as a gangster in 'Call It Murder', the story of a man who must help his daughter whe... Read more
Belle of the Ninties (1934)
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: Mae West, Roger Pryor
Ruby Carter is an infamous cabaret entertainer plying her trade along the Mississippi. Having no trouble surviving on her own terms in a man's world,... Read more
Judge Priest (1934)
6.4/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Will Rogers, Anita Louise
Perhaps the best film example of the down-home wit of humourist Will Rogers was this early comedy-drama from John Ford. Rogers plays a small town judg... Read more
Three Musketeers: The Serial 7-12 (1934)
6.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Lon Chaney Jr
'One for all and all for one!' Daredevil thrills and spills abound, as John Wayne and the men of the Foreign Legion battle villainous El Shaitan and h... Read more
New Adventures of Tarzan: Volume 2 (1934)
5.4/10
Director: Edward Kull
Starring: Herman Brix, Ula Holt
This oddity was produced by Edgar Rice Burroughs' own company and was the first Tarzan film shot on location (in Guatemala). The adventurers seek the... Read more