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Classic Cinema

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

7.1/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther

This exotic melodrama may be Frank Capra's finest achievement. Barbara Stanwyck, subtly radiant, is the American missionary in Shanghai who is abducte... Read more

Queen Christina (1933)

7.8/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth You...

One of Garbo's finest performances is as the 17th century Swedish queen, fiercely devoted to her country and prepared to wear men's clothing if it mea... Read more

Laurel & Hardy: Bogus Bandits ( aka The Devil's Brother ) (1933)

4.7/10
Director: Charles R Rogers, Hal Roach
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson

Olio and Stanlio are a couple of incompetent bandits hired by Fra Davolio (the Devil's brother), a real-life bandit also known as Marquis de San Marco... Read more

Three Musketeers: The Serial 1-6 (1933)

6.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne, Francis X Bushman, 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

The Invisible Man (1933)

7.7/10
Director: James Whale
Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O'Connor

A super version of HG Wells' fantasy, with Claude Rains playing the scientist who experiments with a drug which, while it makes him invisible, also tu... Read more

Duck Soup (1933)

8/10
Director: Leo McCarey
Starring: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern

In postage-stamp sized Freedoria, Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) declares war on neighbouring Sylvania just for the hell of it in this sati... Read more

Sons of the Desert (1933)

7.7/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch

Laurel and Hardy attend a convention of the fraternal order of the Sons of the Desert without letting their wives know the real reason for their absen... Read more

Little Women (1933)

7.4/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lucas

'Endless pleasure no matter how many times you've seen it' (Leonard Maltin). The Louisa M Alcott novel is portrayed on film featuring Katharine Hepbur... Read more

The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1933)

7.2/10
Director: Alexander Korda
Starring: Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Merle Oberon

Charles Laughton is brilliant as the British monarch, set amid the indulgent atmosphere of the 16th century. Politics, statesmanship and international... Read more

The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 3 (1932)

7.6/10

A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cher... Read more