111. Stage Door
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gregory La Cava
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Lucille Ball, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier
Plot: Terry Randall, rich and beautiful, wants to make it on broadway on her own accords - not her family connections. She joins a boardinghouse full of likewise aspiring actors and actresses - and gets caught up in the world of theatrical hopes, dreams and disappointments.
112. Masseurs and a Woman, The ( Anma to onna )
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Actors: Bakudankozo, Shinichi Himori, Zentaro Iijima, Hideko Kasuga, Tsuneo Osugi, Mieko Takamine
Plot: The story of Toku and Fuku, two blind masseurs who go to a mountain retreat to find work for the season. It follows their adventures, from a mysterious Tokyo woman to a rash of thefts at the inn.
113. Drôle de Drame
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marcel Carné
Actors: Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault, Nadine Vogel
114. The Champ
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy, Hale Hamilton
Plot: A film about a washed up boxer, and his adoring son, their strife and
struggles. Wallace Beery won an Oscar for his performance.
115. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshal, Terry Kilburn
116. The Four Feathers
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Zoltan Korda
Actors: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, Jack Allen
Plot: the first talking version of the story of a guy who must prove to his friends that he is no the coward they suppose him to be. To prove this he must go to extra-ordinary measures.
117. Lady for a Day
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly
Plot: A lowly apple cart vendor in New York, who has long written her daughter in Spain about her high life must come up with a plan when her daughter, along with an aristocrat, decides to visit her. Luckily a gangster who considers her a good luck charm has a plan to make things work out.
118. Baby Face
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred E. Green
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, John Wayne, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier, Henry Kolker
119. Little Caesar
Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince
Plot: An up-and-coming gangster makes aggressive plays for more power.
120. Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The ( Zangiku monogatari )
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Gonjurô Kawarazaki, Kakuko Mori, Tokusaburo Arashi, Yôko Umemura
Plot: Tokyo, 1888, Kikunosuke Onoue is the adopted son of a famous actor who learns that all his praise is due to his father and that behind his back no one takes him seriously. His only true friend is Otoku, a wet-nurse, but the relationship is frowned upon and she is fired. But Kikunosuke follows her despite the scandal. She encourages him to become a true actor and regain the family name.
