Top Movies of 1930s


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151. Make Way for Tomorrow

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Barbara Read
Plot: An elderly couple are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

152. Alice Adams

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable, Frank Albertson, Ann Shoemaker

153. The Man Who Knew Too Much

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam
Plot: At their dying friend's wish, Lawrence and his wife Jill recover information from a British Consulate. Yet this information, regarding an assassination attempt, results in the kidnapping of their daughter. While the husband goes after the daughter, it is up to his wife to prevent the assassination.

154. County Hospital

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Parrott
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert, May Wallace, Estelle Etterre, William Austin
Plot: Hardy is in the hospital with a bum leg as Laurel visits with him.

155. Hyppolit, the Butler ( Hyppolit a lakáj )

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hungarian
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steve Sekely
Actors: Gyula Csortos, Gyula Kabos, Mici Haraszti, Éva Fenyvessy, Sándor Góth, Gyula Gózon

156. The Band Concert

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Clarence Nash
Plot: Mickey's band shows how dedicated they are when they refuse to let even a tornado
disrupt their performance.

157. Carefree

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Sandrich
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Jack Carson, Clarence Kolb
Plot: Steven, at the behest of his friend Dr. Tony Flagg, sends in his wife, Amanda, to improve their relationship. But Amanda finds herself falling for Flagg - who uses hypnotism to get her into a better place with Steven... but things don't go quite as planned.

158. Shall We Dance

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Sandrich
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian

159. Boudu Saved from Drowning ( Boudu Sauvé des Eaux )

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret, Max Dalban, Jean Dasté

160. Dangerous

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred E. Green
Actors: Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth, George Irving, John Eldredge
Plot: Bette Davis plays Joyce Heath, a stage actress who seeks to damage what she has left of her career. Loosely based on the life of Jeanne Eagels.

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