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1. Bright Eyes (1934)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell, Judith Allen
Votes: 2,471
2. Charlie Chan in London (1934)
Open | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Charlie visits a wealthy country home in England. Suspects in the murder range from a housekeeper, to a stableman, to a lawyer.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Ray Milland, Mona Barrie
Votes: 2,172
3. One Hour with You (1932)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.
Directors: George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin, Lili Damita
Votes: 2,924
4. 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Dunn, Alice Faye, Frank Mitchell, Jack Durant
Votes: 177
5. Varsity Show (1937)
Approved | 120 min | Musical, Romance
A former student who is now a big Broadway show producer with three flops to his reputation, is invited back to direct the College's annual student stage show.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Dick Powell, Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, Ted Healy, Rosemary Lane
Votes: 501
6. Monte Carlo (1930)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, Claud Allister, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,430
7. Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy
Votes: 149
8. Safety in Numbers (1930)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A songwriter hires three chorus girls to show him the "underside" of big-city life.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Kathryn Crawford, Josephine Dunn, Carole Lombard
Votes: 152
9. Here Comes Cookie (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Alarmed that his younger daughter is about to marry a gold-digger, a millionaire turns over the fortune to her ditsy older sister for safe-keeping to his ultimate regret, protection.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Betty Furness
Votes: 178
10. Coronado (1935)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to, and is frequented by, members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego tracks, in a tent-city with ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Johnny Downs, Betty Burgess, Jack Haley, Andy Devine
Votes: 47
11. Take a Chance (1933)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
From a team 2 girls and 2 not-straight men, a girl leaves to be a star, other stays to keep the boys straight. The star comes back with a producer, who falls in love with the girl who stayed. There are hurdles, the 2 men, and her IOU.
Directors: Monte Brice, Laurence Schwab | Stars: James Dunn, June Knight, Lillian Roth, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 64
12. Adorable (1933)
Approved | 88 min | Musical, Comedy, Romance
Janet Gaynor plays a rebellious princess who must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry. But will this ordinary man love her back once he finds out she's a princess?
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Henri Garat, C. Aubrey Smith, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 158
13. Playboy of Paris (1930)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Waiter Albert is incompetent is in conflict with the owner and his daughter. However a surprise inheritance means he must keep his job by day while escorting a glamorous socialite by night.
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee, O.P. Heggie, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 103
14. The Great Hotel Murder (1935)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Rosemary Ames, Mary Carlisle
Votes: 81
15. Le petit café (1931)
85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Le petit Cafè is the alternate, French language version of PLAYBOY OF PARIS.
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Yvonne Vallée, Tania Fédor, André Berley
Votes: 27
16. Ich heirate meinen Mann (1931)
100 min
Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Trude Berliner, Kurt Vespermann, S.Z. Sakall, Igo Sym
17. Rich Man's Folly (1931)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames, Juliette Compton
Votes: 55
18. Stefano Junior (1969)
35 min | Short | Completed
Stefano is the younger son in a family who lives in the outskirts of Rome. He's been expelled at school, and is starting to work at a newsstand. A poetic look at the life and responsibilities of a poor kid in late-60s Italy.
Director: Maurizio Ponzi | Stars: Massimo Martini, Stefano Ardinzone, Agnese Pittaluga, Carlo Marotti
19. Paramount op parade (1930)
112 min | Musical
Dutch-language version of Paramount on Parade (1930) produced and released by Paramount Pictures.
Director: Job Weening | Stars: Jean Arthur, Evelyn Brent, Nancy Carroll, Maurice Chevalier
20. Marions-nous (1931)
94 min | Comedy
Gisèle accidentally marries her stalker when she thinks she is signing a hotel register in a foreign country.
Director: Louis Mercanton | Stars: Alice Cocéa, Fernand Gravey, Marguerite Moreno, Robert Burnier