The Best of 1935
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- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsAdolf HitlerHermann GöringMax AmannThe infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandLionel AtwillAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsCharles LaughtonClark GableFranchot ToneFirst mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsEdward G. RobinsonJean ArthurArthur HohlA meek milquetoast clerk is mistaken for public enemy N° 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsWill RogersAnne ShirleyIrvin S. CobbA Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsSeymour HicksDonald CalthropRobert CochranEbenezer Scrooge is a mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyMargaret LindsayAnn DvorakJames Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.
- DirectorJames FloodStarsMyrna LoyCary GrantRoscoe KarnsIn his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsClark GableJean HarlowWallace BeeryWhen earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize Gaskell's ship.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsKatharine HepburnFred MacMurrayFred StoneA working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsHerbert MarshallJean ArthurLeo CarrilloAn executive lets an attractive cook talk him into taking a job as butler.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperAnn HardingJohn HallidayA Victorian-era architect commissioned by the Duke of Towers to design his stables falls in love with the Duchess.
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett HortonAn American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
- DirectorJack ConwayRobert Z. LeonardStarsRonald ColmanElizabeth AllanEdna May OliverA pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichLionel AtwillEdward Everett HortonA young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMargaret SullavanHerbert MarshallFrank MorganA naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
- DirectorKarl FreundStarsPeter LorreFrances DrakeColin CliveIn Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert-pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonThe princess violin from the sleepy Land of Symphony is chased by a more lively alto saxophone from the Isle of Jazz. Soon the queen (a viola) discovers them and locks the sax in the metronome.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsEdward Everett HortonKaren MorleyAlan DinehartHubert T. Wilkins is a timid, underpaid bookkeeper who, after long years of timidity, gets the courage from his sweetheart, Emily Converse, to ask his boss, gruff-and-mean Mr. Bates, for a $10 dollar raise. And gets fired. He and Emily want to get married, but not before Hubert has more money coming in. He invests his savings in a land deal but finds that the property he bought is a swamp. But calamity turns to joy when when valuable mineral properties are found there, and he becomes rich enough to buy a controlling interest in his former employer's company. But, instead of firing Bates, he rewards him with an executive position, and he and Emily depart on a honeymoon.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenHeather AngelPreston FosterIn 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsBoris KarloffMarian MarshRobert AllenIgnoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharles LaughtonMary BolandCharles RugglesAn English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
- DirectorSadao YamanakaStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiKiyozoKunitarô SawamuraA man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsBette DavisIan HunterColin CliveA lawyer impulsively marries a stranger after his fiancée dumps him.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsJean ArthurVictor JoryHelen LowellStory of a small-town girl victimized by her gossiping neighbors.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsJean ArthurGeorge MurphyDouglass DumbrilleNon-citizen Arthur marries reporter Murphy for a bogus gangster's confession. A divorce is needed, and Murphy is fired. The gangster wants her to be his girlfriend, the police are outside, and only one who can save her is Murphy.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsBarbara StanwyckPreston FosterMelvyn DouglasA romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsEdward ArnoldRobert YoungConstance CummingsAfter a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. A detective is called in to investigate, but his investigation is hampered by the fact that the partiers drank so much the previous night that nobody remembers anything that happened.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsWarren WilliamClaire DoddGuy KibbeeAn insurance agent falls for a client's daughter after writing a policy guaranteeing her single status.
- DirectorArthur Greville CollinsStarsWarren WilliamDolores Del RíoLouise FazendaBlackmail puts a social climber (Louise Fazenda) and a suitor (Warren William) in a duchess's (Dolores del Río) good graces.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsWarren WilliamGenevieve TobinPatricia EllisA con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWarren WilliamMargaret LindsayDonald WoodsPerry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsKay FrancisGeorge BrentGenevieve TobinWife #1 wants ex-husband to catch second wife being unfaithful.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsMaureen O'SullivanJoel McCreaLewis StoneJust after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another auto. Ann escapes and ends up in the vehicle of Tony Baxter, a lawyer who has eyes for her.
- DirectorHenri de la FalaiseStarsPoetoe Aloes GoestiBagus Mara GoestiSaplak NjomanIn Bali, a young woman falls in love with a musician, but he may have eyes for her half-sister.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsFredric MarchCharles LaughtonCedric HardwickeIn early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsClaude RainsFay WrayMary ClareA fake music-hall clairvoyant meets a woman, and suddenly his predictions seem to come true ...
- DirectorKing VidorStarsGary CooperAnna StenRalph BellamyBecause his finances are low and he is seeking background for a new book, author Tony Barratt and his wife Dora return to his country home in Connecticut. While he is finding material for his book on the lives and customs of the local immigrant tobacco farmers, his wife returns to New York and, alas, his Japanese servant deserts him. He meets neighboring farm girl Manya Novak and hires her to cook his meals and clean his house. They soon fall in love, but following the customs of the old country, her father has entered a 'marriage bargain' for her to wed Fredrik Sobieski, a man not of her choosing.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsClark GableLoretta YoungJack OakieDuring the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a jilted married woman.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperFranchot ToneRichard CromwellThree British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsSpencer TracyJames StewartVirginia BruceWhen a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardSam WoodStarsWilliam PowellRosalind RussellBinnie BarnesPowell plays an American cryptologist who tangles with German spies while falling in love.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsBette DavisFranchot ToneMargaret LindsayAn alcoholic actress who is considered a dangerous jinx is rehabilitated, but she then shows that she's as dangerous as ever.
- DirectorStephen RobertsStarsWilliam PowellGinger RogersPaul KellyWhen a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks lawyer Clay Dalzell to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsGeorge RaftClaire DoddEdward ArnoldEd Beaumont is the personal friend, advisor and bodyguard to Paul Madvig, the political boss of a large city. When a mysterious murder is committed---the son of a Madvig political opponent---Madvig's enemies try to pin the crime on him because he is waging a clean-up campaign they oppose. Ed risks his life and his reputation to find the killer and clear his friend.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsMyrna LoySpencer TracyHarvey StephensHoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsIrene DunneFred AstaireGinger RogersAn American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsFreddie BartholomewFrank LawtonEdna May OliverA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsJean HarlowWilliam PowellFranchot ToneWealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsFredric MarchMerle OberonHerbert MarshallThe close relationship between a woman and her two male childhood friends is tested when she accepts a marriage proposal from one of them, while the burgeoning First World War threatens to change their lives forever.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsConstance BennettClark GableStuart ErwinHard-hitting news editor Jim Branch falls for high-society type Sharon Norwood but can't get to first base as he continually makes use of her knowledge of the rich and famous to try to solve the murder of one of her socialite acquaintences.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsKay FrancisWarren WilliamGeorge BrentTerry Parker (George Brent) is shattered by the crash of his airplane which killed his parents and sister, and adopts a listless attitude toward life. But romance enters in the person of Amy Prentiss (Kay Francis), the girl friend of his best friend, Gibraltar (Warren William), who graciously lets love take its course and even helps the couple get married and get located. Amy tries to steer Terry out of his irresponsible ways but fails and eventually leaves him, only to be reunited when called to Terry's side after he has been in an automobile crash.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsRobert DonatJean ParkerEugene PalletteA haunted Scottish castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, bringing the family ghost along with it.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsKay FrancisIan HunterPaul LukasA theatrical star abruptly leaves England to escape her secret past, while a newspaper reporter follows her trail to America to get the scoop.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayRay MillandA stenographer becomes a famed entertainer and is courted by an English nobleman and an informal American reporter.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsPaul MuniBette DavisMargaret LindsayIn Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBette DavisGeorge BrentRoscoe KarnsA woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsFrancis LedererFrances DeeBenita HumeMirabel wins a $5, 000 lottery which will enable her to live like a queen in New York. There she meets Sandro, a bellboy who is really a prince, so she does get to be a queen after all.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEdward ArnoldPeter LorreMarian MarshMan is haunted by a murder he's committed.