It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night 1934

7.80

A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.

1934

The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee 1934

6.90

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

1934

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much 1934

6.40

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama 1934

7.00

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934

7.00

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.

1934

The Black Cat

The Black Cat 1934

6.67

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

1934

Tarzan and His Mate

Tarzan and His Mate 1934

6.60

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

1934

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century 1934

6.76

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

1934

Punch Drunks

Punch Drunks 1934

6.80

Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's violin breaks. Curly is getting beat down bad when Larry makes his unexpected entrance and helps Curly prevail.

1934

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage 1934

6.44

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

1934

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress 1934

6.90

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

1934

The Grasshopper and the Ants

The Grasshopper and the Ants 1934

6.40

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

1934

L'Atalante

L'Atalante 1934

7.48

Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L'Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine, Jean grows weary of Juliette's flirtations with his all-male crew, and Juliette longs to escape the monotony of the boat and experience the excitement of a big city. When she steals away to Paris by herself, her husband begins to think their marriage was a mistake.

1934

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo 1934

6.60

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.

1934

Crime Without Passion

Crime Without Passion 1934

5.80

Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, and thinking she's dead, concocts a series of increasingly outlandish alibis to cover his tracks under the guidance of a ghostly apparition that is his alter ego.

1934

It's a Gift

It's a Gift 1934

6.50

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

1934

The Thin Man

The Thin Man 1934

7.50

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

1934

Men in Black

Men in Black 1934

7.12

The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.

1934

The Woman of the Port

The Woman of the Port 1934

5.90

Her father dies... her fiance dumps her... and she can't find a job... so she covers the waterfront. And then one night...

1934

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf 1934

6.50

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

1934