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Top ten films of 1933
posted by rudely_murraySTAFFMOD on January 23, 2018 at 7:32 PM
What are your favourite films of 1933?
- King Kong (Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack)
- Duck Soup (Leo McCarey)
- Design for Living (Ernst Lubitsch)
- Wild Boys of the Road (William A. Wellman)
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra)
- The Invisible Man (James Whale)
- Queen Christina (Rouben Mamoulian)
- Counsellor-at-Law (William Wyler)
- Zero for Conduct (Jean Vigo)
- Footlight Parade (Lloyd Bacon)
Reply by genplant29
on January 23, 2018 at 10:24 PM
1933 films (listed alphabetically) I've collected:
The final year before, on 1 July 1934, strict Production Code enforcement went into effect.
Reply by bratface
on January 24, 2018 at 12:41 AM
In no particular order:
Cavalcade
The Kennel Murder Case
Dinner at Eight
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Gold Diggers of 1933
Little Women
The Invisible Man
Sons of the Desert
Voltaire
Reply by rudely_murray
on January 24, 2018 at 1:56 AM
@genplant29 and @bratface Nice to see Gold Diggers of 1933 on both of your lists. I do love those Busby Berkeley musicals which seemed to be all over the place in 1933. Iād have to watch it and Footlight Parade back to back to choose between them. 42nd Street is great too, if a shade less so. Those sets and numbers are still dazzling today, especially the quite stunning (and very moving) My Forgotten Man.
Reply by genplant29
on January 24, 2018 at 2:02 AM
"Remember My Forgotten Man" is an incredible and powerful performance segment, for sure. Its singer, Etta Moten, has a terrific solo also in Flying Down to Rio. (Flying Down to Rio is no big deal overall - the general story is quite lame - but for the music and dancing it's wonderful.)
By the way, some interesting trivia: Etta Moten lived all the way to 2004 - to age 102!
Reply by JustinJackFlash
on February 21, 2018 at 11:14 AM