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Success at Any Price (1934) J. Walter Ruben, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Genevieve Tobin, Frank Morgan
Joe comes from a rough neighborhood and when his brother Mike is gunned down in 1927 Read More »
We Are Not Children AKA Nous ne sommes plus des enfants (1934) Augusto Genina, Gaby Morlay, Claude Dauphin, Jean Wall
Le bossu (1934) René Sti, Robert Vidalin, Josseline Gaël, Samson Fainsilber
Lagardère protects Aurore, the granddaughter of the Duke of Nevers Read More »
The Broken Melody (1934) Bernard Vorhaus, John Garrick, Margot Grahame, Merle Oberon
Paul Verlaine is a struggling composer whose assistant Germaine is secretly in love with him. Read More »
The Fire Raisers (1934) Michael Powell, Leslie Banks, Anne Grey, Carol Goodner
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he’s unhappy with his work Read More »
Two Monks AKA Dos monjes (1934) Juan Bustillo Oro, Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller
In a Gothic-styled monastery, a monk named Javier sees the face of another monk, Juan Read More »
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson
In 1745 a German princess, renamed Catherine, arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia, whom she initially likes. Read More »
Madame Bovary (1934) Jean Renoir, Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir
Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary Read More »
Angele (1934) Marcel Pagnol, Orane Demazis, Fernandel, Henri Poupon
Angèle, the daughter of Clarius, a farmer in the mountain of Provence, lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin. Read More »
The Crisis is Over AKA La crise est finie (1934) Robert Siodmak, Beatrice Emanuel, Albert Préjean, Danielle Darrieux
A troupe is fired because ,on stage,they did a very bad joke: they locked up the star Read More »
What Every Woman Knows (1934) Gregory La Cava, Helen Hayes, Brian Aherne, Madge Evans
The story takes place in Scotland, where plain Maggie Wylie’s family, fearing she may become a spinster Read More »
The Show-Off (1934) Charles Reisner, Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, Henry Wadsworth
Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he’s a railroad bigwig. After they marry Aubrey overspends in setting up their home. Read More »
It Happened One Night (1934) Frank Capra, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked Read More »
As the Earth Turns (1934) Alfred E. Green, Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Russell Hardie
Jean Muir stars as Jen Shaw, daughter of dirt-poor farmers Mark and Min Shaw (David Landau, Dorothy Appleby). Read More »