The story of a farmer in China: a story of humility and bravery. His father gives Wang Lung a freed slave as wife. Read More »
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The Great Waltz (1938) Julien Duvivier, Victor Fleming, Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauß II – Schani to his friends – would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else Read More »
Dramatic School (1938) Robert B. Sinclair, Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. Read More »
The Toy Wife (1938) Richard Thorpe, Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance
‘The toy wife’ or how to spoil your own life and the lives of others by being fickle and frivolous. Read More »
Big City (1937) Frank Borzage, George B. Seitz, Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Charley Grapewin, Drama
To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton’s wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. Read More »
The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937) George Fitzmaurice, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Drama, History, Romance
A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks. While chasing after stolen candlesticks they discover each other’s identity and fall in love.
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The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Robert Z. Leonard
At the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever bigger, more spectacular shows (sections of which appear in the film). French revue star Anna Held becomes his first wife, but it’s not easy being married to the man who “glorified the American girl.”
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