86% (2) Mutiny on the Bounty 132 min, Not Rated, [Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance] [Frank Lloyd] [01 Jan 1935]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin
Writer: Talbot Jennings (screenplay), Jules Furthman (screenplay), Carey Wilson (screenplay), Charles Nordhoff (book), James Norman Hall (book), Margaret Booth
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Polynesian Country: USA
Plot: Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Bligh proves to be a brutal tyrant and, after six pleasant months on Tahiti, Christian leads the crew to mutiny on the homeward voyage. Even though Byam takes no part in the mutiny, he must defend himself against charges that he supported Christian.
Rotten Tomatoes: The 1932 publication of Charles Nordhoff and James Norton Hall's Mutiny on the Bounty sparked a revival of interest in the titular 1789 ship mutiny, and this 1935 MGM movie version won the Oscar for Best Picture. Clark Gable stars as Fletcher Christian, first mate of the infamous HMS Bounty, skippered by Captain William Bligh (Charles Laughton), the cruelest taskmaster on the Seven Seas. Bligh's villainy knows no bounds: he is even willing to flog a dead man if it will strengthen his hold over the crew. Christian despises Bligh and is sailing on the Bounty under protest. During the journey back to England, Bligh's cruelties become more than Christian can bear; and after the captain indirectly causes the death of the ship's doctor, the crew stages a mutiny, with Christian in charge. Bligh and a handful of officers loyal to him are set adrift in an open boat. Through sheer force of will, he guides the tiny vessel on a 49-day, 4000-mile journey to the Dutch East Indies without losing a man. Historians differ on whether Captain Bligh was truly such a monster or Christian such a paragon of virtue (some believe that the mutiny was largely inspired by Christian's lust for the Tahitian girls). The movie struck gold at the box office, and, in addition to the Best Picture Oscar, Gable, Laughton, and Franchot Tone as one of the Bounty's crew were all nominated for Best Actor (they all lost to Victor McLaglan in The Informer). The film was remade in 1962 and adapted into the "revisionist" 1984 feature The Bounty with Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian and Anthony Hopkins as Captain Bligh. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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60% (2) Cavalcade 112 min, Passed, [Drama, Romance, War] [Frank Lloyd] [15 Apr 1933]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 60%, Rotten Tomatoes: 61%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Herbert Mundin, Una O'Connor
Writer: Reginald Berkeley (screen play), Sonya Levien (continuity)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic and the Great War.
Rotten Tomatoes: Winner of Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and "Interior Design," this is a period piece with excellent ambiance. Tracing the lives of two British families from the beginning of the century through 1930, this adaptation of Noel Coward's successful stage play successfully portrays families sticking together through thick and thin. Weathering the death of Queen Victoria, WWI and the depression, the families make adjustments according to their circumstances, but the movie leaves a sharply anti-war taste with the viewer as the families' peaceful way of life is changed forever by the circumstances of a changing world.
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62% (1) Adorable 88 min, APPROVED, [Musical, Comedy, Romance] [William Dieterle] [19 May 1933]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, External Reviews
Actors: C. Aubrey Smith, Henri Garat, Herbert Mundin, Janet Gaynor
Writer: Paul Frank (story "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt"), Billy Wilder (story "Ihre Hoheit Befiehlt"), George Marion Jr. (screenplay), Jane Storm (screenplay)
External Links: Wikipedia IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: Janet Gaynor plays a rebellious princess who must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry. But will this ordinary man love her back once he finds out she's a princess?
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55% (1) Sherlock Holmes 68 min, [Drama] [William K. Howard] [06 Nov 1932]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 55%, External Reviews
Actors: Clive Brook, Ernest Torrence, Herbert Mundin, Miriam Jordan
Writer: William Gillette (play), Bertram Millhauser
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA
Plot: Moriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl (sic). But Moriarty has sworn that Holmes, Lt-Col Gore-King of Scotland Yard, and his trial judge shall all be hanged too. When Moriarty escapes and proceeds to put his threat into operation, Holmes has to postpone his retirement.
Rotten Tomatoes: This version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famed tale is set in contemporary London and follows Holmes and Watson as they seek to bring the nefarious Professor Moriarty to justice.
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48% (1) It's Great to Be Alive 69 min, [Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi] [Alfred L. Werker] [08 Jul 1933]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 48%, External Reviews
Actors: Edna May Oliver, Gloria Stuart, Herbert Mundin, Raul Roulien
Writer: Arthur Kober, Paul Perez, John D. Swain (story)
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Plot: An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.
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