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After a couple weeks spent in the safe confines of the 1970s (has anyone ever described 70s Cinema as a "safe space" before?) where I had seen plenty of movies and could offer up a hefty dose of opinion, this morning Siri, when asked to choose a number between 1 and 100, decided to make it slightly tougher on me and take us back to the 1930s - The Movies of 1934 specifically. That said 1934 isn't a year in film I'm completely unfamiliar with - I managed to choose a respectable Top 5 of movies I very much like with a lovely batch of runners-up too.
But I had to cut short my "Never seen" list because I kind of don't even know where to begin with all that - there are lots and lots that I have not seen! So if y'all want to tell me what I am definitely missing out on in the comments, please I beg you go to town. And until then I give you...
But I had to cut short my "Never seen" list because I kind of don't even know where to begin with all that - there are lots and lots that I have not seen! So if y'all want to tell me what I am definitely missing out on in the comments, please I beg you go to town. And until then I give you...
My 5 Favorite Movies of 1934
(dir. Jean Vigo)
-- released on April 24 1934 --
(dir. WS Van Dyke )
-- released on May 25th 1934 --
(dir. Edgar G Ulmer)
-- released on May 7th 1934 --
(dir. Frank Capra)
-- released on February 22nd 1934 --
(dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
-- released on December 4th 1934 --
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Runners-up: Imitation of Life (dir. Stahl), Death Takes a Holiday (dir. Mitchell Leisen), 20th Century (dir. Hawks), Of Human Bondage (dir. Cromwell), The Gay Divorcee (dir. Mark Sandrich)
Never seen: A Lost Lady (dir. Green)
Chained (dir. Clarence Brown)
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