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Updated: 5 Feb 2023, with Wooden Crosses, Love Me Tonight, and I Was Born, But...

Back Street Dir. John M. Stahl. Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker A–
A Bill of Divorcement Dir. George Cukor. Lionel Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn C–
Bird of Paradise Dir. King Vidor. Joel McCrea, Dolores del Rio, John Halliday C+
Blonde Venus Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall B+
The Blue Light Dir. Leni Riefenstahl. Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wiemann B+

Emma Dir. Clarence Brown. Marie Dressler, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy C+

A Farewell to Arms Dir. Frank Borzage. Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper B
Freaks Dir. Tod Browning. Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Olga Baclanova B+

Grand Hotel Dir. Edmund Goulding. John Barrymore, Greta Garbo B+

Hot Saturday Dir. William A. Seiter. Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant B

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Paul Muni A–
I War Born, But... Dir. Yasujirō Ozu. Hideo Sugawara, Tomio Aoki A–

Love Me Tonight Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Maurice Chevalier A–

Merrily We Go to Hell Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March B+

One Hour with You Dir. Ernst Lubitsch, George Cukor. Maurice Chevalier C+
One Way Passage Dir. Tay Garnett. William Powell, Kay Francis B+

Red Dust Dir. Victor Fleming. Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor A–
Red-Headed Woman Dir. Jack Conway. Jean Harlow, Chester Morris B+
The Rich Are Always with Us Dir. Alfred E. Green. Ruth Chatterton B–

Scarface Dir. Howard Hawks. Paul Muni, Karen Morley, Ann Dvorak A–
Shanghai Express Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook A–
Smilin' Through Dir. Sidney Franklin. Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard C+

Three on a Match Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis B–
Trouble in Paradise Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis A

Vampyr Dir. Carl-Theodor Dreyer. Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Sybille Schmitz A

What Price Hollywood? Dir. George Cukor. Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman B+
Wooden Crosses Dir. Raymond Bernard. Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio A