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1934: World Premieres
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Still to Come from 1934: World Premieres

Gourmet Prospects

The Downfall of Osen Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi. Isuzu Yamada, Daijirō Natsukawa
The Goddess Dir. Wu Yonggang. Ruan Lingyu, Jian Tian, Zhang Zhizhi
Godfather Mendoza Dir. Juan Bustillo Oro. Alfredo del Diestro, Carmen Guerrero
Judge Priest Dir. John Ford. Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise
Liliom Dir. Fritz Lang. Charles Boyer, Madeleine Ozeray, Robert Arnoux
A Modern Hero Dir. G.W. Pabst. Richard Barthelmess, Jean Muir
Two Monks Dir. Juan Bustillo Oro. Victor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro

Actressy Enticements

Angèle Dir. Marcel Pagnol. Orane Demazis, Fernandel, Henri Poupon
Belle of the Nineties Dir. Leo McCarey. Mae West, Roger Pryor
Chained Dir. Clarence Brown. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger
Evelyn Prentice Dir. William K. Howard. Myrna Loy, William Powell
Fog over Frisco Dir. William Dieterle. Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay
Gambling Lady Dir. Archie Mayo. Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O'Brien
The Girl from Missouri Dir. Jack Conway. Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore
Housewife Dir. Alfred E. Green. Bette Davis, George Brent, Ann Dvorak
The Little Minister Dir. Richard Wallace. Katharine Hepburn, John Beal
A Lost Lady Dir. Alfred E. Green. Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan
Mandalay Dir. Michael Curtiz. Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland
Marie Galante Dir. Henry King. Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks
Nana Dir. George Fitzmaurice, Dorothy Arzner. Anna Sten, Lionel Atwill
Now and Forever Dir. Henry Hathaway. Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard
One More River Dir. James Whale. Diana Wynyard, Frank Lawton, Colin Clive
The Painted Veil Dir. Richard Boleslawski. Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall
Riptide Dir. Edmund Goulding. Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery
The Rise of Catherine the Great Dir. Paul Czinner. Elisabeth Bergner
Sadie McKee Dir. Clarence Brown. Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone
The Secret Bride Dir. William Dieterle. Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William
Thirty Day Princess Dir. Marion Gering. Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant
This Man Is Mine Dir. John Cromwell. Irene Dunne, Constance Cummings
What Every Woman Knows Dir. Gregory La Cava. Helen Hayes, Brian Aherne
The Woman of the Port Dir. Arcady Boytler, Raphael J. Sevilla. Andrea Palma
Zouzou Dir. Marc Allégret. Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Pierre Larquey

Gender Is Burning

Bright Eyes Dir. David Butler. Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Jane Darwell
Dames Dir. Ray Enright. Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts
Hi, Nellie Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks
Kiss and Make-Up Dir. Harlan Thompson. Cary Grant, Genevieve Tobin
Midnight Alibi Dir. Alan Crosland. Richard Barthelmess, Helen Lowell
Outcast Lady Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall
The Private Life of Don Juan Dir. Alexander Korda. Douglas Fairbanks
The Richest Girl in the World Dir. William A. Seiter. Miriam Hopkins
Search for Beauty Dir. Erle C. Kenton. Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino

Auteurist Loyalties

Babbitt Dir. William Keighley. Guy Kibbee, Aline MacMahon, Claire Dodd
British Agent Dir. Michael Curtiz. Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan
Broadway Bill Dir. Frank Capra. Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly
Four Frightened People Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. Claudette Colbert, Mary Boland
Le Grand jeu Dir. Jacques Feyder. Marie Bell, Pierre Richard-Willm
Jimmy the Gent Dir. Michael Curtiz. James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins
Kid Millions Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman
The Lost Patrol Dir. John Ford. Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford
Madame Bovary Dir. Jean Renoir. Max Dearly, Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir
The Merry Widow Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald
A Mother Should Be Loved Dir. Yasujirō Ozu. Yûkichi Iwata, Den Ōhinata
Registered Nurse Dir. Robert Florey. Bebe Daniels, Lyle Talbot, John Halliday
The Road to Ruin Dir. Dorothy Davenport, Melville Shyer. Helen Foster
Strauss' Great Waltz Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn
Strike! Dir. Michael Powell. Leslie Banks, Carol Goodner, Frank Vosper
Three Songs about Lenin Dir. Dziga Vertov. Documentary about Soviet feats
Treasure Island Dir. Victor Fleming. Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper

Further Research

The 9th Guest Dir. Roy William Neill. Donald Cook, Genevieve Tobin
The Big Shakedown Dir. John Francis Dillon. Charles Farrell, Bette Davis
Black Moon Dir. Roy William Neill. Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Dorothy Burgess
The Count of Monte Cristo Dir. Rowland V. Lee. Robert Donat, Elissa Landi
Crime without Passion Dir. Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Great Expectations Dir. Stuart Walker. Phillips Holmes, Henry Hull
The Man with Two Faces Dir. Archie Mayo. Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor
Maniac Dir. Dwain Esper. Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Phyllis Diller
March of the Wooden Soldiers Dir. Gus Meins, Charles Rogers. Stan Laurel
Massacre Dir. Alan Crosland. Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Dudley Digges
The Moonstone Dir. Reginald Barker. David Manners, Phyllis Barry
Moscow Laughs Dir. Grigoriy Aleksandrov. Leonid Utyosov, Lyubov Orlova
The Old Fashioned Way Dir. William Beaudine. W.C. Fields, Joe Morrison
The Phantom of the Convent Dir. Fernando de Fuentes. Marta Roel
The Scarlet Pimpernel Dir. Harold Young. Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon
Young and Beautiful Dir. Joseph Santley. William Haines, Judith Allen