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Updated: 17 Feb 2023, with The Man Who Knew Too Much, Street without End, It's a Gift

The Affairs of Cellini Dir. Gregory La Cava. Fredric March, Constance Bennett C
The Age of Innocence Dir. Philip Moeller. John Boles, Irene Dunne B–
L'Atalante Dir. Jean Vigo. Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo, Michel Simon A–

The Barretts of Wimpole Street Dir. Sidney Franklin. Norma Shearer B
The Black Cat Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, David Manners C+

Cleopatra Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. Claudette Colbert, Henry Wilcoxon C

Death Takes a Holiday Dir. Mitchell Leisen. Fredric March, Evelyn Venable B–

Everybody's Woman Dir. Max Ophüls. Isa Miranda, Friedrich Benfer A

Flirtation Walk Dir. Frank Borzage. Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien B

The Gay Divorcée Dir. Mark Sandrich. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers B
Girls Will Be Boys Dir. Marcel Varnel. Dolly Haas, Cyril Maude, Esmond Knight B–

Here Comes the Navy Dir. Lloyd Bacon. James Cagney, Pat O'Brien B–
The House of Rothschild Dir. Alfred L. Werker. George Arliss, Loretta Young B–

Imitation of Life Dir. John M. Stahl. Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers B+
It Happened One Night Dir. Frank Capra. Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable A
It's a Gift Dir. Norman Z. McLeod. W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol C+

Little Man, What Now? Dir. Frank Borzage. Douglass Montgomery A–

Man of Aran Dir. Robert J. Flaherty. Colman "Tiger" King, Maggie Dirrane B
The Man Who Knew Too Much Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Leslie Banks A–
Manhattan Melodrama Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Clark Gable, William Powell B
Murder at the Vanities Dir. Mitchell Leisen. Carl Brisson, Kitty Carlisle B–

Of Human Bondage Dir. John Cromwell. Leslie Howard, Bette Davis B
One Night of Love Dir. Victor Schertzinger. Grace Moore, Tullio Carminati B
Operator 13 Dir. Richard Boleslawski. Marion Davies, Gary Cooper B–
Our Daily Bread Dir. King Vidor. Tom Keene, Karen Morley, John Qualen B+

The Scarlet Empress Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Sam Jaffe A
The Scarlet Letter Dir. Robert G. Vignola. Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright C–
Spitfire Dir. John Cromwell. Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Bellamy, Robert Young C–
A Story of Floating Weeds Dir. Yasujirō Ozu. Takeshi Sakamoto, Chōko Iida B+
Street without End Dir. Mikio Naruse. Setsuko Shinobu, Chiyoko Katori B+

The Thin Man Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Porter Hall A–
Twentieth Century Dir. Howard Hawks. John Barrymore, Carole Lombard B

Viva Villa! Dir. Jack Conway. Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Fay Wray B

The White Parade Dir. Irving Cummings. Loretta Young, John Boles C