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Updated: 3 Mar 2023, with formatting updates

Angel Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas B–
The Awful Truth Dir. Leo McCarey. Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy B+

The Bride Wore Red Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone C–

Captains Courageous Dir. Victor Fleming. Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy B+
Conquest Dir. Clarence Brown. Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Henry Stephenson B–

Dead End Dir. William Wyler. Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart A

Easy Living Dir. Mitchell Leisen. Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland B+
The Edge of the World Dir. Michael Powell. Niall MacGinnis, John Laurie B+
The Emperor's Candlesticks Dir. George Fitzmaurice. William Powell D+

The Good Earth Dir. Sidney Franklin. Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Charley Grapewin C+
Grand Illusion Dir. Jean Renoir. Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Dalio A+

History Is Made at Night Dir. Frank Borzage. Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur B+
The Hurricane Dir. John Ford. C. Aubrey Smith, Jon Hall, Dorothy Lamour B+

In Old Chicago Dir. Henry King. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche B

The Life of Émile Zola Dir. William Dieterle. Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard C–
Lost Horizon Dir. Frank Capra. Ronald Colman, John Howard, H.B. Warner B+

Make Way for Tomorrow Dir. Leo McCarey. Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi B+

Night Must Fall Dir. Richard Thorpe. Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell B
Nothing Sacred Dir. William Wellman. Fredric March, Carole Lombard C+

One Hundred Men and a Girl Dir. Henry Koster. Deanne Durbin B

Quality Street Dir. George Stevens. Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone B–

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Dir. David Hand. Animated A
Stage Door Dir. Gregory La Cava. Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers A–
A Star Is Born Dir. William Wellman. Janet Gaynor, Fredric March B+
Stella Dallas Dir. King Vidor. Barbara Stanwyck, Anne Shirley, John Boles B+

They Won't Forget Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Claude Rains, Edward Norris B+
Topper Dir. Norman Z. McLeod. Roland Young, Constance Bennett B

You Only Live Once Dir. Fritz Lang. Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney B