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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:01:02 GMT
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:03:31 GMT
Warner Brothers/First National
1933: 50 RELEASES
JANUARY
LAWYER MANFRISCO JENNYHARD TO HANDLEPARACHUTE JUMPERFEBRUARYLADIES THEY TALK ABOUTEMPLOYEES’ ENTRANCEMYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUMTHE KING’S VACATIONMARCH
BLONDIE JOHNSONGIRL MISSING42ND STREETGRAND SLAMTHE TELEGRAPH TRAILTHE KEYHOLEAPRILTHE MIND READERCENTRAL AIRPORTTHE WORKING MANELMER THE GREATMAYPICTURE SNATCHERLILLY TURNEREX-LADYTHE LITTLE GIANTGOLD DIGGERS OF 1933JUNETHE LIFE OF JIMMY DOLANPRIVATE DETECTIVE 62THE SILK EXPRESSHEROES FOR SALETHE MAYOR OF HELLJULYBABY FACETHE NARROW CORNERSHE HAD TO SAY YESMARY STEVENS M.D.AUGUSTVOLTAIRECAPTURED!SEPTEMBERGOODBYE AGAINBUREAU OF MISSING PERSONSI LOVED A WOMANOCTOBERWILD BOYS OF THE ROADFOOTLIGHT PARADETHE KENNEL MURDER CASEEVER IN MY HEARTNOVEMBER
COLLEGE COACHFEMALEFROM HEADQUARTERSHAVANA WIDOWSTHE WORLD CHANGESDECEMBERLADY KILLERCONVENTION CITYTHE HOUSE ON 56TH STREETSON OF A SAILOR
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:05:23 GMT
United Artists
1933: 12 RELEASES
FEBRUARYHALLELUJAH I’M A BUMMARCHPERFECT UNDERSTANDINGSECRETSMAYI COVER THE WATERFRONTJUNESAMARANGSEPTEMBERTHE MASQUERADETHE EMPEROR JONESOCTOBERTHE BOWERYNOVEMBERBROADWAY THROUGH A KEYHOLEBLOOD MONEYDECEMBERADVICE TO THE LOVELORNROMAN SCANDALS
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:07:51 GMT
Columbia
1933: 43 RELEASES
JANUARYTHE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YENAIR HOSTESSMAN OF ACTIONFEBRUARYTREASONSTATE TROOPERCHILD OF MANHATTANMARCHSILENT MENPAROLE GIRLOBEY THE LAWTHE CALIFORNIA TRAILBELOW THE SEAAPRILSOLDIERS OF THE STORMTHE CIRCUS QUEEN MURDERTHE WHIRLWINDSO THIS IS AFRICANIGHT OF TERRORTHE THRILL HUNTERMAYUNKNOWN VALLEYWHEN STRANGERS MARRYRUSTY RIDES ALONEJUNECOCKTAIL HOURANN CARVER’S PROFESSIONDANGEROUS CROSSROADSWHAT PRICE INNOCENCE?THE WOMAN I STOLEJULYTHE WRECKERSEPTEMBERLADY FOR A DAYBRIEF MOMENTPOLICE CAR 17OCTOBERMY WOMANFURY OF THE JUNGLEHOLD THE PRESSMAN’S CASTLENOVEMBERKING OF THE WILD HORSESFOGBEFORE MIDNIGHTEAST OF FIFTH AVENUEMASTER OF MENDECEMBERSHADOWS OF SING SINGABOVE THE CLOUDSSTRAIGHTAWAYLET’S FALL IN LOVETHE FIGHTING CODE
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:10:47 GMT
MGM
1933: 45 RELEASES
JANUARYWHISTLING IN THE DARKFEBRUARYTHE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHEWHAT! NO BEER?MEN MUST FIGHTCLEAR ALL WIRES!MARCHFAST WORKERSGABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSEAPRILTODAY WE LIVETHE WHITE SISTERLOOKING FORWARDMAYTHE DEVIL’S BROTHERTHE BARBARIANMADE ON BROADWAYPEG O’ MY HEARTJUNETHE NUISANCEHELL BELOWREUNION IN VIENNAWHEN LADIES MEETMIDNIGHT MARYJULYHOLD YOUR MANSTORM AT DAYBREAKANOTHER LANGUAGETHE STRANGER’S RETURNAUGUSTTUGBOAT ANNIETURN BACK THE CLOCKDINNER AT EIGHTSEPTEMBERBEAUTY FOR SALEPENTHOUSEBROADWAY TO HOLLYWOODTHE SOLITAIRE MANSTAGE MOTHEROCTOBERNIGHT FLIGHTBOMBSHELLMEET THE BARONDAY OF RECKONINGNOVEMBERTHE CHIEFTHE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADYESKIMOCHRISTOPHER BEANDANCING LADYDECEMBERSHOULD LADIES BEHAVETHE WOMEN IN HIS LIFEGOING HOLLYWOODQUEEN CHRISTINASONS OF THE DESERT
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:13:08 GMT
Monogram
1933: 26 RELEASES
JANUARYJUNGLE BRIDEWEST OF SINGAPOREFEBRUARYOLIVER TWISTMARCHBREED OF THE BORDERTHE PHANTOM BROADCASTWINE WOMEN AND SONGAPRILBLACK BEAUTYDIAMOND TRAILMAYTRAILING NORTHTHE RETURN OF CASEY JONESTHE GALLANT FOOLJUNETHE SPHINXFIGHTING TEXANSJULYTHE FUGITIVERAINBOW RANCHAUGUSTGALLOPING ROMEOTHE AVENGERRANGER’S CODETHE DEVIL’S MATESENSATION HUNTERSSKYWAYOCTOBERRIDERS OF DESTINYBROKEN DREAMSTHE SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHIDECEMBERSAGEBRUSH TRAILHE COULDN’T TAKE IT
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:16:34 GMT
Paramount
1933: 59 RELEASES
JANUARYTHE BILLION DOLLAR SCANDALISLAND OF LOST SOULSTONIGHT IS OURSTHE MYSTERIOUS RIDERSHE DONE HIM WRONGFEBRUARYLUXURY LINERTHE SIGN OF THE CROSSTHE WOMAN ACCUSEDHELLO EVERYBODY!FROM HELL TO HEAVENCRIME OF THE CENTURYMARCHHE LEARNED ABOUT WOMENA LADY’S PROFESSIONKING OF THE JUNGLESTRICTLY PERSONALPICK UPMURDERS IN THE ZOOAPRILUNDER THE TONTO RIMTERROR ABOARDA BEDTIME STORYSONG OF THE EAGLEMAYTHE EAGLE AND THE HAWKTHE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKESUPERNATURALSUNSET PASSTHE GIRL IN 419JUNEINTERNATIONAL HOUSEI LOVE THAT MANJENNIE GERHARDTGAMBLING SHIPCOLLEGE HUMORJULYDISGRACED!MAMA LOVES PAPAMAN OF THE FORESTHER BODYGUARDMIDNIGHT CLUBAUGUSTTHREE-CORNERED MOONTHE SONG OF SONGSBIG EXECUTIVETHIS DAY AND AGESEPTEMBERONE SUNDAY AFTERNOONTORCH SINGERTOO MUCH HARMONYTO THE LAST MANGOLDEN HARVESTOCTOBERI’M NO ANGELTILLIE AND GUSTHE WAY TO LOVEHELL AND HIGH WATERTAKE A CHANCENOVEMBERWHITE WOMANDUCK SOUPCRADLE SONGTHE THUNDERING HERDSITTING PRETTYDECEMBERLONE COWBOYGIRL WITHOUT A ROOMALICE IN WONDERLANDDESIGN FOR LIVING
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:19:05 GMT
Radio Pictures
1933: 48 RELEASES
JANUARYNO OTHER WOMANTHE MONKEY’S PAWTHE CHEYENNE KIDTHE PAST OF MARY HOLMESGOLDIE GETS ALONGLUCKY DEVILSFEBRUARYTHE GREAT JASPEROUR BETTERSTOPAZEMARCHKING KONGSAILOR BE GOODCHRISTOPHER STRONGSCARLET RIVERAPRILSWEEPINGSDIPLOMANIACSMAYSON OF THE BORDERTHE SILVER CORDMAN HUNTJUNETOMORROW AT SEVENPROFESSIONAL SWEETHEARTMELODY CRUISEEMERGENCY CALLBED OF ROSESCROSS FIREJULYDOUBLE HARNESSFLYING DEVILSHEADLINE SHOOTERAUGUSTBEFORE DAWNTHE BIG BRAINNO MARRIAGE TIESMORNING GLORYBLIND ADVENTUREDELUGESEPTEMBERRAFTER ROMANCEONE MAN’S JOURNEYMIDSHIPMAN JACKANN VICKERSFLAMING GOLDOCTOBERACE OF ACESAFTER TONIGHTCHANCE AT HEAVENNOVEMBERAGGIE APPLEBY MAKER OF MENGOODBYE LOVELITTLE WOMENTHE RIGHT TO ROMANCEDECEMBERIF I WERE FREEFLYING DOWN TO RIOSON OF KONG
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:21:51 GMT
Fox
1933: 49 RELEASES
JANUARYROBBERS’ ROOSTSECOND HAND WIFEHOT PEPPERFACE IN THE SKYFEBRUARYDANGEROUSLY YOURSINFERNAL MACHINESTATE FAIRSMOKE LIGHTNINGBROADWAY BADMARCHHUMANITYSAILOR’S LUCKAFTER THE BALLPLEASURE CRUISEBONDAGEAPRILHELLO SISTER!CAVALCADETRICK FOR TRICKZOO IN BUDAPESTMAYTHE WARRIOR’S HUSBANDADORABLEHOLD ME TIGHTJUNEIT’S GREAT TO BE ALIVEI LOVED YOU WEDNESDAYBEST OF ENEMIESARIZONA TO BROADWAYJULYLIFE IN THE RAWTHE MAN WHO DAREDTHE DEVIL’S IN LOVEAUGUSTSHANGHAI MADNESSPILGRIMAGETHE LAST TRAILSEPTEMBERPADDY THE NEXT BEST THINGTHE GOOD COMPANIONSCHARLIE CHAN’S GREATEST CASEDOCTOR BULLMY WEAKNESSOCTOBERTHE POWER AND THE GLORYWALLS OF GOLDTHE WORST WOMAN IN PARIS?THE MAD GAMENOVEMBERBERKELEY SQUAREMY LIPS BETRAYOLSEN’S BIG MOMENTJIMMY AND SALLYHOOP-LADECEMBERSMOKYI WAS A SPYMR. SKITCHAS HUSBANDS GO
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:25:46 GMT
Universal
1933: 36 RELEASES
JANUARYTHEY JUST HAD TO GET MARRIEDLAUGHTER IN HELLFEBRUARYNAGANATERROR TRAILCLANCY OF THE MOUNTEDMARCHRUSTLERS’ ROUNDUPPRIVATE JONESAPRILDESTINATION UNKNOWNOUT ALL NIGHTTHE COHENS AND KELLYS IN TROUBLELUCKY DOGMAYTHE BIG CAGETHE KISS BEFORE THE MIRRORTHE PHANTOM OF THE AIRJUNEKING OF THE ARENAHORSE PLAYDON’T BET ON LOVEJULYTHE FIDDLIN’ BUCKAROOSECRET OF THE BLUE ROOMAUGUSTMOONLIGHT AND PRETZELSHER FIRST MATEGORDON OF GHOST CITYSEPTEMBERTHE TRAIL DRIVES.O.S. EISBERGLADIES MUST LOVEOCTOBERSATURDAY’S MILLIONSLOVE HONOR AND OH BABY!THE PERILS OF PAULINESTRAWBERRY ROANNOVEMBERONLY YESTERDAYTHE INVISIBLE MANMYRT AND MARGEDECEMBERKING FOR A NIGHTCOUNSELLOR AT LAWGUN JUSTICEBY CANDLELIGHT
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 2:27:33 GMT
Best Picture: CAVALCADE – Fox
Best Director: Frank Lloyd for CAVALCADE – Fox
Best Actor: Charles Laughton for THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII – British
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn for MORNING GLORY – Radio Pictures
Best Supporting Actor: None
Best Supporting Actress: None
Highest grossing film: ROMAN SCANDALS – United Artists
The qualifying period was for films released between August 1, 1932 and December 31, 1933. |
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Post by Swithin on May 31, 2023 2:54:48 GMT
Reading these lists reminds me that, although there are many films I love on them, there are also many films I've never heard of. I guess my favorite pre-code is FRISCO JENNY, which has one of the most truly heartbreaking endings of any movie, with Helen Jerome Eddy burning the clippings. It's an interesting shot, from behind the fireplace. Ruth Chatterton is great as Jenny, and the whole cast shines. The screenwriters included Wilson Mizner, about whom Stephen Sondheim wrote one of his lesser-known musicals. The plot is basically an inverted Madame X. In Frisco Jenny, she commits the crime to protect her son, but in this case, her son is not her lawyer; he's the district attorney who sends her to her death. But she won't reveal that she's his mother. And First National's Frisco Jenny may have been the first talkie to depict the San Francisco Earthquake, which was later depicted by MGM ( San Francisco) and Warner Brothers ( The Sisters).  |
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Post by I Love Melvin on May 31, 2023 13:40:12 GMT
I hadn't realized that Son of Kong, which was released in December, came so quickly after King Kong, which was released in March. That's an amazing turnaround time, unless they'd already started working on it before King Kong became such a hit.
1933 was probably the last year something like Warners' Baby Face could have been made; it may even have been partly responsible for the Code being rushed into place. I love the device of the camera panning up one floor of the building after each one of her new conquests brings her closer to the top. It's not an entirely original story idea, but I'm surprised it wasn't remade during the 1960's, when steamy melodramas had a big resurgence as the Code was crumbling. Carroll Baker made some doozies like The Carpetbaggers during that time and maybe could have pulled it off.
I think Fox's State Fair still only exists in a relatively poor copy (?), but I was pleased when I finally caught up with it. It's a great opportunity to see Will Rogers' sardonic humor on film. I like Charles Winninger and Tom Ewell in the later musical versions, but I think I like Will Rogers the best.
I'm also fond of Roman Scandals, Samuel Goldwyn's musical released through United Artists. It stars Eddie Cantor and Ruth Etting and features some big Busby Berkeley numbers using Goldwyn's in-house Goldwyn Girls. Goldwyn didn't do things on the cheap and it shows.
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Post by topbilled on May 31, 2023 13:44:30 GMT
A restored version of STATE FAIR '33 used to air on the old Fox Movie Channel. Not sure if it was ever released on DVD.
Will Rogers and Janet Gaynor were Fox's two biggest stars at this time...until Shirley Temple came along.
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Post by I Love Melvin on May 31, 2023 14:03:08 GMT
A restored version of STATE FAIR '33 used to air on the old Fox Movie Channel. Not sure if it was ever released on DVD.
Will Rogers and Janet Gaynor were Fox's two biggest stars at this time...until Shirley Temple came along. Thanks. Many years later Fox brought Janet Gaynor back to play Pat Boone's mother in Bernardine (1957, her final film, and it was really nice seeing her again. I should have mentioned that there's a qualifier for my recommendation of Roman Scandals, and that's the fact that Eddie Cantor and some of the chorus appear in blackface, something which he seems to have done quite a bit in his career. His roots were on the stage and he and other stage stars and directors seem to have imported the practice to Hollywood. |
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