Number 17 (1932)

Number 17 (1932)

[5] In one of Alfred Hitchcock's weirdest movies, several characters converge at an empty house in the middle of the night. One character may or may not be a police detective, others may or may not be crooks. Only a Cockney tramp…
Vampyr (1932)

Vampyr (1932)

[6] An occultist beds down at a remote inn where he discovers a young lady succumbing to vampirism after being bitten by an old woman -- an old woman who is supposed to be buried in a nearby graveyard. Despite its title,…
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

[5] Bela Lugosi headlines this Universal horror flick as a carnival showman determined to successfully inject a human being with gorilla blood to prove that man descended from ape. But who in 1845 Paris would willingly subject themselves to such an experiment?…
The Old Dark House (1932)

The Old Dark House (1932)

[8] Five travelers end up stranded at our title location after a fierce night-time storm makes driving the English hillsides too dangerous. The family that lives there is less than hospitable, with secrets that make the evening increasingly frightening. The Old Dark…
The Mummy (1932)

The Mummy (1932)

[3] British archaeologists unearth a disgraced Egyptian prince (Boris Karloff) and accidentally bring him back to life. Ten years later, the mummy -- looking conveniently human -- schemes to reunite with his ancient lover, now reincarnated in the body of one of…
Shopworn (1932)

Shopworn (1932)

[4] Barbara Stanwyck plays a poor waitress who falls in love with a rich man (Regis Toomey), but his mother (Clara Blandick) is determined to keep the two apart. She even goes so far as to have a judge arrest her on…
Doctor X (1932)

Doctor X (1932)

[6] A persistent newspaper reporter (Lee Tracy) sneaks into a clifftop mansion where a scientist (Lionel Atwill) is conducting experiments to determine which of his college associates may be the nefarious 'Moon Killer'. The cast of Doctor X, which includes King Kong's…
Frisco Jenny (1932)

Frisco Jenny (1932)

[7] Ruth Chatterton is our title character, a bootlegging madam in 1906 San Francisco. The big earthquake claims the lives of her father and fiancée, and she ends up giving birth in a Chinatown basement. When poverty gives her no option, she…
The Crowd Roars (1932)

The Crowd Roars (1932)

[4] James Cagney stars as a racecar driver who sacrifices his relationship with Ann Dvorak to help his kid brother (Eric Linden) follow in his skid marks. But when Dvorak gets even by encouraging a girlfriend (Joan Blondell) to take the brother's…
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

[5] Sylvia Sidney (Madame Butterfly, Sabotage) plays a rich girl smitten with a drunkard. Fredric March co-stars as her somewhat charming but sobriety-challenged lover, effectively doing a dry-run for the type of role for which he'd receive an Oscar nomination five years…