The 39 Steps (1935)
[8] A Canadian man in London gives refuge to a female spy, but after she's knifed in the back he's accused of her murder. The only way to clear his name is to piece together the clues she left behind and prevent…
Enter Madame! (1934)
[4] Elissa Landi and Cary Grant star in this romantic comedy about an opera fan (Grant) who falls in love with one of its most in-demand singers (Landi). When they marry, Grant's character enjoys the frivolity and camaraderie of Landi and her…
Frisco Kid (1935)
[4] James Cagney (The Public Enemy, The Mayor of Hell) stars as an aimless sailor who makes a name for himself in 1850s San Francisco, running bars and casinos on the notoriously violent Barbary Coast. He falls in love with an upper-crust…
Black Fury (1935)
[4] Paul Muni (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, The Life of Emile Zola) stars as an immigrant coal worker who unwittingly finds himself a union representative in a volatile dispute with the mine owners. When the owners hire 'scabs'…
Captain Blood (1935)
[9] Warner Brothers caught lightning in a bottle when they took a chance on a relatively unknown Tazmanian actor and cast Errol Flynn as Peter Blood in the Oscar-nominated crowd pleaser Captain Blood. Flynn plays a British physician who gets wrongfully sentenced…
Wings in the Dark (1935)
[5] Myrna Loy and Cary Grant play competing pilots-for-hire who fall in love after Grant's character is blinded in a workshop accident. Grant's blindness sends him into frustration and depression, but Loy does her best to give him reasons to live. She…
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
[6] Innovative producer/directors Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper (King Kong, Dr Cyclops) tackle a religious parable that ends in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius with The Last Days of Pompeii. Preston Foster stars as a poor blacksmith hardened by misfortune…
Annie Oakley (1935)
[8] George Stevens (Gunga Din, A Place in the Sun) directs this romanticized tale of an American western legend -- Annie Oakley, the woman sharpshooter who could beat any man at gunplay. While the real Annie Oakley was surely rougher around the…
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
[6] In the first and least successful of their screen pairings, Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant star as swindlers who end up running a traveling vaudeville show on the shores of England. Hepburn's character disguises herself as a young man in order…
Reckless (1935)
[5] Jean Harlow and William Powell star in this romantic comedy about a Broadway singer who impulsively marries a wealthy playboy (Franchot Tone) before realizing her true love is really her long-time agent (Powell). Powell's droll, sardonic humor fits Reckless nicely, but…