Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

[6] Waltzes from Vienna, or Strauss' Great Waltz as it was retitled in America, is perhaps Alfred Hitchcock's least popular film, and one the director regarded as one of the lowest ebbs in his career. While it certainly falls outside the director's…
The Skin Game (1931)

The Skin Game (1931)

[5] In this middling, early Alfred Hitchcock film, the aristocratic Hillcrist family battles with the industrialist Hornblower family over a plot of land in a small English village. The Hornblowers want to build a factory and erect unsightly smoke stacks, while the…
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

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…
Anthony Adverse (1936)

Anthony Adverse (1936)

[6] In 18th century Italy, an orphan boy comes of age with the help of nuns and a kindly mentor, falls in love, gets embroiled in the slave trade, and fights for his inheritance in this adaptation of Hervey Allen's sprawling novel.…
Them! (1954)

Them! (1954)

[6] Often regarded the best of the atomic age 'giant critter' flicks, Them! is best in the beginning, during two police officers' discovery of a little girl roaming the desert in a catatonic state. Looking for her family, they come across a…
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

[4] A man named Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) steps in to replace a drunken Santa in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and does such a good job that Macy's then hires him to play Santa in their stores during the holiday season. But when…