Becky Sharp 1935  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, G.P. Huntley, William Stack, George Hassell, William Faversham, Charles Richman, Doris Lloyd, Colin Tapley
Often cited as the first full-length color movie, this film is based on William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair." Miriam Hopkins takes on the title role of self-centered social-climber Becky Sharp who does not care how she gets there on her rise to the top of British society.
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Dark Victory 1939  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, Cora Witherspoon, Virginia Brissac, Dorothy Peterson, Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Richman, Leonard Mudie, Fay Helm, John Ridgely, David Newell
A young heiress (Bette Davis) learns that she has a fatal brain tumor. During the course of treatment, she falls in love with her doctor (George Brent) and finds new meaning in her life.
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His Double Life 1933 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Arthur Hopkins
Cast: Roland Young, Lillian Gish, Lumsden Hare, Montagu Love, Lucy Beaumont, Charles Richman, Oliver Smith, Philip Tonge, Audrey Ridgewell, Regina DeValet
In this film based on Arnold Bennett's play, Roland Young takes the role of shy artist Priam Farrel whose death is mistakenly reported when the body of his valet is identified as that of Farrel. Going along with the error, Farrel attends his own funeral at Westminster Abbey and then meets and marries spinster Alice (Lillian Gish). But, life happily ever after is not an easy goal to obtain.
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Thanks a Million 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly, Raymond Walburn, David Rubinoff, Benny Baker, Andrew Tombes, Alan Dinehart, Paul Harvey, Edwin Maxwell, Margaret Irving, Charles Richman, Lynn Bari, Harry Stubbs
Eric Land (Dick Powell) is the leading man in a traveling musical show whose manager Ned Lyman (Fred Allen) talks him into taking the place of an alcoholic candidate and running for the office of Governor of Pennsylvania. The campaigning proves disastrous for Eric's relationship with his girlfriend Sally (Ann Dvorak), and Eric wants out of politics. However, the people now love Eric, and he wins the election–and Sally as well.
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| 1. Becky Sharp (1935)
2. Dark Victory (1939)
3. His Double Life (1933)
4. Thanks a Million (1935)
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