As You Desire Me 1932  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim, Owen Moore, Hedda Hopper, Rafaela Ottiano, Albert Conti, Roland Varno, Warburton Gamble, William Ricciardi, Edmund Breese
Amnesiac Zara (Greta Garbo) is reunited with her husband (Melvyn Douglas) after her 10-year disappearance caused by violence during the Australian invasion. Despite her amnesia, she falls in love with him again.
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San Francisco 1936  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Ted Healy, Jessie Ralph, Shirley Ross, Edgar Kennedy, Jason Robards Sr., Harold Huber, Margaret Irving, William Ricciardi, Kenneth Harlan, Roger Imhof, Frank Mayo
Blackie Norton (Clark Gable) owns the Paradise beer garden in San Francisco where he hires singer Mary Blake (Jeanette MacDonald) to sing. Romance between Blackie and Mary is in the air, but club patron Jack Burley (Jack Holt) vies for Mary's attentions and offers her a job with the San Francisco Opera. Blackie's friend, Father Mullin (Spencer Tracy), also believes that Mary should be singing somewhere other than at Blackie's bar. Mary is torn between working for Blackie and looking for a classier job. Then fate steps in when San Francisco is hit by the great 1906 Earthquake, and the film's climax takes place amidst the backdrop of fires breaking out, buildings swaying and collapsing, and the rubble brought on by the disaster. This epic film earned a number of Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Spencer Tracy for Best Actor, and W.S. Van Dyke for Best Director) but ended up with only one Oscar–Best Sound Recording.
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Strictly Dishonorable 1931  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone, George Meeker, Sidney Toler, Natalie Moorhead, William Ricciardi, Samuel Bonello, Aldo Franchetti, Carlo Schipa
Based on Preston Sturges' play this story revolves around an opera star (Paul Lukas) whose actions lead to a public slander campaign that interferes with his courting of the woman he loves (Sidney Fox). Remade in 1951.
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Tiger Shark 1932 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen, Zita Johann, Leila Bennett, J. Carrol Naish, Vince Barnett, William Ricciardi, Edwin Maxwell, Henry Armetta, Inez Palange
Mike (Edward G. Robinson) is a tuna fisherman who married Quita (Zita Johann) out of pity for her than love. Her father, who was a friend of Mike, was lost at sea. During that same tragedy, Mike saved his best friend, Pipes (Richard Arlen)–and lost a hand to a shark in the process. Now, it appears that Pipes and Quita are attracted to each other. Good acting and directing result in an excellent film.
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| 1. As You Desire Me (1932)
2. San Francisco (1936)
3. Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
4. Tiger Shark (1932)
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