2024 Summer Movie Talk – Part 12

My Favorites from 1930 – 1939

I won’t make any claims other than these are the movies from the 1930’s that I like best.  And without trying I could add a whole bunch more (see the runners up list below).  People say that 1939 was Hollywood’s greatest year.  Based on my tastes I’d say 1934 was the high point.

I’m sure opinions will differ.  Have at it.

1. Dracula (1931)
2. Frankenstein (1931)
3. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
4. The Mummy (1932)
5. King Kong (1933)
6. Babes in Toyland (1934)
7. It Happened One Night (1934)
8. It’s a Gift (1934)
9. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
10. The Thin Man (1934)
11. Treasure Island (1934)
12. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
13. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
14. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
15. A Night at the Opera (1935)
16. Dead End (1937)
17. The Good Earth (1937)
18. Topper (1937)
19. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
20. A Christmas Carol (1938)
21. Gunga Din (1939)
22. Ninotchka (1939)
23. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Runners-Up List

1931

Little Caesar

City Lights

The Public Enemy

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1932

A Farewell to Arms,

Grand Hotel

Horse Feathers

Scarface

Tarzan the Ape Man

1933

42nd Street

Dinner at Eight

Duck Soup

The Invisible Man

The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Son of Kong

1935

The 39 Steps

Ah, Wilderness!

Captain Blood

The Glass Key

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Ruggles of Red Gap

Werewolf of London

1936

After the Thin Man

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

My Man Godfrey

Things to Come

1937

Captains Courageous

A Day at the Races

Heidi

Lost Horizon

The Prince and the Pauper

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Prisoner of Zenda ₁

1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Angels with Dirty Faces

The Lady Vanishes

You Can’t Take It with You

1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Destry Rides Again

The Four Feathers

Gone with the Wind

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Of Mice and Men

Stagecoach

 ₁  Master Diver