Screenplay: Dan Totheroh

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Neil Hamilton · William Janney

Synopsis The Dawn Patrol (1930) centers on the lives of the pilots and ground crew stationed at a Royal Flying Corps airbase, who cope with the pressures of war through intense nightly drinking sessions. The film focuses on two skilled pilots,...

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Edward Arnold · Walter Huston · James Craig · Jane Darwell

Synopsis The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) follows the story of Jabez Stone, a hardworking but struggling farmer in New Hampshire, portrayed by James Craig. In a moment of desperation, Stone carelessly wishes for wealth and prosperity, unwittingly summoning the devilish...

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast Robert Donat · Elissa Landi · Louis Calhern · Sidney Blackmer

Synopsis The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) follows the gripping tale of Edmond Dantes, who finds himself unjustly incarcerated in the formidable Chateau d'If. His crime? Merely delivering a message from the exiled Napoleon on Elba. While behind bars, Dantes is...

Direction Edmund Goulding

Cast Errol Flynn · David Niven · Basil Rathbone · Donald Crisp

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Ida Lupino · Dane Clark · Wayne Morris · Fay Bainter

Synopsis Deep Valley (1947) follows the story of Libby, a young woman who resides in a dilapidated shack with her indifferent parents, leading a life marked by poverty and lack of education. Her world takes a dramatic turn when a group...

Direction Richard Wallace

Cast Charles 'Buddy' Rogers · Mary Brian · June Collyer · Henry B. Walthall

Synopsis The River of Romance (1929) is set in the 1830s along the Mississippi River. Tom Rumsford returns to his family's estate, Magnolia Landing, after being raised by Quaker relatives in the North. His aversion to violence leads him to refuse...

Direction Richard Wallace

Cast Gary Cooper · Beryl Mercer · Daisy Belmore · Nora Cecil

Synopsis Seven Days Leave (1930) follows the journey of a young Canadian soldier who sustains injuries during World War I. As he recuperates in London, a YMCA worker informs him about a Scottish widow (Beryl Mercer) who, lacking a son, believes...

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast Loretta Young · Gene Raymond · O.P. Heggie · Wally Albright

Synopsis Zoo in Budapest (1933) follows the story of the charismatic Zani, who has dedicated his life to working at the zoo and has a deep affection for animals. His love for animals leads him to a peculiar habit of stealing...

Direction James Whale

Cast Edward Arnold · Robert Young · Constance Cummings · George Meeker

Synopsis Remember Last Night? (1935) follows a group of revelers who, after an evening of excessive celebration at a friend's residence, find themselves in a state of shock. Upon waking, they realize that their host has been brutally murdered in his...

Direction Elliott Nugent

Cast Jean Parker · Tom Brown · ZaSu Pitts · Arthur Byron

Synopsis Two Alone (1934) follows the story of Mazie, a destitute orphan who endures harsh treatment from the cruel farmer Slag and his wife, for whom she toils. When a runaway from a reform school, Adam, arrives, he too is subjected...

Direction Wallace Fox

Cast Richard Dix · Leila Hyams · Moroni Olsen · Jessie Ralph

Synopsis Yellow Dust (1936) follows the journey of a man wrongfully accused of a string of stagecoach heists. Falsely implicated, he embarks on a quest to clear his name by tracking down the genuine culprits and proving his innocence.