{"id":29397,"date":"2011-11-13T16:08:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T00:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?page_id=29397"},"modified":"2011-11-13T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T00:08:09","slug":"my-top-tens-1930s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/?page_id=29397","title":{"rendered":"My Top Tens: 1930s"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/span>y top ten films for each year of the 1930s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing of all films I saw that year as well as films released that year).<\/p>\n

Oh, and I don\u2019t really believe in top \u201cten\u201d lists, despite using the common nomenclature for the title of this page. This is going to be the top several films of each year, down to whatever point I think the films stop being worthy of inclusion. Might be eight one year, might be twenty-three another.<\/p>\n

1939<\/h3>\n

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    \n
  1. The Wizard of Oz<\/li>\n
  2. The Women<\/li>\n
  3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/li>\n
  4. Gone With the Wind<\/li>\n
  5. Stagecoach<\/li>\n
  6. Ninotchka<\/li>\n
  7. Midnight<\/li>\n
  8. Wuthering Heights<\/li>\n
  9. Bachelor Mother<\/li>\n
  10. Dark Victory<\/li>\n
  11. Destry Rides Again<\/li>\n
  12. Dodge City<\/li>\n
  13. Drums Along the Mohawk<\/li>\n
  14. Only Angels Have Wings<\/li>\n
  15. Love Affair<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
    \nThe Rules of the Game
    \nThe Roaring Twenties
    \nYoung Mr. Lincoln
    \nThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
    \nThe Story of the Last Chrysanthemum<\/p>\n

    1938<\/h3>\n

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      \n
    1. The Adventures of Robin Hood<\/li>\n
    2. Bringing Up Baby<\/li>\n
    3. You Can’t Take It With You<\/li>\n
    4. The Lady Vanishes<\/li>\n
    5. Four Daughters<\/li>\n
    6. Holiday<\/li>\n
    7. Porky in Wackyland<\/li>\n
    8. Topper Takes a Trip<\/li>\n
    9. Jezebel<\/li>\n
    10. Carefree<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      TOP FIVE NOT YET SEEN<\/b>
      \nAngels with Dirty Faces
      \nAlexander Nevsky
      \nPort of Shadows
      \nLa bete humaine
      \nOlympiad<\/p>\n

      1937<\/h3>\n

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        \n
      1. Stage Door<\/li>\n
      2. The Awful Truth<\/li>\n
      3. Grand Illusion<\/li>\n
      4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/li>\n
      5. A Day at the Races<\/li>\n
      6. Topper<\/li>\n
      7. Nothing Sacred<\/li>\n
      8. Stella Dallas<\/li>\n
      9. Shall We Dance<\/li>\n
      10. A Star is Born<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
        \nCaptains Courageous
        \nMake Way for Tomorrow
        \nPepe le Moko
        \nYou Only Live Once
        \nWay Out West
        \nThe Good Earth<\/p>\n

        1936<\/h3>\n

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          \n
        1. Modern Times<\/li>\n
        2. Swing Time<\/li>\n
        3. Libeled Lady<\/li>\n
        4. After the Thin Man<\/li>\n
        5. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town<\/li>\n
        6. Follow the Fleet<\/li>\n
        7. Sabotage<\/li>\n
        8. Poor Little Rich Girl<\/li>\n
        9. My Man Godfrey<\/li>\n
        10. Three Smart Girls<\/li>\n
        11. The Petrified Forest<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          TOP FIVE YET TO WATCH<\/b>
          \nDodsworth
          \nThings to Come
          \nCamille
          \nThe Lower Depths
          \nThe Crime of Monsieur Lange<\/p>\n

          1935<\/h3>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Top Hat<\/li>\n
          2. Captain Blood<\/li>\n
          3. The 39 Steps<\/li>\n
          4. Bride of Frankenstein<\/li>\n
          5. A Night at the Opera<\/li>\n
          6. The Little Colonel<\/li>\n
          7. Triumph of the Will<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
            \nThe Informer
            \nA Tale of Two Cities
            \nAnna Karenina
            \nDavid Copperfield
            \nDangerous<\/p>\n

            1934<\/h3>\n

            \"\"<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. The Thin Man<\/li>\n
            2. It Happened One Night<\/li>\n
            3. The Gay Divorcee<\/li>\n
            4. Tarzan and His Mate<\/li>\n
            5. Twentieth Century<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
              \nThe Girl from Missouri
              \nThe Scarlet Empress
              \nA Story of Floating Weeds
              \nIt’s a Gift
              \nL’Atalante<\/p>\n

              1933<\/h3>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. King Kong<\/li>\n
              2. Lady for a Day<\/li>\n
              3. 42nd Street<\/li>\n
              4. Gold Diggers of 1933<\/li>\n
              5. Dinner at Eight<\/li>\n
              6. Duck Soup<\/li>\n
              7. The Story of Temple Drake<\/li>\n
              8. Mystery of the Wax Museum<\/li>\n
              9. Little Women<\/li>\n
              10. Footlight Parade<\/li>\n
              11. Design for Living<\/li>\n
              12. Queen Christina<\/li>\n
              13. The Kennel Murder Case<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                \nBombshell
                \nThe Testament of Dr. Mabuse
                \nSons of the Desert
                \nZero for Conduct
                \nI’m No Angel<\/p>\n

                1932<\/h3>\n

                \"\"<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Trouble in Paradise<\/li>\n
                2. Love Me Tonight<\/li>\n
                3. Scarface<\/li>\n
                4. American Madness<\/li>\n
                5. This is the Night<\/li>\n
                6. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang<\/li>\n
                7. Horse Feathers<\/li>\n
                8. White Zombie<\/li>\n
                9. One Hour With You<\/li>\n
                10. The Old Dark House<\/li>\n
                11. Red Dust<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                  \nShanghai Express
                  \nVampyr
                  \nFreaks
                  \nIsland of Lost Souls
                  \nThe Mummy<\/p>\n

                  1931<\/h3>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Frankenstein<\/li>\n
                  2. M<\/li>\n
                  3. City Lights<\/li>\n
                  4. Private Lives<\/li>\n
                  5. The Miracle Woman<\/li>\n
                  6. The Public Enemy<\/li>\n
                  7. The Champ<\/li>\n
                  8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/li>\n
                  9. Monkey Business<\/li>\n
                  10. Dracula<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                    \nNight Nurse
                    \nMaedchen in Uniform
                    \nThe Front Page
                    \nThe Maltese Falcon
                    \nTabu: A Story of the South Seas<\/p>\n

                    1930<\/h3>\n

                    \"\"<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. All Quiet on the Western Front<\/li>\n
                    2. The Big Trail<\/li>\n
                    3. Animal Crackers<\/li>\n
                    4. The Blue Angel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                      \nPeople on Sunday
                      \nLadies of Leisure
                      \nMorocco
                      \nHell’s Angels
                      \nMurder!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      My top ten films for each year of the 1930s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing  [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28561,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29397"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29397\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}