30's to 40's - Movies

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the 1930's to 1940's

 

   

   

Rain

1932

Joan Crawford, Walter Huston

(W. Somerset Maugham's story of Miss Sadie Thompson,
the legendary fallen woman redeemed by the love of a 
self-destructive fire and brimstone missionary
on a remote South Seas island.)

 

 

    

    

Lost Horizon

1937

Ronald Coleman, Jane Wyatt

(Journey into the mysterious land of
 "Shangri-La", a land of peace and quiet.)

 

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Pygmalion

1938

Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard

(Shaw's telling of the Pygmalion story,
where a man falls in love with his creation.)

 

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Ninotchka

1939

Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas

(Russian agent coming to light hearted Paris.)

 

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Citizen Kane

1941

Orson Welles

(Hearst like publisher's rise to power)

 

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Casablanca

1942

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

(Night club owner in war torn North Africa finding old flame and her husband)

 

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Henry V

1945

Lawrence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leo Genn

(Shakespeare's play set at Globe theater in 1500's.)

 

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The Red Shoes

1948

Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann

(young ballerina is torn between career and love.)

 

        

 

    

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood

(castoff member of titled family setting out to eliminate them all)

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