"Get Shorty" is a comedy film about a Miami mobster who unwittingly gets involved with the production of a Hollywood motion picture. Director Barry Sonnenfeld ("The Addams Family" 1991) created a gangster comedy that has some laughs, but is dragged down by segments of the film containing boring [..]
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
"Steamboat Round the Bend" is a comedy film starring Will Rogers as a steamboat captain who enters his boat into a winner-take-all race on the Mississippi River. Director John Ford ("The Grapes of Wrath" 1940) kept things running smoothly at the helm of this 82-minute picture. [..]
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
"A Tale of Two Cities" is the dramatic story of people's lives set in England and France just before and during the French Revolution. This film adaptation of the 1859 novel by Charles Dickins is crisply directed by Jack Conway ("Boom Town" 1943), from a lucid screenplay by [..]
China Seas (1935)
Get ready for loads of action and adventure on the "China Seas" with Clark Gable and company as pirates take over his ship in the South Pacific. The cast behind Gable in this top-rate MGM production includes Rosalind Russell as his fiance, Jean Harlow as [..]
In Old Kentucky (1935)
"In Old Kentucky" is a comedy film telling the story of two feuding families who decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. This "comedy" in reality provided few laughs and a weak storyline due to unfocused direction by George Marshall ("How the West Was [..]
The Dawn Rider (1935)
John Wayne stars as "The Dawn Rider," a man who is pursuing his father's killer. The talented Wayne stands out in a lackluster cast and in a film that does not have the best production values, a characteristic of "B" films of the 1930's. Director-screenwriter Robert [..]
She (1935)
"She" is an early science fiction film about an English explorer's search for the fountain of youth. It takes him to the Arctic region where he discovers an ancient civilization with a mysterious female leader. The drama proceeds from there, with producer Merian C. Cooper ("King King" 1933) [..]
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
"Magnificent Obsession" is a melodrama about a wealthy young playboy who inadvertently causes the death of his town's respected physician. He experiences a conversion to Christianity, and tries to make amends, to make a long story short. Director John M. Stahl ("Back Street" 1932) made [..]
A Night at the Opera (1935)
The Marx Brothers run amuck in the world of opera as they help two Italian opera singers achieve success in America in "A Night at the Opera." Director Sam Wood ("Goodbye, Mr. Chips" 1939) guided Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx to success in this wacky comedy [..]
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The Best Picture of 1935 is....."Mutiny on the Bounty." Based on true events, this movie tells the story of a crew's revolt against an abusive captain aboard a ship bound for Tahiti in the remote South Pacific Ocean. Clark Gable is in his prime [..]