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- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAl JolsonMay McAvoyWarner OlandThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.Warner Brothers, dir. Crosland; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-jazz-singer-1927.html - DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsBessie LoveAnita PageCharles KingA pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.MGM, dir. Beaumont; 5
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-broadway-melody-1929.html - DirectorRobert FloreyJoseph SantleyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxDuring the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.Paramount, dir. Florey, Santley; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-cocoanuts-1929.html - DirectorAlan CroslandStarsArthur LakeBetty CompsonJoe E. BrownA musical advertised as the first 100% natural color, all-singing production. The plot concerns a wide-eyed former hatcheck girl who takes the place of a rebellious star.Warner Bros, dir. Crosland; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/on-with-show-1929.html - DirectorCharles ReisnerChristy CabanneNorman HoustonStarsConrad NagelJack BennyJohn GilbertAn all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.MGM, dir. Reisner, Cabanne; 5-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929-1929.html - DirectorKing VidorStarsDaniel L. HaynesNina Mae McKinneyWilliam FountaineA sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.MGM, dir. Vidor; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/hallelujah-1929.html - DirectorLuther ReedStarsBebe DanielsJohn BolesBert WheelerCapt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit.RKO, dir. Reed; 5-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/rio-rita-1929.html - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsCharlotte GreenwoodClaude GillingwaterGrant WithersUncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets a wise talking employee named Letty which causes him to leave the Hotel. When he finds Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife and likes her and the way she keeps a clean house. To get a big check from Uncle Claude and to see how life is with the other, the two couples switch spouses for a week.Warner Bros, dir. Bacon; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/so-long-letty-1929.html - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldLupino LaneThe queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.Paramount, dir. Lubitsch; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-love-parade-1929.html - DirectorVictor HeermanStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.Paramount, dir. Heerman; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/animal-crackers-1930-7.html - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsJeanette MacDonaldJack BuchananClaud AllisterA countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.Paramount, dir. Lubitsch; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/monte-carlo-1930-7.html - DirectorThornton FreelandStarsEddie CantorEthel ShuttaPaul GregoryWestern sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.Goldwyn, dir. Freeland; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/whoopee-1930-6.html - DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsJeanette MacDonaldJohn GarrickJoe E. BrownSundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.Schenk Prod., dir. Stein; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-lottery-bride-1930-6.html - DirectorTrevor NunnStarsWillard WhiteCynthia HaymonGregg BakerThe story of a disabled beggar in Charleston, S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which uses Gershwin's own orchestrations and practically all of the music, with only one major cut.BBC, dir. Nunn; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/american-playhouse-porgy-and-bess-1981-7.html - DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsSidney PoitierDorothy DandridgeSammy Davis Jr.A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.Goldwyn, dir. Preminger; 7-
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http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/08/porgy-and-bess-1959-7.html - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierClaudette ColbertMiriam HopkinsAn amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.Paramount, dir. Lubitsch; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-smiling-lieutenant-1931-6.html - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxThe Marx BrothersOn a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.Paramount, dir. McLeod; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/monkey-business-1931-7.html - DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsEddie CantorCharlotte GreenwoodBarbara WeeksThe assistant of a phony psychic leaves the fraudulent business and becomes an efficiency expert.Goldwyn, dir. Sutherland; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/palmy-days-1931-6.html - DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsBert LahrCharlotte GreenwoodPat O'BrienAn eccentric inventor and his new flying machine are the focus of this musical comedy.MGM, dir. Reisner; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/flying-high-1931-6.html - DirectorGeorge CukorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldGenevieve TobinAn unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.Paramount, dir. Lubitsch; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/one-hour-with-you-1932-7.html - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxQuincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.Paramount, dir. McLeod; 7+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/horse-feathers-1932-7.html - DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldCharles RugglesA Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.Paramount, dir. Mamoulian; 8+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/love-me-tonight-1932-8.html - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsEddie CantorLyda RobertiRobert YoungAn innocent man accused of robbing banks masquerades as a bullfighter to escape the police.Goldwyn, dir. McCarey; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-kid-from-spain-1932-6.html - DirectorAlexander HallGeorge SomnesStarsClaudette ColbertRicardo CortezDavid MannersWhen she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer.Paramount, dir. Hall & Somnes; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/torch-singer-1933-6.html - DirectorLowell ShermanStarsMae WestCary GrantOwen MooreIn the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.Paramount, dir. Sherman; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/she-done-him-wrong-1933-6.html - DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsAl JolsonMadge EvansFrank MorganA New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attemptUA distr, dir & prod Milestone; 8
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/hallelujah-im-bum-1933-8.html - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWarner BaxterBebe DanielsGeorge BrentWhen the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.Warner Bros, dir. Bacon; 8+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/42nd-street-1933-8.html - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellAline MacMahonA wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.Warner Bros, dir. LeRoy; 8
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/gold-diggers-of-1933-1933-8.html - DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsHelen MorganJoan PeersFuller Mellish Jr.A burlesque star seeks to keep her convent-raised daughter away from her low-down life and abusive lover/stage manager.Paramount, dir. Mamoulian; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/applause-1929-6.html - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellRuby KeelerChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.Warner Bros, dir. Bacon; 8
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/footlight-parade-1933-8.html - DirectorWesley RugglesStarsMae WestCary GrantGregory RatoffCircus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.Paramount, dir. Ruggles; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/im-no-angel-1933-6.html - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.Paramount, dir. McCarey; 9
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/duck-soup-1933-9.html - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableFranchot ToneAn attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.MGM, dir. Leonard; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/dancing-lady-1933-6.html - DirectorFrank TuttleStarsEddie CantorRuth EttingGloria StuartA kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.Goldwyn, dir. Tuttle; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/roman-scandals-1933-7.html - DirectorThornton FreelandStarsDolores Del RíoGene RaymondRaul RoulienA bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.RKO, dir. Freeland; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/flying-down-to-rio-1933-7.html - DirectorRaoul WalshStarsMarion DaviesBing CrosbyFifi D'OrsayA love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.MGM, dir. Walsh; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/going-hollywood-1933-6.html - DirectorElliott NugentStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenJoe MorrisonA young girl runs away from her carnival family to make it in New York City and becomes involved with a handsome young songwriter.Paramount, dir. Nugent; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/love-in-bloom-1935.html - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenGeorge BarbierAlarmed that his younger daughter is about to marry a gold-digger, a millionaire turns over the fortune to her ditsy older sister for safe-keeping to his ultimate regret, protection.Paramount, dir. McLeod; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/here-comes-cookie-1935-6.html - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam PowellBette DavisFrank McHughWhen the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.First National (WB), dir. Dieterle; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/fashions-of-1934-1934-6.html - DirectorWilliam K. HowardSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroJeanette MacDonaldFrank MorganA romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.MGM, dir. Howard & Wood; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-cat-and-fiddle-1934-6.html - DirectorJames CruzeErich von StroheimStarsErich von StroheimDonald DouglasBetty CompsonAn insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.James Cruze Productions, dir. Cruze; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-great-gabbo-1929-7.html - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsAl JolsonKay FrancisDolores Del RíoHarry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out, that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane she kills him.First National (WB), dir. Bacon; 8
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/wonder-bar-1934-8.html - DirectorHamilton MacFaddenStarsWarner BaxterMadge EvansJames DunnA little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow.Fox Film Corp, dir. MacFadden; 5-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/stand-up-and-cheer-1934-5.html - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsBing CrosbyCarole LombardGeorge BurnsYacht owner is stranded on island with her socialite friends, a wacky husband and wife research team, and a singing sailor.Paramount, dir. Taurog; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/were-not-dressing-1934-6.html - DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsCarl BrissonVictor McLaglenJack OakieA homicide detective with an eye for the ladies, investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities, allows the music revue to continue during the investigation.Paramount, dir. Leisen; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/murder-at-vanities-1934-6.html - DirectorRichard BoleslawskiAllan DwanEdmund GouldingStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJimmy DuranteJimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party for him so that he might use the lions in his next movie, but his film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante can.MGM, dir. various; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/hollywood-party-1934-6.html - DirectorRay EnrightBusby BerkeleyStarsJoan BlondellDick PowellRuby KeelerA multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.Warner Bros, dir. Enright+Berkeley; 7+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/dames-1934-7.html - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsMae WestRoger PryorJohnny Mack BrownRuby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans, mostly to get away from prizefighter Tiger Kid. Installed as the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club", ran by Ace Lamont, she quickly becomes the toast of the town and also marked as personal property by Ace, arousing the fury of Ace's former flame, Molly Brant. The not-overly-bright Tiger comes to town and is set for a title match with the champ by Ace, while the latter also has him steal some of Ruby's jewels. Ruby, no dumb-belle, figuring Ace has the fix in on the fight, uses some of her other jewels to lay a trap for Ace. Tiger confesses, after the fight, to Ruby his role in the jewel robbery while she hints that Ace was the one who slipped him the knock-out drops. Tiger goes after Ace, who, for his own reasons, has Molly locked in a closet.Paramount, dir. McCarey; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/belle-of-nineties-1934-6.html - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsDick PowellJosephine HutchinsonJohn HallidaySociety heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.First National (WB), dir. LeRoy; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/happiness-ahead-1934-6.html - DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldEdward Everett HortonWhen a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.MGM, dir. Lubitsch; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-merry-widow-1934-7.html - DirectorRoy Del RuthWilly PoganyStarsEddie CantorAnn SothernEthel MermanA musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but must go to Egypt to claim it.Goldwyn, dir. Del Ruth & Pogany; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/kid-millions-1934-6.html - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersAlice BradyA woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.RKO, dir. Sandrich; 8+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-gay-divorcee-1934-8.html - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDick PowellRuby KeelerPat O'BrienMusical-romance with Powell as private in Hawaii involved with general's daughter Keeler. Break up to avoid scandal but reunite years later when he produces play at West Point starring her.First National (WB), dir. Borzage; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/flirtation-walk-1934-6.html - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleJames DunnJane DarwellAn orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.Fox Film Corp, dir. Butler; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/bright-eyes-1934-6.html - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsIrene DunneDonald WoodsHugh HerbertIn 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.Warner Bros, dir. LeRoy; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/sweet-adeline-1934-6.html - DirectorMillard WebbStarsMary EatonEddie CantorHelen MorganThe rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".Paramount, dir. Webb; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/glorifying-american-girl-1929-6.html - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleLionel BarrymoreEvelyn VenableIn the post-Civil war south, a darling little girl attempts to restore the peace between her parents and her plantation owner grandfather.Fox Film Corp, dir. Butler; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-little-colonel-1935-7.html - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsMaurice ChevalierMerle OberonAnn SothernAn entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.20th Century Pictures, dir. Del Ruth; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/folies-bergere-de-paris-1935-7.html - DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsIrene DunneFred AstaireGinger RogersAn American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.RKO, dir. Seiter; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/roberta-1935-6.html - DirectorLuther ReedStarsBebe DanielsEverett MarshallBert WheelerIn antebellum New Orleans, two men vie for the affections of a beautiful young girl during Mardi Gras.RKO, dir. Reed; 5
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/dixiana-1930-5-but.html - DirectorIrwin FranklynStarsBill RobinsonEubie BlakeJohn 'Spider Bruce' MasonThe director and star of a Harlem theater troupe puts his feelings aside to help unite two lovers.Lincoln Pictures & Herald Pictures, dir. Franklin; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/harlem-is-heaven-1932-6.html - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyFrank MorganIn order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.MGM, dir. Leonard & Van Dyke (both uncredited); 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/naughty-marietta-1935-7.html - DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsDick PowellAdolphe MenjouGloria StuartRomantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.First National (WB), dir. Berkeley; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/gold-diggers-of-1935-1935-7.html - DirectorA. Edward SutherlandWesley RugglesStarsBing CrosbyW.C. FieldsJoan BennettCrosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel. Fields then hires him to perform on his riverboat, promoting him as "Colonel Steel...the notorious Colonel Steel...the singing killer." The plot then follows a predictable course, but there are plenty of scenes featuring W.C. Fields.Paramount, dir. Sutherland & Ruggles; 6-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/mississippi-1935-6.html - DirectorGeorge WhiteHarry LachmanJames TinlingStarsAlice FayeJames DunnNed SparksVacationing Broadway producer George White stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram and, seeing his name in lights on a local theater, is scandalized over the unauthorized use. He goes to the theater to object and, while there, discovers some unusual and great song-and-dance talent buried in a tank-town. He takes them to New York City, puts them in a new version of his Scandals, and they are big hits. Their sudden fame causes a pair of lovers to forget their vows made in less-palmy days.Fox Film Corp, dir. White, Lachman, Tinling; 5
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/george-whites-1935-scandals-1935-5.html - DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsCharles RugglesFrank MorganStanley SmithThe two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they ask their lawyer to dissolve their partnership, he proposes that instead the two of them play a single poker hand: the loser to become the winner's personal manservant for a year.Paramount, dir. Newmeyer; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/queen-high-1930-6.html - DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsJack OakieGinger RogersGranville BatesEllen Saunders is an heiress on a cruise to Europe being pursued by a day laborer mistaken for a prominent mining engineer. During the cruise, he foils two crooks try to get rid of her.Paramount, dir. Sutherland; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-sap-from-syracuse-1930-6.html - DirectorHobart HenleyStarsMaurice ChevalierClaudette ColbertFrank LyonA tour guide in Venice romances a visiting American tourist whose father owns a chewing-gum factory back in the U.S. She sets out to convince her skeptical father to bring the tour guide to America and give him a job in the plant.Paramount, dir. Henley; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-big-pond-1930-6.html - DirectorVictor FlemingStarsJean HarlowWilliam PowellFranchot ToneWealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.MGM, dir. Fleming; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/reckless-1935-7.html - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennEsmond KnightJessie MatthewsThe story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger.Gaumont British Pictures, dir. Hitchcock; 5+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/strauss-great-waltz-1934-5.html - DirectorAlexander HallStarsMae WestPaul CavanaghGilbert EmeryFormer dance hall queen Cleo Borden, newly rich, falls for and pursues an upper-crust Englishman.Major Pictures Corp (distr. Paramount), dir. Hall; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/goin-to-town-1935-6.html - DirectorArchie MayoMichael CurtizRobert FloreyStarsAl JolsonRuby KeelerGlenda FarrellAl Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose money. When his sister Molly can no longer find Al work, she teams him up with talented Dorothy for a club date in Chicago. Flush with another success, Al wants to open his own club on Broadway, so he borrows money from a gangster to open the show. Al has Dorothy, who he ignores, the gangsters dough and the gangster's sweetie Luana. All he has to do is keep them all happy, but Luana wants Al.First National (WB), dir. Mayo, (Curtiz & Florey); 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/go-into-your-dance-1935-7.html - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsDolores Del RíoPat O'BrienLeo CarrilloHard-drinking Larry MacArthur, editor of a sophisticated magazine, is taken to the Agua Caliente resort by his publisher, Harold Brandon, in order to dry out and sober up. Larry becomes interested in Rita Gomez without knowing she is a famous Spanish dancer about whom he had once written a vicious review regarding her talents. Her conniving uncle, Jose Gomez, quickly tries to cash in on her charms when he notes Larry's interest. Rita agrees to flirt and keep him in Caliente for revenge. However they fall in love but their romance is menaced by Miss Clara Thorne, a blonde gold-digger who has staked out her own claim on Larry.Warner Bros, dir. Bacon; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/in-caliente-1935-6.html - DirectorWalter LangStarsAnn SothernGene RaymondBill RobinsonA young man with money falls for singer Pat Thatcher, and her con man father makes the most of it.RKO, dir. Lang; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/hooray-for-love-1935-6.html - DirectorZoltan KordaStarsPaul RobesonLeslie BanksNina Mae McKinneyA British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.London Film Prod., dir. Z.Korda; 6+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/sanders-of-river-1935-6.html - DirectorIrving CummingsStarsShirley TempleJohn BolesRochelle HudsonWealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.Fox Film Corp, dir. Cummings; 7
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/curly-top-1935-7.html - DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGeorge RaftAlice FayeFrances LangfordAfter being fired from their jobs, three friends decide to enter an amateur contest at a radio station.Walter Wanger Prods & Paramount, dir. Walsh; 7-
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/every-night-at-eight-1935-7.html - DirectorRoy Del RuthW.S. Van DykeStarsJack BennyEleanor PowellRobert TaylorA Broadway producer is reluctant to hire his high school sweetheart for the leading role in a new show, so she decides to take advantage of a rumor started by a gossip columnist.MGM, dir. Del Ruth (& Van Dyke); 7+
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/broadway-melody-of-1936-1935-7.html - DirectorAlexander HallStarsAdolphe MenjouDorothy DellCharles BickfordBookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.Paramount, dir. Hall; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/10/little-miss-marker-1934-6.html - DirectorAlbert de CourvilleStarsJessie MatthewsOwen NaresCarol GoodnerA businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...Gainsborough Pictures & British Lion Film Corporation, dir. de Courville; 5
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/there-goes-bride-1932-5.html - DirectorVictor SavilleStarsJessie MatthewsEdmund GwennJohn GielgudMusical taken from J. B. Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.Gaumont British Picture Corporation, dir. Saville; 5-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-good-companions-1933-5.html - DirectorVictor SavilleStarsJessie MatthewsSonnie HaleBetty BalfourHarriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The years pass, and now her daughter, Harriet Hawkes, returns to London as a young show-biz hopeful. Tommy, a wily publicity man, knowing that young Harriet is a dead ringer for her famous mother, convinces a theater producer to star her in a new revue as none other than the original Harriet Green, miraculously untouched by old age. The ruse works too well: Now the public believes Harriet is a well-preserved 60-year-old and Tommy is her son. The deception is more than merely inconvenient, because now Harriet and Tommy have secretly fallen in love.Gaumont British Picture Corporation, dir. Saville; 7
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/evergreen-1934-7.html - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett HortonAn American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.RKO, dir. Sandrich; 10
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/top-hat-1935.html - DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDick PowellRuby KeelerLewis StoneA successful crooner who doesn't want to join the Navy decides to prove to his father, a Navy admiral, that he has what it takes to make it in the fleet.Cosmopolitan Productions, First National Pictures, Warner Bros, dir. Borzage; 6
http://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/shipmates-forever-1935-6.html - DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsAlice FayeRay WalkerBebe DanielsAging star (Daniels) finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus (Faye).Fox Film Corp, dir. Marshall; 6-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/music-is-magic-1935-6.html - DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.MGM, dir. Wood & Goulding; 8+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-night-at-opera-1935-8.html - DirectorVictor SavilleStarsJessie MatthewsSonnie HaleAnna LeeElizabeth dreams of being a music-hall singer. She gets to know Victor, that quite unexpectedly gets a female part in a music-hall number. He unfortunately finds himself voiceless, so, why wouldn't Elizabeth replace him in it?Gaumont British Picture Corporation, dir. Saville; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/first-girl-1935.html - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleJohn BolesJack HoltShirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Shirley and "Bojangles" Robinson beg President Lincoln to intercede.Twentieth Century Fox, dir. Butler; 8
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-littlest-rebel-1935-8.html - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsWarner BaxterAlice FayeJack OakieFormer burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.Fox, dir. Lanfield; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/king-of-burlesque-1936-6.html - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsEddie CantorEthel MermanSally EilersMeek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.Goldwyn, dir. Taurog; 7-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/strike-me-pink-1936-7.html - DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsBing CrosbyEthel MermanCharles RugglesA young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English heiress who ran away from home and is now being returned to England. He also discovers that his boss is on the ship. To avoid discovery, he disguises himself as the gangster accomplice of a minister, who is actually a gangster on the run from the law.Paramount, dir. Milestone; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/anything-goes-1936-6.html - DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyReginald OwenAn incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.MGM, dir. Van Dyke; 8
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/rose-marie-1936-8.html - DirectorRaoul WalshStarsMae WestVictor McLaglenPhillip ReedCarlton Rose, a girl known as "the Frisco Doll" escapes to Alaska after accidentally killing her guard.Paramount, dir. Walsh; 6
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/klondike-annie-1936-6.html - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersRandolph ScottA Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.RKO, dir. Sandrich; 7
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/follow-fleet-1936-7.html - DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsDick PowellRuby KeelerJack OakieThe Ames Company tries to keep Uncle Cedric uninvolved. But Cedric hires Joe and Minnie, buying her a dress shop with bookkeeper Colleen. Scandal follows when Donald is infatuated with Colleen, who makes the shop profitable.Warner Bros, dir. Green; 7+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/colleen-1936-7.html - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyLuise RainerThe ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.MGM, dir. Leonard; 8-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-great-ziegfeld-1936-8.html - DirectorJames WhaleStarsIrene DunneAllan JonesCharles WinningerDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.Universal, dir. Whale; 9-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/show-boat-1936-9.html - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleGuy KibbeeSlim SummervilleA little girl named Star lives with the lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives.Fox, dir. Butler; 6-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/captain-january-1936-6.html - DirectorLloyd CorriganStarsCharles CollinsFrank MorganSteffi DunaThe story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!Pioneer Pictures Corporation w/ distr. RKO, dir. Corrigan; 6-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/dancing-pirate-1936-6.html - DirectorVictor SavilleStarsJessie MatthewsRobert YoungSonnie HaleElaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a mysterious Englishwoman who spends her days hunting tigers in India, jumping out of airplanes, and generally driving men mad with her beauty. Since no one in London has ever seen Mrs. Smythe-Smythe, Elaine decides to impersonate the lady, in hopes that the publicity will land her the big break she's been looking for.Gaumont British Picture Corporation, dir. Saville; 6
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