Before the Forties
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Before The Forties director title genre year major cast USA Browning, Tod Freaks HORROR 1932 Wallace Ford Capra, Frank Lady for a day DRAMA 1933 May Robson, Warren William Capra, Frank Mr. Smith Goes to Washington DRAMA 1939 James Stewart Chaplin, Charlie Modern Times (the tramp) COMEDY 1936 Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie City Lights (the tramp) DRAMA 1931 Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie Gold Rush( the tramp ) COMEDY 1925 Charlie Chaplin Dwann, Alan Heidi FAMILY 1937 Shirley Temple Fleming, Victor The Wizard of Oz MUSICAL 1939 Judy Garland Fleming, Victor Gone With the Wind EPIC 1939 Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh Ford, John Stagecoach WESTERN 1939 John Wayne Griffith, D.W. Intolerance DRAMA 1916 Mae Marsh Griffith, D.W. Birth of a Nation DRAMA 1915 Lillian Gish Hathaway, Henry Peter Ibbetson DRAMA 1935 Gary Cooper Hawks, Howard Bringing Up Baby COMEDY 1938 Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant Lloyd, Frank Mutiny on the Bounty ADVENTURE 1935 Charles Laughton, Clark Gable Lubitsch, Ernst Ninotchka COMEDY 1935 Greta Garbo, Melvin Douglas Mamoulian, Rouben Queen Christina HISTORICAL DRAMA 1933 Greta Garbo, John Gilbert McCarey, Leo Duck Soup COMEDY 1939 Marx Brothers Newmeyer, Fred Safety Last COMEDY 1923 Buster Keaton Shoedsack, Ernest The Most Dangerous Game ADVENTURE 1933 Leslie Banks, Fay Wray Shoedsack, Ernest King Kong ADVENTURE 1933 Fay Wray Stahl, John M. Imitation of Life DRAMA 1933 Claudette Colbert, Warren Williams Van Dyke, W.S. Tarzan, the Ape Man ADVENTURE 1923 Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan Wood, Sam A Night at the Opera COMEDY 1933 Marx Brothers France Carné, Marcel Drôle de Drame COMEDY 1937 Louis Jouvet Carné, Marcel Hôtel du Nord DRAMA 1938 Jean Gabin, Dreyer, Carl La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc HISTORICAL DRAMA 1928 Maria Falconetti Renoir, Jean La règle du jeu DRAMA 1939 Marcel Dalio Renoir, Jean La grande illusion WAR 1937 Pierre Fresnay, Eric Von Stroheim, Jean Gabin Renoir, Jean Boudu sauvé des eaux COMEDY 1932 Michel Simon Vigo, Jean L’Atalante DRAMA 1934 Michel Simon Germany Lang, Fritz M THRILLER 1931 Peter Lorre Lang, Fritz Metropolis ANTICIPATION 1927 Alfred Abel Murnau, F.W. Nosferatu HORROR 1922 Max Schreck Pabst, G.W. Lulu (Die Büchse der Pandora) DRAMA 1929 Louise Brooks Sternberg , Josef von L'Ange Bleu DRAMA 1930 Marlene Dietrich, Emile Jannings Wiene, Robert Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari HORROR 1920 Conrad Veidt Spain Bunuel, Luis Un chien andalou DRAMA 1929 Simone Mareuil Russia Eisenstein, Serguei Le cuirassé Potemkine HISTORICAL DRAMA 1925 Aleksandr Antonov Eisenstein, Serguei Octobre HISTORICAL DRAMA 1928 Vladimir Popov Vertov, Dziga The Man with a moving camera DOCUMENTARY 1929 Mikhail Kaufman The Forties director title genre year major cast USA Barton, Charles The Noose Hangs High COMEDY 1948 Bud Abott, Lou Costello Burges, Preston Sullivan’s Travels DRAMA 1941 Joel McCrea Capra, Frank It’s a Wonderful Life DRAMA 1946 James Stewart Capra, Frank Arsenic and Old Lace COMEDY 1944 Cary Grant Chaplin, Charlie The Great Dictator COMEDY 1940 Charlie Chaplin Chaplin, Charlie Monsieur Verdoux DRAMA 1947 Charlie Chaplin Cline, Edward F. MyLittle Chickadee COMEDY 1940 Mae West, W.C. Fields Cocteau, Jean and Clement, Rene Beauty and the Beast FANTASY 1946 Jean Marais, Josette Day Cukor, George Gaslight THRILLER 1944 Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer Cukor, George The Philadelphia Story COMEDY 1940 Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart Disney, Walt Productions Fantasia ANIMATED 1940 [animated] Garnett, Tay The Postman Always Rings Twice THRILLER 1946 Lana Turner, John Garfield Hawks, Howard The Big Sleep NOIR 1946 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall Hitchcock, Alfred Rebecca THRILLER 1940 Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine Hitchcock, Alfred Spellbound THRILLER 1945 Ingrid Berman, Gregory Peck Huston, John The Maltese Falcon NOIR 1941 Humphrey Bogart, Huston, John Key Largo THRILLER 1948 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall Kazan, Elia Gentleman’s Agreement DRAMA 1947 Lawrence Olivier, Joan Fontaine Lang, Fritz The Woman in the Window THRILLER 1944 Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett Lubitsch, Ernst To Be or Not to Be COMEDY 1942 Carol Lombard, Jack Benny Manckiewicz, Joseph L. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir DRAMA 1947 Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders Preminger, Otto Laura DRAMA 1944 Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews Ray, Nicholas They Live by Night NOIR 1948 Farley Granger Stevens, George I remember Mama DRAMA 1948 Irene Dunne, Philip Dorn Tourneur, Jacques Cat People HORROR 1942 Simone Simon Vidor, Charles Gilda NOIR 1946 Glen Ford, Rita Hayworth Vidor, King Duel in the Sun WESTERN 1946 Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton Welles, Orson Citizen Kane DRAMA 1941 Orson Welles Welles, Orson The Magnificent Ambersons DRAMA 1942 Joseph Cotton Welles, Orson Lady from Shanghai NOIR 1947 Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth Wilder, Billy Double Indemnity NOIR 1944 Fred Macmurray, Barbara Stanwyck Wyler, William The Best Years of Our Lives DRAMA 1946 Frederic March France Carné, Marcel Les visiteurs du soir DRAMA 1942 Arletty, Alain Cuny Carné, Marcel Les enfants du paradis DRAMA 1945 Jean-Louis Barrault, Arletty, Pierre Brasseur Clouzot, Henri-Georges L’assassin habite au 21 THRILLER 1942 Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair Clouzot, Henri-Georges Le Corbeau THRILLER 1943 Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc Delannoy, Jean L’éternel retour DRAMA 1943 Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologne Grémillon, Jean Remorques DRAMA 1941 Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan L'Herbier, Marcel L’affaire du collier de la reine HISTORICAL 1946 Viviane Romance, Jacques Dacqmine Melville, Jean-Pierre Le silence de la mer DRAMA 1949 Howard Vernon Pagnol, Marcel La fille du puisatier DRAMA 1940 Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day Great Britain Michael Powell, Emmerich Pressburg The Red Shoes FAIRY TALE 1948 Moira Shearer Italy De Santis, Giuseppe Riso amaro DRAMA 1949 Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano de Sica, Vittorio Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) DRAMA 1948 Lamberto Maggiorani Rossellini, Roberto Roma, città aperta DRAMA 1945 Anna Magnani Japan Mizogushi, Kenji Josei no shôri DRAMA 1946 Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano Ozu, Yasujiro Late Spring DRAMA 1949 Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara The Fifties director title genre year major cast USA Benedek, Lazslo Death of a Salesman DRAMA 1951 Frederic March Chaplin, Charlie Limelight DRAMA 1952 Charlie Chaplin Cukor, George A Star Is Born DRAMA 1954 Judy Garland, James Mason DeMille, Cecil B. The Ten Commandments HISTORICAL 1956 Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner Donen, Stanley Singing in the Rain MUSICAL 1951 Gene Kelly Donen, Stanley Royal Wedding MUSICAL 1951 Fred Astaire Ford, John The Searchers WESTERN 1956 John Wayne, Vera Miles Hawks, Howard Rio Bravo WESTERN 1959 John Wayne, Dean Martin Hitchcock, Alfred Strangers on a Train THRILLER 1951 Farley Granger Hitchcock, Alfred Dial M for Murder THRILLER 1954 Grace Kelly, Ray Milland Hitchcock, Alfred Rear Window THRILLER 1954 James Stewart, Grace Kelly Hitchcock, Alfred Vertigo THRILLER 1958 James Stewart, Kim Novak Hitchcock, Alfred North by Northwest THRILLER 1959 Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint Hitchcock, Alfred The Trouble with Harry THRILLER 1955 John Forsythe Huston, John African Queen ADVENTURE 1951 Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn Kazan, Elia On the Waterfront DRAMA 1954 Marlon Brando Kazan, Elia A Streetcar Named Desire DRAMA 1951 Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh Kazan, Elia East of Eden DRAMA 1955 James Dean Kramer, Stanley On the Beach ANTICIPATION 1959 Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner Lang, Walter The King and I MUSICAL 1956 Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr Laughton, Charles The Night of the Hunter THRILLER 1955 Robert Mitchum LeRoy, Mervyn The Bad Seed THRILLER 1956 Patty McCormack Logan, Joshua South Pacific MUSICAL 1958 Rossano Brazzi Mankiewicz, Joseph All About Eve DRAMA 1950 Bette Davis Mann, Delbert Marty DRAMA 1955 Ernst Borgnine McCarey, Leo An Affair to Remember DRAMA 1957 Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr Minelli, Vincente An American in Paris MUSICAL 1951 Gene Kelly Minelli, Vincente Father of the Bride COMEDY 1950 Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor Penn, Arthur The Left-Handed Gun WESTERN 1958 Paul Newman Preminger, Otto Anatomy of a Murder DRAMA 1959 James Stewart Ray, Nicholas Rebel Without a Cause DRAMA 1955 James Dean Siegel, Don Invasion of the Body Snatchers ANTICIPATION 1956 Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter Sirk, Douglas Imitation of Life DRAMA 1959 Lana Turner, John Gavin Stevens, George A Place in the Sun DRAMA 1951 Elizabeth Taylor, Sturges, John Gunfight at the OK Corral WESTERN 1957 Montgomery Clift Sturges, John The Old Man and the Sea DRAMA 1958 Spencer Tracy Tashlin, Frank Artists and Models COMEDY 1955 Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis Wilder, Billy The Seven Year Itch COMEDY 1955 Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell Wilder, Billy Some Like it Hot COMEDY 1959 Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe Wilder, Billy Sunset Boulevard DRAMA 1950 Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Eric Von Stroheim Wyler, William Ben Hur EPIC 1959 Charlton Heston Wyler, William Roman Holiday DRAMA 1953 Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck Zinneman, Fred High Noon WESTERN 1952 Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly Zinneman, Fred From Here to Eternity WAR 1953 Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift France Autant-Lara, Claude Le Rouge et le noir PERIOD DRAMA 1954 Gérard Philippe, Danielle Darrieux Autant-Lara, Claude Four Bags Full COMEDY 1956 Jean Gabin, Bourvil Becker, Jacques Touchez pas au grisbi THRILLER 1954 Jean Gabin Becker, Jacques Casque d’or DRAMA 1952 Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani Bresson, Robert Diary of a country priest DRAMA 1961 Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral Bresson, Robert Un condamné à mort s’est échappé DRAMA 1956