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