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Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

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1/9/09 at 4:05pm
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

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Originally Posted by PaulP
I have been on a real 1930s kick lately. I've acquired several recent boxsets (Forbidden Hollywood, the two new Cary Grant sets, and the Capra set), and have been enjoying these films immensely. Of course I've had other 1930s DVDs in my collection for a while, like the Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, M, Adventures of Robin Hood, Marx Brothers sets and some others.

There's just something about the '30s I can't put my finger on that makes me want to keep seeing films from that particular decade. So I'm looking for further recommendations. Thanks!

The films were better then overall. The studio system, for whatever flaws it had, was run by people who understood the movies and understood the public. The system also the talent which isn't there today.
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1/9/09 at 4:07pm
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

My major complaint of 1930s DVDs is very few Jean Harlow films are available to date. I don't know if whoever owns the rights to her films is waiting for her centennial in 2011 to release the bulk of her films.

I had almost all of them on VHS, but there are few titles on DVD. Bombshell and Red Dust are obvious omissions.
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1/10/09 at 1:11am
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

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My major complaint of 1930s DVDs is very few Jean Harlow films are available to date. I don't know if whoever owns the rights to her films is waiting for her centennial in 2011 to release the bulk of her films.

I had almost all of them on VHS, but there are few titles on DVD. Bombshell and Red Dust are obvious omissions.
I've always liked Saratoga, her last movie. I've no idea why it's not on DVD. It certainly should be. The leading man is Clark Gable!
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1/10/09 at 2:36pm
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

It'd be great if we could turn this thread into a sort of an all-purpose 1930s DVD thread, where we could post news of upcoming releases and discuss things. For instance, apart from Forbidden Hollywood Volume 3 what other 1930s DVDs are coming soon?
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1/10/09 at 8:51pm
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

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what other 1930s DVDs are coming soon?
It looks like a couple of Hitchcock's 1930s films are being released in February:

Sabotage (1936)

Young and Innocent (1937)

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1/10/09 at 10:16pm
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

Don't forget FRANK and DRAC.

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1/11/09 at 11:16am
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

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It looks like a couple of Hitchcock's 1930s films are being released in February:

Sabotage (1936)

Young and Innocent (1937)

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Right, forgot about those, but I've had all four of them on preorder for a while now, to go along with the other singles from that unfortunate set. By the way, Sabotage will be shown on MGM-HD this month: on the 15th at 6 is the premiere.
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1/12/09 at 2:29pm
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Re: Recommendations of 1930s Films on DVD

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But for me personally the entire 1930s present a kind of special decade for some reason.

There are lots of reasons the films of the 30s are so good. PBS had a documentary last week that partly explained it-"Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood". This documentary followed many Hollywood greats from Europe, (mostly German, mostly Jewish) who fled Nazi-dominated Europe throughout the 1930's and settled in Hollywood. Some did not continue their European success, but many surpassed it. Many of the films/directors/actors on the lists that have been furnished on this thread includes many of those who made the exodus to Hollywood.

For example, some of the great comedies of the 30's would not have happened if directors like Ernst Lubitsch had not emigrated, and Errol Flynn's swashbucklers would not have had as much impact if not for the splendid music scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The best of Europe and the best of Hollywood combined in the 30's in an explosion of great filmmaking. If that doc gets repeated try to catch it.

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1/12/09 at 6:01pm
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Thanks for letting us know, David! I found this doc's official site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/cinemasexiles/ It looks fascinating. Unfortunately, looks like it won't be airing on my local PBS station (Thirteen) in the next two weeks. Too bad, but hopefully they'll repeat it soon.
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