Show Boat
USA,
1936.
Director: James Whale
Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan
Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan
NEW 35mm PRINT! One of Hollywood's greatest and most important musicals features extraordinarily moving music and performances, while frankly tackling some serious social issues. B&W, 35mm. 115 mins. [more...]
Imitation of Life
USA,
1934.
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Universal's Oscar-nominated tale of racial barriers, mother-daughter relationships, and female empowerment was unusual in its time for its portrait of real racial problems in America. B&W, 35mm. 116 mins. [more...]
Little Man, What Now?
USA ,
1934.
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale, Catharine Doucet, DeWitt Jennings
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale, Catharine Doucet, DeWitt Jennings
This 1934 deeply-felt film was one of the first to address the growing shadow of Nazism, and portrays an expecting newlywed couple, struggling in the chaos of Depression-era Germany. B&W, 35mm. 98 mins. [more...]
