1932 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1932.

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15.          THE MUSIC BOX

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     NIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS

14.   [LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR]

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13.   WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?

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12.    ISLAND OF LOST SOULS

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               SCARFACE:

11.THE SHAME OF THE NATION

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10.         LOVE ME TONIGHT

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9.          À NOUS LA LIBERTÉ

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8.         ¡QUE VIVA MEXICO!

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7.      TROUBLE IN PARADISE

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6.                  VAMPYR

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5.      MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM

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4.         SHANGHAI EXPRESS

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3.       THE OLD DARK HOUSE

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2.                  FREAKS

                      BOUDU
1.   SAVED FROM DROWNING

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other films of '32 that could've placed)

I WAS BORN, BUT

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

HORSE FEATHERS

MERRILY WE GO TO HELL

ONE HOUR WITH YOU

ME AND MY GAL

KAMERADSCHAFT

THE MUMMY

MURDERS 

IN THE RUE MORGUE

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DOCTOR X

THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

GRAND HOTEL

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1932
TOP 15

1. BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (Renoir)
2. FREAKS (Browning)
3. THE OLD DARK HOUSE (Whale)
4. SHANGHAI EXPRESS (von Sternberg)
5. MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (Sagan/Froelich)
6. VAMPYR (Dreyer)
7. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Lubitsch)
8. ¡QUE VIVA MEXICO! (Eisenstein)
9. A NOUS LA LIBERTE (Clair)
10. LOVE ME TONIGHT (Mamoulian)
11. SCARFACE (Hawks)
12. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (Kenton)
13. WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? (Cukor)
14. NIGHT AT THE CROSSROADS (Renoir)
15. MUSIC BOX (Parrott)

HONORABLE MENTION:
I WAS BORN BUT (Ozu), MOST DANGEROUS GAME (Pichel/Schoedsack), HORSE FEATHERS (Norman Z. MacLeod) ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Lubitsch), ME & MY GAL (Walsh), COMRADESHIP (Pabst), THE MUMMY (Freund), MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (Florey), DOCTOR X (Curtiz), SIGN OF THE CROSS (DeMille), GRAND HOTEL (Goulding)