1933 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1933.

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15.   WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD

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                 I AM A FUGITIVE 

14.FROM A CHAIN GANG

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13.    GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933

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12.    HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM

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11.      DESIGN FOR A LIVING

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10.            42ND STREET

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9.      LAND WITHOUT BREAD

 [LAS HURDES: TIERRA SIN PAN]

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8.              DUCK SOUP

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7.        ZERO FOR CONDUCT

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6.           PASSING FANCY

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5.              KING KONG

4.                 M

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3.        THE INVISIBLE MAN

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2.      THE BLOOD OF A POET

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THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 
 (other titles of '33 I loved that almost placed)

THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER

Starevich's THE MASCOT

[FÉTICHE MASCOTTE]

POIL DE CAROTTE

POPEYE THE SAILOR

BETTY BOOP: SNOW WHITE

THE EMPEROR JONES

SONS OF THE DESERT

BUSY BODIES

MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM

THE PRIVATE LIFE 

OF HENRY THE VIII

THE POWER AND THE GLORY

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1933
TOP 15

1. DAS TESTAMENT DES DR. MABUSE (Lang)
2. LE SANG D'UN POETE (Cocteau)
3. THE INVISIBLE MAN (Whale)
4. M (Lang)
5. KING KONG (Cooper)
6. PASSING FANCY (Ozu)
7. ZERO DE CONDUITE (Vigo)
8. DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey)
9. LAS HURDES (Bunuel)
10. 42ND STREET (Lloyd Bacon)
11. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Lubitsch)
12. HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM (Milestone)
13. GOLD DIGGER OF 1933 (LeRoy)
14. I AM FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (LeRoy)
15. WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD (Wellman)

RUNNER-UP
FATAL GLASS OF BEER (W.C. Fields), THE DEVIL'S BALL (Wladyslaw Starewicz), RED HAIR (Duvivier), POPEYE THE SAILOR (Flesicher), BETTY BOOP: SNOW WHITE (Flesicher), THE EMPEROR JONES (Dudley Murphy), SONS OF THE DESERT (Seiter), BUSY BODIES (Lloyd French), MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (Curtiz), PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (Korda), THE POWER & THE GLORY (William K. Howard)