1934 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1934.

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15.      LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI

[EVERYBODY'S WOMAN]

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14.         IMITATION OF LIFE

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13.       THE MERRY WIDOW

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12.       THE GAY DIVORCEE

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-tie-12.            DAMES

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11.   IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

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10.         PUNCH DRUNKS

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9.                    LILIOM

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8.                 IT'S A GIFT

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7.   THE GODDESS OF SPRING

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6.      TWENTIETH CENTURY

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5.        THE GODDESS 神女

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4.            THE BLACK CAT

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3. THREE SONGS ABOUT LENIN

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2.     THE SCARLET EMPRESS

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1.               L'ATALANTE

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(the other titles of 1934 I loved that could've placed)

THE THIN MAN

MANHATTAN MELODRAMA

MAN OF ARAN

MARCH OF 

THE WOODEN SOLDIERS

[BABES IN TOYLAND]

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

ONE NIGHT OF LOVE

JUDGE PRIEST

****

1934
TOP 15

1. L'ATALANTE (Vigo)
2. THE SCARLET EMPRESS (von Sternberg)
3. THREE SONGS OF LENIN (Dziga Vertov)
4. THE BLACK CAT (Ulmer)
5. THE GODDESS (Yonggang Wu)
6. TWENTIETH CENTURY (Hawks)
7. GODDESS OF SPRING (Disney)
8. IT'S A GIFT (Norman Z. McLeod)
9. LILIOM (Lang)
10. PUNCH DRUNKS (Breslow)
11. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Capra)
12. THE GAY DIVORCEE (Sandrich)                                   -tie- DAMES (Busby Berkely)
13. THE MERRY WIDOW (Lubitsch)
14. IMITATION OF LIFE (Stahl)
15. LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI (Ophüls)

honorable mention

THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke), MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (Van Dyke/Cukor), MAN OF ARAN (Flaherty), MARCH OF WOODEN SOLDIERS (C.Rogers, Meins), COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (Rowland V. Lee), ONE NIGHT OF LOVE (Schertzinger), JUDGE PRIEST (Ford)