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100 Movies of the 1930s

Edited by JÃ¼rgen MÃ¼ller

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From Tod Browningâ€™s Dracula (1931) to Charlie Chaplinâ€™s The Great Dictator (1940), this tome explores a diverse and fascinating era in world cinema. The stock market crash of 1929 had left America â€” and the globe â€” in a devastating depression that would not begin to lift until World War II. With so many jobless, penniless, broken people singing the blues, is it any wonder that Hollywood strove to distract viewers from their misery with comedies like Chaplinâ€™s Modern Times (1936), Capraâ€™s feel-good Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), and the Marx Brothersâ€™ hilarious Duck Soup (1933), thrillers such as Hitchcockâ€™s seminal The 39 Steps (1935) or Hawksâ€™s Scarface (1932), or the epic romantic classic Gone with the Wind (1939)? While American moviegoers flocked to the theaters to escape their troubles and find solace in the magical world of Hollywood movies, filmmakers in Europe were experimenting with new techniques in a medium that had only recently gained sound; Fritz Langâ€™s German Expressionist M (1931) and Jean Renoirâ€™s anti-war masterpiece La Grande Illusion (1937) greatly enhanced cinema as an art form, while Leni Riefenstahlâ€™s visually stunning Olympia (1936â€”38) pushed the limits of the mediumâ€™s technical capacities. Itâ€™s clear that while the 1930s were a time of poverty and struggle for many people, the world of cinema was much enriched.