The Little Broadcast, 1933
Short film with Roy Atwell announcing popular radio stars Arthur Tracy, The Mills Brothers, Donald Novis, and Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra.
The Emperor Jones, 1933 starring Paul Roberson, first African-American screen star
The Emperor Jones is a 1933 American pre-Code film adaptation of the Eugene O’Neill play of the same title, was made outside of the Hollywood studio system, financed with private money from neophyte wealthy producers, and directed by iconoclast Dudley Murphy, who had sought O’Neill’s permission to film the play since its 1924 production in New York. He cast Paul… Read more →
Cartoon: The Last Mail, 1933 – Aesop’s Fables
“The Last Mail” is an American traditional animated short film part of the Aesop’s Fables series directed by Mannie Davis and produced by The Van Beuren Corporation. It stars Cubby Bear. Aesop’s Fables (previously titled Aesop’s Film Fables and Aesop’s Sound Fables) is a series of animated short subjects, created by American cartoonist Paul Terry.[1] Produced from 1921 to 1934,… Read more →
Cartoon: Popular Melodies (1933) starring Betty Boop
American cartoon featuring songs sung by Art Jarrett with an appearance by Betty Boop. American cartoon featuring songs sung by Art Jarrett with an appearance by Betty Boop
Cartoon: The Bully’s End, 1933
“The Bully’s End” is an American animated cartoon part of the series Aesop’s Fables directed by Harry Bailey and produced by Amadee J. Van Beuren at his production studio. Aesop’s Fables (previously titled Aesop’s Film Fables and Aesop’s Sound Fables) is a series of animated short subjects, created by American cartoonist Paul Terry. Produced from 1921 to 1934, the series… Read more →
Riders of Destiny (1933), with John Wayne as a singing cowboy
Riders of Destiny is a 1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin’ Sandy Saunders, the screen’s second singing cowboy (the first being Ken Maynard in the 1929 film The Wagon Master). It was the first of a series of Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures by Wayne and director Robert N. Bradbury and the first… Read more →
To the Last Man, 1933 starring Shirley Temple and John Carradine
To the Last Man is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston. The screenplay by Jack Cunningham was based on the 1921 novel of the same name by Zane Grey. The novel, optioned to Paramount Pictures, was previously made as Victor Fleming’s 1923 silent film version of the same title…. Read more →
Oliver Twist, 1933
Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William J. Cowen. The earliest sound adaptation of Charles Dickens’s 1838 novel of the same title, it stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William “Stage” Boyd as Bill Sikes. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low… Read more →
