1930-1939

The Top 10 Films Stocked by Auteur House, 1930-1939

1930
1.  All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone, USA)

2.  Morocco (Josef Von Sternberg, USA)

3.  The Blue Angel (Josef Von Sternberg, Germany)
4.   A Propos De Nice (Jean Vigo, France)
5.    The Blood of the Poet (Jean Cocteau, France)
6.    Murder! (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
7.    Animal Crackers (Victor Heerman, USA)
8.     The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh, USA)
9.     Feet First (Clyde Bruckman, USA)

10.   The Golf Specialist (Monte Brice, USA)

1931
1.  City Lights (Charles Chaplin, USA)

2. Le Million (Rene Clair, France)

3.  A Nous La Liberte (Rene Clair, France)
4.  M (Fritz Lang, Germany)
5.  Frankenstein (James Whale, USA)
6.   Taris (Jean Vigo, France)
7.   Monkey Business (Norman Z McLeod, USA)
8.   Street Scene (King Vidor, USA) - VHS
9.   Platinum Blonde (Frank Capra, USA)

10.   The Public Enemy (William A Wellman, USA)

1932
1.    Vampyr (Carl Theordor Dreyer, France)
2.    Love Me Tonight (Rouben Mamoulian, USA)
3.    Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
4.    Boudu Saved From Drowning (Jean Renoir, France)
5.    Scarface (Howard Hawks, USA)
6.    Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, USA)
7.    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian, USA)
8.    Horse Feathers (Norman Z McLeod, USA)
9.    Freaks  (Todd Browning, USA)
10.   Movie Crazy (Clyde Bruckman, USA)
1933
1.  Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, USA)
2.  Zero du Conduite (Jean Vigo, France)
3.  King Kong (Merian C Cooper & Ernest B Schoedsack, USA)
4.  Les Hurdes (Luis Bunuel, Spain)
5.  Little Women (George Cukor, USA)
6.  42nd Street (Lloyd Bacon, USA)
7.  Dinner at Eight (George Cukor, USA)
8.   She Done Him Wrong (Lowell Sherman, USA)
9.   The Invisible Man (James Whale, USA)
10.  The Bitter Tears of General Yen (Frank Capra, USA)

1934
1.   L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, France)
2.   The Thin Man (WS Van Dyke, USA)

3.   The Scarlet Empress (Josef Von Sternberg, USA)
4.   It’s A Gift (Norman Z McLeod, USA)
5.   It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, USA)
6.   Day of Victory (Leni Riefenstahl, Germany)
7.   The Gay Divorcee (Mark Sandrich, USA)

8.   Judge Priest (John Ford, USA)

9.   Six of a Kind (Leo McCarey, USA)

10.  You’re Telling Me (Erle C Kenton, USA) - VHS

1935
1. Top Hat (Mark Sandrich, USA)
2. The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, USA)
3. The Informer (John Ford, USA) - VHS
4.  Anna Karenina (Clarence Brown, USA)
5.  The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
6.   Les Miserables (Richard Boleslawski, USA) - VHS
7.   Captain Blood (Michael Curtiz, USA)
8.   The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Henry Hathaway, USA)
9.    A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood, USA)
10.   Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, Germany)

1936
1.  A Day in the Country (Jean Renoir, France)
2.  Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, USA)
3.  Swing Time (George Stevens, USA)
4.  Sabotage (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
5.  Mr Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra, USA)
6.  Dodsworth (William Wyler, USA) - VHS
7.  The Lower Depths (Jean Renoir, France)
8.  Follow the Fleet (Mark Sandrich, USA)
9.  Camille (George Cukor, USA)
10. Rembrandt (Alexander Korda, UK) - VHS

1937
1. La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, France)
2. The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, USA)
3. Clock Cleaners (Ben Sharpsteen, USA)
4. Stage Door (Gregory La Cava, USA) - VHS
5. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, USA)
6. Nothing Sacred (William A Wellman, USA)

7.  Pepe Le Moko (Julien Duvivier, France)

8. A Day at the Races (Sam Wood, USA) - VHS
9.  You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang, USA)

10.  Lost Horizon (Frank Capra, USA)

1938
1. Alexander Nevsky (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR)
2. Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, Germany) - VHS
3. Le Bete Humaine (Jean Renoir, France)
4. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, USA)
5. Mickey’s Trailor (Ben Sharpsteen, USA)
6. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
7.  The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz & William Keighley, USA)
8.  Angels With Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, USA)
9.  You Can’t Take It With You (Frank Capra, USA)
10. Pygmalion (Anthony Asquith, UK)

1939
1. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, France)
2. Stagecoach (John Ford, USA)
3. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA)
4. Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, USA)
5.  Of Mice and Men (Lewis Milestone, USA)
6.  Destry Rides Again (George Marshall, USA)
7.  Mr Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, USA)
8.  The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, USA)

9. Midnight (Mitchell Leisen, USA)
10.  Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)