1930s
The Ghoul (1933) IMDb WikiData
The Ghoul
director: T. Hayes Hunter actor: Boris Karloff / Cedric Hardwicke
other title: Der Ghul / El resucitado
British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.
The Black Cat (1934) TMDB IMDb
The Black Cat
director: Edgar G. Ulmer actor: Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi
other title: Die schwarze Katze / Le Chat noir
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
Dec. 18, 2025 watched
It was hard to take seriously at first, due especially to hundreds, perhaps thousands of parodies of Bela Lugosi I've seen over the years. But eventually I got past that and the tension ratcheted up nicely.

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Grand Illusion (1937) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
La grande illusion
director: Jean Renoir actor: Jean Gabin / Pierre Fresnay
other title: La grande illusione / Den Store Illusion
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934) IMDb WikiData
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
director: Fred Waller actor: Cab Calloway / Sidney Easton
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Zaz-zuh-zaz" and "The Lady with the Fan" at the Cotton Club in Harlem.