1930s
Animal Crackers (1930) TMDB IMDb
Animal Crackers
director: Victor Heerman actor: Groucho Marx / Harpo Marx
other title: Det tossede hus / Os Galhofeiros
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
March 13, 2026 watched
Lots of quickfire gags & farce, with a few songs here & there. Some classic lines!

Watched in the #Comedon watch party on Mastodon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Animal_Crackers_(1930).webm
1930s Comedon Comedy MarxBrothers USA
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
director: Fritz Lang actor: Rudolf Klein-Rogge / Oscar Beregi Sr.
other title: Il testamento del dottor Mabuse / Dr. Mabuses testamente
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
M (1931) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
7.9 (7 ratings) director: Fritz Lang actor: Peter Lorre / Ellen Widmann
other title: M - Il mostro di Düsseldorf / Matou
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Frankenstein (1931) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb
Frankenstein
7.4 (7 ratings) director: James Whale actor: Colin Clive / Mae Clarke
other title: El doctor Frankenstein / 科学怪人
Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.
Hôtel du Nord (1938) TMDB IMDb
Hôtel du Nord
director: Marcel Carné actor: Annabella / Jean-Pierre Aumont
other title: Albergo Nord / Hotel del Norte
A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer while pining for her lost love.
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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1930s BelaLugosi BorisKarloff DavidManners EdgarAllenPoe
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.