ENG 282: 1930s

1930

The Blood of a Poet (France: Jean Cocteau, 1930: 55 mins)

Cocteau, Jean. "Preface to Blood of a Poet (1946) Current (April 24, 2000)

1931

1932

Boudu Saved From Drowning (France: Jean Renoir, 1932: 85 mins)

Brody, Richard. "DVD of the Week: Boudu Saved From Drowning Current (Decenber 8, 2010)

Faulkner, Christopher. "Boudu Saved from Drowning:
Tramping in the City." Current (August 22, 2005)

Broken Lullaby (USA: Ernst Lubitsch, 1932: 76 mins)

Iannone, Pasquale. "Broken Lullaby." Senses of Cinema #56 (2010)

One Hour With You (USA: Ernst Lubitsch, 1932: 80 mins)

Dixon, Wheeler Winston. "One Hour With You." Senses of Cinema #56 (2010)

1933

42nd Street (USA: Lloyd Bacon, 1933: 89 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "An American Musical: 42nd Street." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 144-150. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

1934

L'Atalante (France: Jean Vigo, 1934: 89 mins)

Dawson, Mike. "World Cinema Masterpiece: L'Atalante Left Field Cinema (March 2, 2009)

Fuller, Graham. "Jean Vigo: Artist of the floating world." Sight and Sound (February 2012)

1935

The 39 Steps (United Kingdom: Alfred Hitchcock, 1935: 89 mins)

Keane, Marian. "The 39 Steps." Current (November 23, 1999)

Wilmington, Michael. "The 39 Steps." Current (December 9, 1985)

1936

1937

Grand Illusion (France: Jean Renoir, 1937: 114 mins)

Cowie, Peter. "Grand Illusion Current (November 22, 1999)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (USA: William Cottrell, et al., 1937: 83 mins)

Rapold, Nicholas. "Short and Sweet: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Reverse Shot #29 (2011)

1938

Alexander Nevsky (Soviet Union: Sergei M. Eisenstein and Dmitri Vasilyev, 1938: 112 mins)

Hoberman, J. "Alexander Nevsky Current (April 23, 2001)

Bringing Up Baby (USA: Howard Hawks, 1938: 102 mins)

Klevan, Andrew. "Expressing the In-Between." LOLA #1 (2011)

La Bête Humaine (France: Jean Renoir, 1938: 100 mins)

O'Brien, Geoffrey. "La bête humaine: Renoir On and Off the Rails." Current (February 13, 2006)

The Lady Vanishes (UK: Alfred Hitchock, 1938: 96 mins)

Barr, Charles. "The Lady Vanishes: Tea and Treachery." Current (November 19, 2007)

O'Brien, Geoffrey. "The Lady Vanishes: All Aboard!." Current (November 19, 2007)

Wilmington, Michael. "The Lady Vanishes Current (March 26, 1998)

1939

The Rules of the Game (France: Jean Renoir, 1939: 110 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Mise-en-scene: The Rules of the Game." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 261-266. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]