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1930s historical romance films
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The list 1930s historical romance films includes
Anna Karenina, A Tale of Two Cities, Queen Christina, Annie Oakley and The Devil Is a Woman.
The list consists of 30 members.
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Gone with the Wind
1939 film by Victor Fleming
Overview: Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and d ...
Release date: 15 December 1939Genre: Drama, Romance, WarDirector: Victor Fleming, George CukorProducer: David O. SelznickWriter: Margaret Mitchell, Sidney HowardA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of ...
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Anna Karenina
1935 film by Clarence Brown
Overview: Anna Karenina is a 1935 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1877 novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and ...
Release date: 30 August 1935Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Clarence BrownCast: Helen Wood, Robert Warwick, Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'SullivanProducer: David O. SelznickWriter: Lev Tolstoy, Clemence DaneThe married Anna Karenina falls in love with Count Vronsky despite her husband's refusal to grant a divorce, and both must contend with the social repercussions ... 0
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A Tale of Two Cities
1935 film by Robert Zigler Leonard, Jack Conway
Overview: A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film based upon Charles Dickens' 1859 historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris. The film stars Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton and Elizabeth Allan as ...
Release date: 15 December 1935Genre: Drama, Romance, HistoryDirector: Jack Conway, Robert Z. LeonardProducer: David O. SelznickWriter: Charles Dickens, W.P. LipscombA pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of ... 0
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Queen Christina
1933 film by Rouben Mamoulian
Overview: Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John ...
Release date: 26 December 1933Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, WarDirector: Rouben MamoulianProducer: Walter WangerWriter: H.M. Harwood, Salka ViertelQueen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between ... 0
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Annie Oakley
1935 American biographical film directed by George Stevens
Overview: Annie Oakley is a 1935 American Western film directed by George Stevens and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas and Moroni Olsen. The film is based on the life of Annie Oakley.
Release date: 15 November 1935Genre: Biography, Drama, WesternDirector: George StevensProducer: Cliff ReidWriter: Joel Sayre, John TwistA romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter. 0
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The Devil Is a Woman
1935 American film directed by Josef von Sternberg
Overview: The Devil Is a Woman is a 1935 American romance film directed and photographed by Josef von Sternberg, adapted from the 1898 novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs. The film was based on a screenplay ...Release date: 19 April 1935Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Josef von SternbergCast: Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Cesar Romero, Don AlvaradoProducer: Josef von Sternberg, Emanuel CohenWriter: Pierre Louÿs, John Dos PassosFilm told in flashbacks of an older man's obsession for a woman who can belong to no-one but can frustrate everyone... 0
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934 American film directed by Sidney Franklin
Overview: The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 American romantic drama film directed by Sidney Franklin based on the 1930 play of the same title by Rudolf Besier. It depicts the real-life romance between poets ...
Release date: 14 September 1934Genre: Drama, Romance, BiographyDirector: Sidney FranklinCast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Katharine Alexander, Ralph ForbesProducer: Irving ThalbergWriter: Rudolph Besier, Ernest VajdaElizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning. 0
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Suez
1938 American film directed by Allan Dwan
Overview: Suez is an American romantic drama film released on October 28, 1938, by 20th Century Fox, with Darryl F. Zanuck in charge of production, directed by Allan Dwan and starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young ...
Release date: 14 October 1938Genre: Drama, Romance, History, AdventureDirector: Allan DwanCast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry StephensonProducer: Ralph Dietrich, Gene MarkeyWriter: S.G. Duncan, Philip DunneFerdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal. 0
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Quality Street
1937 film by George Stevens
Overview: Quality Street is a 1937 American historical comedy film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. Set in 19th-century England, the film stars Ka ...
Release date: 26 March 1937Genre: Romance, Drama, ComedyDirector: George StevensProducer: Pandro S. BermanWriter: J.M. Barrie, Allan ScottIn the 1810s, an old maid poses as her own niece in order to teach her onetime beau a lesson. 0
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Berkeley Square
1933 film
Overview: Berkeley Square is a 1933 American pre-Code fantasy drama film produced by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Leslie Howard and Heather Angel. It recounts the tale of young American ...Release date: 15 September 1933Genre: Romance, FantasyDirector: Frank LloydCast: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Colin Keith-JohnstonProducer: John L. Balderston, Henry JamesA young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors. 0
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Alice Adams
1935 film by George Stevens
Overview: Alice Adams is a 1935 romantic drama film directed by George Stevens and starring Katharine Hepburn. It was made by RKO and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner ...
Release date: 15 August 1935Genre: Drama, Romance, ComedyDirector: George StevensProducer: Pandro S. BermanWriter: Booth Tarkington, Dorothy YostA working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father. 0
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Katia
1938 film
Overview: Katia is a 1938 French historical drama film starring Danielle Darrieux. The movie was directed by Maurice Tourneur, based on novel Princesse Mathe Bibesco by Marthe Bibesco under the pseudonym Lucile ...
Release date: 19 October 1938Genre: DramaDirector: Maurice TourneurCast: Danielle Darrieux, John Loder, Aimé Clariond, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Marcel Carpentier, Raymond AimosProducer: André E. Algazy, Louis D'HeeWriter: Lucile Decaux, Jacques CompanéezThe love affair, between Alexander II and Princess Katia 0
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930 film by Sam Taylor
Overview: Du Barry, Woman of Passion is a 1930 American pre-Code dramatic film starring Norma Talmadge, produced by her husband Joseph Schenck, released through United Artists, and based on a 1901 stage play Du ...Release date: 11 October 1930Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Sam TaylorCast: Norma Talmadge, William Farnum, Conrad Nagel, Hobart Bosworth, Ullrich Haupt, Alison SkipworthProducer: David Belasco, Sam Taylor 0
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Carolina
1934 film
Overview: Carolina is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Henry King, with a screenplay by Reginald Berkley based on the 1931 play The House of Connelly by Paul Green, and starring Janet Gaynor ...
Release date: 2 February 1934Genre: Comedy, Romance, DramaDirector: Henry KingCast: Janet Gaynor, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Young, Henrietta Crosman, Richard Cromwell, Mona BarrieWriter: Reginald Berkeley, Paul Green 0
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 film by George Fitzmaurice
Overview: The Emperor's Candlesticks is a 1937 historical drama film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer and directed by George Fitzmaurice. It is based on the 1899 novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy ...Release date: 2 July 1937Genre: Thriller, Romance, History, DramaDirector: George FitzmauriceCast: William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Morgan, Henry StephensonProducer: John W. Considine Jr.Writer: Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Harold Goldman 0
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Operator 13
1934 film by Richard Boleslawski
Overview: Operator 13 is a 1934 American pre-Code romance film directed by Richard Boleslawski and starring Marion Davies, Gary Cooper, and Jean Parker.Release date: 8 June 1934Genre: Romance, History, Drama, Adventure, Action, WarDirector: Richard BoleslawskiProducer: Lucien HubbardWriter: Robert W. Chambers, Harvey F. ThewGail Loveless, a spy known as Operator 13 working for the Union and Federal cause during the Civil War... 0
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Jane Eyre
1934 film by Christy Cabanne
Overview: Jane Eyre is a 1934 American romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Virginia Bruce and Colin Clive. It is based on the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and is the first ada ...
Release date: 15 August 1934Genre: Romance, DramaDirector: Christy CabanneProducer: Ben VerschleiserWriter: Charlotte Brontë, Adele ComandiniA meek governess and her mysterious employer strike up a romantic relationship. 0
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Maskerade
1934 Austrian film
Overview: Maskerade (also known as Maskerade in Wien, English: Masquerade or Masquerade in Vienna), is an Austrian operetta film, and a classic of German language cinema. The exceptional script of this, a great ...Release date: 21 August 1934Genre: Comedy, RomanceDirector: Willi ForstCast: Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Peter Petersen, Walter Janssen, Olga Tschechowa, Hilde von StolzProducer: Willi Forst, Walter ReischVienna 1905: After a carnival party the famous painter Heidenick draws his otherwise engaged girlfriend Anita Helfer with very few clothes on... 0
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Escapade
1935 film by Robert Zigler Leonard
Overview: Escapade is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer. It is a remake of Maskerade (1934).
Release date: 6 July 1935Genre: Romance, Comedy, ActionDirector: Robert Z. LeonardProducer: Bernard H. Hyman, Robert Z. LeonardWriter: Willi Forst, Herman J. MankiewiczEscapade is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer. It is a remake of Maskerade (1934). 0
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The Great Garrick
1937 film by James Whale
Overview: The Great Garrick is a 1937 American historical comedy film directed by James Whale and starring Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, and Edward Everett Horton. The film also features Lionel Atwill, Luis ...
Release date: 24 October 1937Genre: Romance, ComedyDirector: James WhaleCast: Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Lionel Atwill, Luis AlberniProducer: Mervyn LeRoyWriter: Ernest Vajda, Rowland LeighA Paris troupe puts on outlandish performances for a celebrated eighteenth-century British actor in order to convince him of their talents; the arrival ... 0
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