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Don Quixote
Don Quixote (1933) on 3 december 1934
, 1h22
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Actors Emily Fitzroy, René Donnio, Fédor Chaliapine, Mireille Balin, George Robey, Mady Berry
Rating67% 3.3958853.3958853.3958853.3958853.395885
Il s'agit de l’adaptation du chef-d’œuvre de Miguel de Cervantes en un récit bien entendu plus condensé, qui montre de sensibles différences dramaturgiques avec le roman original : Pabst fait mourir son héros à la fin et Dulcinée se montre « démoniaque ».
'Neath the Arizona Skies
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) on 5 december 1934
, 52minutes
Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry L. Fraser, Frank Hall Crane, Shirley Jean Rickert, George "Gabby" Hayes
Rating50% 2.5040852.5040852.5040852.5040852.504085
Chris Morrell (John Wayne), the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert), is helping her find her missing white father, so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black (Yakima Canutt) is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore (Buffalo Bill Jr.), another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes.
Shrimps for a Day
Shrimps for a Day (1934) on 7 december 1934

Directed by Gus Meins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Scotty Beckett, Stymie Beard, Jerry Tucker, Marianne Edwards, Leonard Kibrick
Rating73% 3.6641753.6641753.6641753.6641753.664175
The gang reside at the Happy Home Orphanage, an inaptly-named organization run by the nasty and dishonest Mr. (Clarence Wilson) and Mrs. Crutch (Rosa Gore). Invited to a garden party at the home of wealthy Mr. Wade, the children enjoy a good time and are showered with gifts, though they know full well that their new clothes and toys will be appropriated and sold by the Crutches once they return to the orphanage.
Secret of the Chateau
Secret of the Chateau (1934) on 3 december 1934
, 1h6
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Claire Dodd, Alice White, Osgood Perkins, Jack La Rue, George E. Stone, William Faversham
Rating59% 2.956822.956822.956822.956822.95682
Marotte, un inspecteur de la Sûreté, enquête sur des meurtres commis en lien avec le vol d'un exemplaire de la Bible de Gutenberg...
Three Little Pigskins
Three Little Pigskins (1934) on 8 december 1934
, 20minutes
Directed by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lucille Ball, Phyllis Crane, Walter Long
Rating73% 3.688363.688363.688363.688363.68836
The Stooges are "recruited" by a college to drum up publicity for the college's football team by being dressed up as football players. Meanwhile, the owner of a professional football team, Joe Stacks, has to find three new players for the next game. One of Joe's girlfriends soon meets the Stooges and confuses them for genuine college football players known as "The Three Horsemen" (a parody of the "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame fame). The Stooges go back to her house and meet the girl's two friends.
Babbitt
Babbitt (1934) on 8 december 1934

Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd, Maxine Doyle, Minor Watson, Minna Gombell
Rating60% 3.002423.002423.002423.002423.00242
Lieutenant Kizhe
Lieutenant Kizhe (1934) on 9 december 1934
, 1h38
Directed by Alexandre Feinzimmer
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical
Actors Mikhaïl Yanchine, Erast Garine, Andrei Kostrichkin
Rating63% 3.1671953.1671953.1671953.1671953.167195
Set in Saint Petersburg in 1800, the film satirizes the pedantic absurdities of the rule of Emperor Paul I. His obsession with rigid drill, instant obedience and martinet discipline extends not only to his soldiers but also to his courtiers and even the servants who scrub the palace corridors. A slip of the pen by an army clerk when drawing up a list of officers for promotion, leads to the creation of a Lieutenant Kijé. Once the document is signed by the Emperor, Kijé takes on an existence of his own through a series of muddles and court intrigues. The Emperor's aide cries out when engaged in amorous play with a lady in waiting, awakening the sleeping Paul. The non-existent Lieutenant Kijé is blamed, flogged in front of the assembled Imperial Guard and sent under escort to a fortress in Siberia. His lack of substantive form is explained by his being "a confidential prisoner with no shape". Reprieved by the Emperor, Kijé returns to Saint Petersburg and is rapidly promoted to colonel and then general. In absentia, he marries the Princess Gagarina. At last, when the Emperor insists on a meeting with his "most faithful servant", General Kijé is reported as having died. He receives a state funeral with an empty coffin.
The Live Ghost
The Live Ghost (1934) on 8 december 1934
, 21minutes
Directed by Buddy Rogers, Charley Rogers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Mae Busch, Arthur Housman, Charlie Hall
Rating72% 3.6414453.6414453.6414453.6414453.641445
A gruff sea captain (Walter Long) enlists fish-shop employees Laurel and Hardy to help in shanghaiing men to be a crew for his next voyage. They succeed in doing so by a stunt that gets each man chasing after them. But they accidentally clobber the captain as well, provoking him into shanghaiing them as well aboard what is rumored to be a "ghost ship" (which was why Captain Long was unable to get men to voluntarily enlist). He is so angry at this rumor that he makes a dire threat against the next man that tells him that he sails a "ghost ship".