1933 in Film

1933 In Film

U.S.A. unless stated

  • 42nd Street, Directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers
  • Adventures of Don Quixote, directed by G.W. Pabst, starring Feodor Chaliapin - (France/Britain)
  • Alice in Wonderland, starring Charlotte Henry and virtually every Paramount star at the time
  • Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent
  • A Bedtime Story, starring Maurice Chevalier
  • Bitter Sweet, starring Anna Neagle - (Britain)
  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen, starring Barbara Stanwyck
  • Blood Money, starring George Bancroft
  • Bombshell, starring Jean Harlow
  • The Bowery, starring Wallace Beery and George Raft
  • Bureau of Missing Persons, starring Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien
  • By Candlelight, directed by James Whale
  • Cash, directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Robert Donat - (Britain)
  • Cavalcade, starring Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor and Herbert Mundin
  • Counsellor at Law, starring John Barrymore and Bebe Daniels
  • Dancing Lady, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
  • Daybreak (Tiānmíng) - (China)
  • Deluge, starring Sidney Blackmer
  • The Deserter - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Design for Living, starring Fredric March, Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins
  • The Devil's Brother, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
  • Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor and featuring an all-star cast
  • Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
  • Dragnet Girl (Hijosen no onna), starring Kinuyo Tanaka, directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
  • Duck Soup, directed by Leo McCarey, starring the Marx Brothers
  • The Eagle and the Hawk, starring Fredric March, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard
  • Ecstasy, starring Hedy Lamarr - (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Emperor Jones, starring Paul Robeson
  • Employees' Entrance, starring Warren William and Loretta Young
  • Fast Workers, starring John Gilbert and Mae Clarke
  • The Flower of Hawaii (Die Blume von Hawaii), directed by Richard Oswald - (Germany)
  • Flying Down to Rio, starring Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond. Also starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first of 10 films together
  • Footlight Parade, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell and Ruby Keeler
  • Gabriel Over the White House, directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Walter Huston. Produced by William Randolph Hearst
  • The Ghoul, starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke and Ernest Thesiger - (Britain)
  • Going Hollywood, starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby
  • Gold Diggers of 1933, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers and Warren William
  • The Good Companions, directed by Victor Saville, starring Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn and John Gielgud - (Britain)
  • Goodbye Again, starring Joan Blondell and Warren William
  • Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, starring Al Jolson
  • Hard to Handle, starring James Cagney
  • Heroes for Sale, starring Loretta Young and Richard Barthelmess
  • Hold Your Man, starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable
  • The House on 56th Street, starring Kay Francis
  • I'm No Angel, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West also wrote the story and screenplay.
  • In the Wake of the Bounty, starring Errol Flynn as Fletcher Christian - (Australia)
  • International House, starring W. C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen
  • The Invisible Man, starring Claude Rains in the title role with Gloria Stuart
  • It's Great to Be Alive, directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Raul Roulien and Gloria Stuart
  • Każdemu wolno kochać (Anybody Can Love), by Mieczysław Krawicz - (Poland)
  • King Kong, starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong
  • Ladies They Talk About, starring Barbara Stanwyck
  • Lady for a Day, directed by Frank Capra, starring Warren William and May Robson
  • Lady Killer, starring James Cagney
  • Liebelei, directed by Max Ophüls - (Germany)
  • Little Toys (Xiáo wǎnyì), directed by Sun Yu - (China)
  • Little Women, directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett
  • Lot in Sodom, starring Friedrich Haak
  • Loyalties, starring Basil Rathbone - (Britain)
  • Man's Castle, starring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young
  • The Mayor of Hell, starring James Cagney
  • Midnight Club, starring George Raft and Clive Brook
  • Midnight Mary, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Loretta Young
  • The Midnight Patrol, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
  • The Monkey's Paw, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
  • Morning Glory, starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Mystery of the Wax Museum, starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray
  • Okraina (The Outskirts) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • One Sunday Afternoon, starring Gary Cooper and Fay Wray
  • Only Yesterday, starring Margaret Sullavan
  • Our Betters, starring Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland, and Anita Louise
  • Parachute Jumper, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis, and Frank McHugh
  • Passing Fancy (Dekigokoro), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
  • Peg o' My Heart, starring Marion Davies
  • Penthouse, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
  • Perfect Understanding, starring Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier - (Britain)
  • Picture Snatcher, starring James Cagney
  • Pilgrimage, directed by John Ford
  • The Power and the Glory, starring Spencer Tracy
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Charles Laughton - (Britain)
  • The Prizefighter and the Lady, starring Max Baer, Myrna Loy, Primo Carnera and Jack Dempsey
  • Professional Sweetheart, starring Ginger Rogers
  • Queen Christina, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert
  • Roman Scandals, starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart
  • Secret of the Blue Room, starring Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart and Lionel Atwill
  • Secrets, starring Mary Pickford in her last film
  • She Done Him Wrong, starring Mae West and Cary Grant in his first notable film role
  • She Had to Say Yes, starring Loretta Young and Lyle Talbot, directed by Busby Berkeley and George Amy
  • The Son of Kong, starring Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack
  • Sons of the Desert, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
  • State Fair, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers and Lew Ayres
  • The Story of Temple Drake, starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue
  • The Stranger's Return, starring Miriam Hopkins and Lionel Barrymore
  • A Study in Scarlet, starring Reginald Owen
  • Supernatural, starring Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne and Randolph Scott
  • The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Otto Wernicke - (Germany)
  • This Day and Age, Cecil B. Demille's now cult-favorite, starring Richard Cromwell and featuring then-teenager: Baby Peggy Montgomery.
  • This Week of Grace' directed by Maurice Elvey, starring Gracie Fields - (Britain)
  • Three Little Pigs, an animated short
  • Tillie and Gus, starring Alison Skipworth and W. C. Fields
  • Tonight Is Ours, starring Fredric March and Claudette Colbert
  • Topaze, starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy
  • Torch Singer, starring Claudette Colbert
  • Tugboat Annie, starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
  • Turn Back the Clock, starring Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke
  • The Vampire Bat, starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray
  • Viktor und Viktoria - (Germany)
  • When Ladies Meet, starring Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy
  • We're in the Money, animation by Stephan Eichenberg
  • Wild Boys of the Road, starring Frankie Darro and Edwin Phillips
  • The Working Man, starring George Arliss and Bette Davis
  • You Made Me Love You starring Stanley Lupino and Thelma Todd - (Britain)
  • Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite), directed by Jean Vigo - (France)

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