March 14, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1934

1. "It Happened One Night" (Frank Capra, Columbia)

2. "The Gay Divorcee" (Mark Sandrich, RKO)

3. "The Thin Man" (W.S. Van Dyke, MGM)

4. "The Merry Widow" (Ernst Lubitsch, MGM)

5. "L'Atalante" (Jean Vigo, France)

6. "Twentieth Century" (Howard Hawks, Columbia)

7. "It's A Gift" (Norman McLeod, Paramount)

8. "The Story Of Floating Weeds" (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)

9. "Tarzan And His Mate" (Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway, MGM)

10. "La signora di tutti" (Max Ophuls, Italy)


Other great films:

Amok (France)
Anne Of Green Gables
Babes In Toyland
The Black Cat
Bright Eyes
Chapayev (Soviet Union)
Co moj maz robi w nocy? (Poland)
Czarna perla (Poland)
Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna (Poland)
Dames
Fashions Of 1934
Flirtation Walk
Hollywood Party
House Of Rothschild
Jolly Fellows (Soviet Union)
Judge Priest
Kid Millions
The Scarlet Empress
Stand Up And Cheer
Three Songs Of Lenin (Soviet Union)
Wonder Bar
You're Telling Me!
Zou Zou

Short Top 3:

1. "Granton Trawler" (John Grierson, UK)


2. "Pett and Pott" (Andrea Cavalcanti, UK)


3. "The Hearts Of Age" (Orson Welles, USA)


Other great shorts:

Going Bye Bye
Strikes And Spares
Them Thar Hills
We Live In Prague (Czechoslovakia)

Cartoon Top 10

1. "The Tortoise And The Hare" (Wilfred Jackson, Disney)

2. "Playful Pluto" (Burt Gillett, Disney)

3. "A Dream Walking" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

4. "La Joie de vivre" (Anthony Gross, Hector Hoppin, France)

5. "1936" (Takao Nakano, Yoshitsugu Tanaka, Japan)

6. "She Wronged Him Right" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

7. "Two-Gun Mickey" (Ben Sharpsteen, Disney)

8. "The Grasshopper And The Ants" (Wilfred Jackson, Disney)

9. "King's Up" (Walter Lantz, Universal)

10. "Philips Cavalcade" (George Pal, Holland)


Other great cartoons:

Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp
Bam-Bam (Sweden)
She Reminds Me Of You
 There's Something About A Soldier
Those Were Wonderful Days
We Aim To Please
The Wise Little Hen

Weak films of 1934:

The Affairs Of Cellini
Baby Take A Bow
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street
The Cat's-Paw
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Cleopatra
Hide-Out
Imitation Of Life
Mauvaise graine (France)
Mlody las (Poland)
Now And Forever
Now I'll Tell
Of Human Bondage
The Old Fashioned Way
Our Neighbor Miss Yae (Japan)
The Richest Girl In The World
She Loves Me Not
Street Without End (Japan)
Viva Villa
Zamarle echo (Poland)

Weak shorts:

City Of Wax
La Cucaracha
Hollywood Rhythm
The Live Ghost
Men In Black
Mixed Nuts
The New Frontier
Nieuwe Gronden (Holland)
Oliver The 8th
Song Of Ceylon (UK)

Weak cartoons:

Betty Boop's Lifeguard
Batty Boop's Little Pal
Betty Boop's Prize Show
Betty Boop's Rise To Fame
Bosko's Parlor Pranks
The Brave Tin Soldier
Buddy And Towser
Buddy Of The Apes
Buddy's Bearcats
Buddy The Detective
Buddy The Woodsman
The China Shop
County Fair
The Discontented Canary
Funny Little Bunnies
The Girl At The Ironing Board
Goin' To Heaven On A Mule
Good Scouts
Ha! Ha! Ha!
The Headless Horseman
Hell's Fire
Holiday Land
In Darkest Africa
Insultin' The Sultan
Jack Frost
Keep In Style
A Little Bird Told Me
The Little Red Hen
The Miller's Daughter
Parrotville Fire Department
Pastrytown Wedding
Peculiar Penguins
Pettin' In The Park
Pop Goes Your Heart
Puss In Boots
Queen Of Hearts
Rasslin' Round
Red Hot Mamma
Shake Your Powder Puff
Ship Of Ether (Holland)
Tale Of The Vienna Woods
Those Beautiful Dames
Toyland Broadcast
The Valiant Tailor
Viva Buddy
Viva Willie
When My Ship Comes In
Why Do I Dream Those Dreams
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