Film Dictionary

A Stalinist propaganda film.

Swedish melodrama starring Ingrid Bergman.

Weird musical with the most unconventional love intrigues imaginable. Musical numbers: "Sweet and Slow" "Dancing with Tear...

An excellent Oscar-nominated musical number surrounded by a familiar story about a king who takes a holiday while his look-alike replaces hi...

Zabawna komedia z Jadwiga Smosarska. Piosenki: "Dlaczego wlasnie dzis?"  ** "Od milosci nikt sie nie wykreci"   **

Showbiz musical with Oscar-nominated dance numbers and excellent songs.

Rousing colonial adventure pic in the tradition of "Beau Geste" and "Gunga Din".

Piosenki Henryka Warsa i Emanuela Schlechtera: "Gdyby szczescie przyszlo dzis"   ** "Milosc to caly swiat"   **

One of the best of Hiroshi Shimizu's silent films. Still, a heavy "hahamono" melodrama very different from most of his later s...

One of Kenji Mizoguchi's most conventional films.

Another mutiny on a ship involving Clark Gable.

One of Kenji Mizoguchi's weakest films, a very conventional adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's "Boule de suif", which ...

Classy melodrama starring Merle Oberon and Frederic March.

Bette Davis' Oscar-winning performance is outstanding, and the ending is surprising, but the film is quite dated.

A romantic melodrama set in an insane asylum.

Dreadful musical starring Lily Pons and Henry Fonda. It's available here . Musical numbers include: "The Jockey On The Carousel...

Ridiculous, and very dated, melodrama.

Routine horror film about a man whose mother was biten by a vampire bat in an African cave and who kills people without knowing about it. Ni...

A kind of hopelessly dated, old-fashioned, supernatural romance melodrama that will profoundly enchant a small minority of ultra-sensitive s...

Boring drama about Polish navy sailors and pilots.

One of Stan & Ollie's worst films, a pointless parody of "The Lives Of A Bengal Lancer".

Historically important as the first Hollywood feature film in Technicolor, but otherwise a dull historical melodrama adapted from Thackera...

Tedious historical drama about Richard The Lionheart and the Third Crusade. One of Cecil B. DeMille's worst films.

Directed by C.Rogers. Stan and Ollie are proud owners of a store. A sequel to "Them Thar Hills" (1934).

Directed by J.Horne. Ollie gets in trouble with his wife when he inadvertently purchases a useless clock.

Directed by N.Grinde for MGM. Disappointed by his audiences' reaction to his previous lecture on "How To Stay Awake" (many d...

One of the first 3D movies ever made, and the first one nominated for an Academy Award.

The coal. Its importance for British economy. How it's mined, transported and used. British documentary directed by Andrea Cavalcanti....

Directed by Leni Riefenstahl.

A Bata tire commercial.

Gorgeous film adaptation of William Shakespeare's most original comedy.

A delightfully silly little operetta about a beautiful French princess (Jeanette McDonald) coming to America and falling in love with a dash...

Josephine Baker's best film.

Memorable comedy starring Charles Laughton as an English butler who comes to America.

Exciting swashbuckler film set during the French Revolution. Leslie Howard plays an heroic English spy who saves French noblemen from the g...

Entertaining murder mystery in the "Thin Man" vein.

One of the finest Soviet films of 1930's. Its protagonist is a young worker who becomes a Bolshevik revolutionary.

Costume drama starring Miriam Hopkins and Edward G.Robinson. One of Howard Hawks' less inspired efforts.

When one of the greatest (and longest) novels of all time is adapted into a 108-minute film, the results are bound to be disappointing.

Political corruption is satirized in this modest musical starring Dick Powell and directed by Roy Del Ruth. Songs: "Happy Days Are Here...

Mlody kombinator podaje sie za carskiego szefa policji. Adolf Dymsza i Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska w filmie Michala Waszynskiego. Piosenki Henry...

Dull adventure film about an Arctic kingdom ruled by a queen.

Stan and Ollie are selling Christmas cards, but they also get involved in complicated marital problems.

Short documentary about a flight over Mount Everest.

British documentary about a small island full of birds.

Charles Laughton and Clark Gable star in this great adventure film set in the South Seas. Winner of the Best Picture Oscar.

The best of all Universal's horror films of 1930's. A perfect mixture of terror, black comedy and pathos.

Along with "Duck Soup" (1933), this is Marx Bros.' funniest comedy. Every single line is a riot, along with many classic scene...

A superb musical with hilarious comedy, superlative dances and a top Irving Berlin's score. The songs are timeless. Early in the film co...

Busby Berkeley was the most famous dance director of 1930's, responsible for musical numbers in excellent films like "For...

Very good musical comedy set in the Parisian world of "haute couture". Songs and musical numbers include: "Let's Begin...

Entertaining, fast-paced chase thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis are glorified in this brilliantly directed documentary by Leni Riefenstahl.

Katharine Hepburn's character gets quite annoying in this film, but that minor flaw is fully compensanted by the numerous qualities (hum...

Fine musical starring Eleonor Powell and Robert Taylor, with Jack Benny as comedy relief. Great Narcio Brown-Arthur Freed tunes: "You A...

Entertaining pirate movie starring Errol Flynn. The first of several Curtis/Flynn colaborations.

Shirley Temple plays an orphan in this adaptation of "Daddy Long Legs".

Fine adaptation of Dickens' greatest novel.

Uneven, but occassionally entertaining murder myster/horror film set in a gilded mansion.

Visually stunning film about a manipulative woman.

Maurice Chevalier in his last pre-war Hollywood film. Songs: "Valentine" ** "Rhythm of the Rain" *** "You Took The ...

By 1935 Mae West has mellowed somewhat due to Production Code restrictions, but while not as provocative as "She Done Him Wrong" (...

An Irish revolutionnary is tortured by guilt because he betrayed a friend. Powerful drama directed by John Ford.

Typowa polska komedia muzyczna. Hrabia udaje szofera itd. W roli glownej Eugeniusz Bodo. Rezyseria Michal Waszynski. Piosenki Henryka Warsa ...

Snappy, fast-paced film about newsreel reporters.

This Shirley Temple film is set after the Civil War.

This Shirley Temple film is set during the Civil War.

Komedia muzyczna bliska tematycznie "Wesolej wdowce" Lehara. Piosenki Henryka Warsa: "My huzarzy wolne ptaki"   ** ...

An excellent example of a fantastic film that finally reveals its "uncanny" side. A mixture of horror and mystery.

A spear carrier at the New York Met (Laurence Tibbet) wants to become a great opera singer. Songs and arias include: "On The Road To Ma...

Well made, but old-fashioned murder melodrama about a girl murdered in a barn.

Oskar Fischinger's masterpiece and his last German film.

The first in an amazingly successful series of Disney cartoons starring Mickey, Donald and Goofy. Those films usually feature the trio wor...

Mickey's orchestra is constantly interrupted by ice-cream vendor Donald, who insists on playing "Turkey In The Straw" during...

Cruel Pluto is scolded by Mickey for tormenting a poor little kitten and falls asleep, dreaming of being kidnapped by vengeful cats, who b...

Newlywed couples embark on the Honeymoon Express to the Moon. An off-beat cartoon with a superb title song. Probably the best of Fleischer...

A wonderfully colorful Silly Symphony about a hobo helping a Cinderella become the Queen of the Cookie Carnival. All the characters are repr...

A richly animated Mickey & Pluto cartoon set in a garden ravaged by hordes of hungry bugs. When Mickey accidently knocks himself uncons...

The second pairing of Mickey, Donald and Goofy is among the best "trio" cartoons that dominated Disney's output in the mid a...

Everyone is looking for the killer of Cock Robin, a handsome lad who lies motionless, with an arrow piercing his heart. Fortunately, an in...

It's a harsh winter and three poor kitties are abandoned by their owner. They find refuge in a quiet house, first playing in the kitchen...

Weird gremlins attack a happy village, where merry dwarves put sunshine in bottles. They get hit with projectiles containing the sunshine ...

Terrific and memorable film about cartoon villains taking revenge on their creator.

A particularly successful Disney cartoon; an adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" set against the background of a conflict between a...

Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow, all make an appearance in this entertaining picture set on a fr...

Molly Moo Cow plays with forest animals and defends them from an evil hunter.

Krazy Kat learns to how to fly and to become a bird.

The middle part of this cartoon is a bit weak, but the first and the third acts are quite entertaining.

Five years before his classic "The Wild Hare" (1940), Tex Avery tries a similar setup and gags.

Superior cartoon about ghosts.

Oswald cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

Strikingly designed MGM cartoon.

A sexy belly dancer is one of many pleasures of this MGM cartoon.