‘1920s/30s’

Best Picture 1939 – You Can’t Take It With You

Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart this 1938 The cast includes James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold.

Best Picture 1938 – The Life of Emile Zola

This 1937 biographical film is about French author Émile Zola and is set in the mid through late 1800s, it depicts his friendship with noted painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement in the Dreyfus affair.

Best Picture 1937 – The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld marked the first time in which the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were awarded. Produced by MGM was the first musical film in history for which one of its cast members won an Academy Award – Luise Rainer received the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Ziegfeld’s [...]

Best Picture 1936 – Mutiny on the Bounty

This 1935 film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable was directed by Frank Lloyd and based on the Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall novel Mutiny on the Bounty.

Best Picture 1935 – It Happened One Night

This 1934 romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy was directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father’s thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable).