Drama Movies
Imitation of Life (1934)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along…
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They…
The Painted Veil (1934)
The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when…
Kid Millions (1934)
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
Woman in the Dark (1934)
A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won’t get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a…
We Live Again (1934)
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for…
Angele (1934)
Lady by Choice (1934)
To improve her image, a fan dancer “adopts” an old woman to be her mother.
Gridiron Flash (1934)
A college football team recruits a tough convict.
Cleopatra (1934)
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Our Daily Bread (1934)
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help…
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of…
The Scarlet Letter (1934)
In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Judge Priest (1934)
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.
British Agent (1934)
In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.
Wagon Wheels (1934)
A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy Clint Belmet. On board are feisty young widow Nancy Wellington and her toddler, Sonny,…
The Age of Innocence (1934)
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
Desirable (1934)
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.
Tiger Bay (1934)
Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles a protection racket.
Now and Forever (1934)
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can’t accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then…
Crime Without Passion (1934)
Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is…
Hide-Out (1934)
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer’s daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is…
Side Streets (1934)
A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne’er-do-well.
Housewife (1934)
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial…
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a…
Java Head (1934)
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in…
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Tomorrow’s Children (1934)
Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed “defective” by the state health authorities—her parents are lazy alcoholics who continue breeding, and her…
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry,…
He Was Her Man (1934)
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his “pals”.
Black Moon (1934)
A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
An unwed mother watches as her illegitimate son is raised by others. Director Lambert Hillyer’s 1934 drama stars Jean Arthur, Richard Cromwell, Donald Cook, Anita Louise, Jane Darwell, Mary Forbes…
The Key (1934)
A British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
Operator 13 (1934)
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gail Loveless to become…
Are We Civilized? (1934)
1934 drama of man’s inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by Edwin Carewe, screenplay by Harold Sherman. This film was meant to denounce Hitler prior to…
Little Man What Now? (1934)
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn’t like to hire married men.