Title Year Director Country Genre Cast Notes Borderline 1930 Kenneth MacPherson United Kingdom Drama, avant-garde Paul Robeson , Eslanda Goode Robeson (credited as Eslanda Robeson), H.D. (credited as Helga Doorn) Morocco 1930 Josef von Sternberg United States Drama Gary Cooper , Marlene Dietrich , Adolphe Menjou , Ullrich Haupt , Francis McDonald , Eve Southern , Paul Porcasi Based on the novel Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny Sunny Skies 1930 Norman Taurog United States Comedy Benny Rubin , Marceline Day , Rex Lease , Marjorie Lane , Harry Lee, Wesley Barry , Greta Granstedt , Robert Livingston (credited as Robert Randall), Eddy Chandler (credited as Eddie Chandler) Way Out West 1930 Fred Niblo United States Comedy, western Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Sharon Lynn (credited as Sharon Lynne), James Finlayson , Rosina Lawrence , Stanley Fields , Vivien Oakland , The Avalon Boys Mädchen in Uniform 1931 Leontine Sagan Germany Drama, romance Hertha Thiele , Dorothea Wieck , Emilia Unda Co-written by Christa Winsloe , based on her stage play Gestern und heute (Then and Now) The Maltese Falcon 1931 Roy Del Ruth United States Crime Bebe Daniels , Ricardo Cortez , Dudley Digges , Una Merkel , Robert Elliott , Thelma Todd , Otto Matieson , Walter Long , Dwight Frye , J. Farrell McDonald Based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett Manhattan Parade 1931 Lloyd Bacon United States Comedy Winnie Lightner , Charles Butterworth The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman United States Action, crime James Cagney , Jean Harlow , Edward Woods , Joan Blondell Based on the unpublished novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon The Blood of a Poet 1932 Jean Cocteau France Drama, fantasy Enrique Riveros a.k.a. Le sang d'un poète The Old Dark House 1932 James Whale United States Horror Boris Karloff (credited as KARLOFF), Melvyn Douglas , Raymond Massey , Gloria Stuart , Charles Laughton , Lilian Bond , Ernest Thesiger , Eva Moore , Brember Wills Based on the novel Benighted by J. B. Priestley Call Her Savage 1932 John Francis Dillon United States Drama Clara Bow , Gilbert Roland , Thelma Todd , Monroe Owsley , Estelle Taylor , Weldon Heyburn , Willard Robertson One of the first portrayals of a gay bar on screen Hell's Highway 1932 Rowland Brown United States Drama Richard Dix , Tom Brown , Rochelle Hudson , C. Henry Gordon , Oscar Apfel , Stanley Fields , John Arledge , Warner Richmond Diplomaniacs 1933 William A. Seiter United States Comedy Bert Wheeler , Robert Woolsey , Marjorie White , Phyllis Barry , Louis Calhern , Hugh Herbert , Edgar Kennedy , Richard Carle , William Irving , Neely Edwards , Billy Bletcher Lot in Sodom 1933 James Sibley Watson Melville Webber United States Drama Friedrich Haak, Hildegarde Watson , Dorothea Haus, Lewis Whitbeck Ladies They Talk About 1933 Howard Bretherton William Keighley United States Drama, romance Barbara Stanwyck , Preston Foster , Lyle Talbot , Dorothy Burgess , Lillian Roth , Maude Eburne , Ruth Donnelly , Harold Huber , Robert McWade Based on the play Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye and Carlton Miles Myrt and Marge 1933 Al Boasberg United States Comedy Myrtle Vail Our Betters 1933 George Cukor United States Comedy, drama, romance Constance Bennett , Anita Louise , Gilbert Roland , Violet Kemble-Cooper , Charles Starrett , Grant Mitchell , Minor Watson , Hugh Sinclair , Alan Mowbray , Tyrell Davis Based on the play of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham Queen Christina 1933 Rouben Mamoulian United States Drama, biography Greta Garbo , John Gilbert , Ian Keith , Lewis Stone Stage Mother 1933 Charles Brabin United States Drama, musical, romance Alice Brady , Maureen O'Sullivan , Franchot Tone , Phillips Holmes , Ted Healy , Russell Hardie , C. Henry Gordon , Alan Edwards , Ben Alexander , Jay Eaton , Larry Fine Based on the novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes Zero for Conduct 1933 Jean Vigo France Short, comedy, drama a.k.a. Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège Victor and Victoria 1933 Reinhold Schünzel Germany Musical, comedy Renate Müller , Hermann Thimig , Anton Walbrook , Hilde Hildebrand , Fritz Odemar , Friedel Pisetta, Aribert Wäscher a.k.a. Viktor und Viktoria Wonder Bar 1934 Lloyd Bacon United States Musical, crime, drama Al Jolson , Kay Francis An Actor's Revenge 1935 Teinosuke Kinugasa Japan Drama Kazuo Hasegawa , Naoe Fushimi, Akiko Chihaya, Yoshito Yamaji, Tokusaburo Arashi, Kokuten Kōdō Based on the novel by Otokichi Mikami First a Girl 1935 Victor Saville United Kingdom Musical, comedy Jessie Matthews , Sonnie Hale , Anna Lee , Griffth Jones , Alfred Drayton An English version of Viktor und Viktoria Sylvia Scarlett 1935 George Cukor United States Comedy, drama, romance Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , Brian Aherne , Edmund Gwenn , Dennie Moore Based on the novel The Early Life of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton Mackenzie Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich United States Comedy, musical, romance Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edward Everett Horton , Erik Rhodes , Helen Broderick , Eric Blore Dracula's Daughter 1936 Lambert Hillyer United States Drama, fantasy, horror Otto Kruger , Gloria Holden , Marguerite Churchill , Irving Pichel , Gilbert Emery , Edward Van Sloan , Halliwell Hobbes , Billy Bevan , Nan Grey , Hedda Hopper , Claud Allister , Edgar Norton , E. E. Clive La Garçonne 1936 Jean de Limur France Drama Marie Bell , Arletty , Henri Rollan , Maurice Escande , Jaque Catelain , Pierre Etchepare , Philippe Hersent , Jean Worms , Marcelle Praince , Vanda Gréville , Suzy Solidor , Édith Piaf , Jean Tissier , Marcelle Géniat , Junie Astor , Jane Marken a.k.a. The Bachelor Girl ; based on the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte Rangle River 1936 Clarence G. Badger Australia Action, adventure, mystery Victor Jory , Robert Coote Based on a story by Zane Grey Women's Club 1936 Jacques Deval France Comedy, drama Danielle Darrieux , Josette Day , Betty Stockfeld , Ève Francis , Junie Astor , Valentine Tessier a.k.a. Club de Femmes Lady Killer 1937 Jean Grémillon France Drama, romance, war Jean Gabin , Mireille Balin , Pierre Etchepare , Henri Poupon, Jean Aymé, Pierre Magnier , Marguerite Deval , René Lefèvre , Jane Marken (credited as Jeanne Markin), Paulette Noizeux , André Siméon (credited as Siméon), Pierre Labry, Lucien Dayle, Louis Florencie (credited as Florencie), Paul Fournier, André Carnège, Maurice Baquet , Frédéric Mariotti (credited as Mariotti) a.k.a. Gueule d'amour Stage Door 1937 Gregory La Cava United States Comedy, drama Katharine Hepburn , Ginger Rogers , Adolphe Menjou , Gail Patrick , Andrea Leeds , Constance Collier , Lucille Ball , Eve Arden , Ann Miller , Franklin Pangborn Adapted from a play of the same name by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman Hôtel du Nord 1938 Marcel Carné France Drama Annabella , Jean-Pierre Aumont , Louis Jouvet , Arletty , Paulette Dubost , Andrex , André Brunot , Henri Bosc, Marcel André , Bernard Blier , Jacques Louvigny , Armand Lurville (credited as Lurville), Jane Marken , Génia Vaury, François Périer , René Bergeron 