1934 (Movies/Shorts) Best to Worst
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- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.10/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsMarie ArbuckleMelvin J. GibbyBeatrice HagenBetty Boop and Koko dabble in dentistry, complete with laughing gas.10/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey is looking after the orphans. He tells them the story of Gulliver (with Mickey in that role) in Lilliput, though without the satire and bawdy bits. The story ends with Mickey fighting a giant spider, about twice his size.10/10
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsBilly BletcherWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerIndependent cowgirl Minnie ends up in over her head when pursued by bandit Pete, so it's up to Mickey to rescue her.10/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsCharles CarverWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellPierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues her and proceeds to beat Bluto in a lumberjack contest.10/10
- DirectorDavid HandStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigMelvin J. GibbyMickey and an early version of Donald Duck are police officers chasing dognapper Pegleg Pete. Despite their bumbling, they manage to repeatedly get the drop on Pete at his sawmill hideout, though they ultimately make a shambles of the place.10/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsBonnie PoeWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellPopeye wants to join a club of fighters. But can he take their grueling initiation test... and can the club take his rough-housing?10/10
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleJames DunnJane DarwellAn orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.9/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloLou FleischerWilliam PennellPopeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most of their efforts go into preventing each other from being the hero.9/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsElvia AllmanBilly BletcherWalt DisneyIt's up to Mickey to rescue himself and Minnie from Captain Pete and his crew.9/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloLou FleischerCharles LawrencePopeye, Olive, and Wimpy stumble across a ghost ship. They climb aboard, and it proceeds to scare them in various ways.9/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBonnie PoeBetty Boop, sleepless on a freezing night, builds a nice hot fire which proves too much of a good thing; in a dream she visits Hell, sings "Hell's Bells, " and makes Hell freeze over!9/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarcellite GarnerBeatrice HagenJayne ShadduckMickey puts on a big show to raise money for the orphaned mice.9/10
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyBette DavisAllen JenkinsAn unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsBonnie PoeThe White Rabbit materializes from a jigsaw puzzle and leads Betty Boop through the looking glass into Wonderland.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelWhen rival firefighters Popeye and Bluto respond to Olive Oyl's house fire, they find themselves fighting each other more than the fire.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelA traffic cop tries to make time with Betty; she speeds to get away, is arrested, and undergoes a musical trial.8/10
- DirectorGus MeinsCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyVirginia KarnsOpposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.7/10
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperCarole LombardShirley TempleA swindler and his girlfriend take in his young daughter, who has been living with the family of his deceased wife.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsCharles CarverWilliam CostelloCharles LawrenceWimpy is such a terrible helper that blacksmith Olive fires him. Both Popeye and Bluto see the help wanted sign; they compete for the position. Of course, their competition wrecks the shop.7/10
- DirectorDavid HandStarsBeatrice HagenJayne ShadduckWalt DisneyMickey drives a steamroller and takes Minnie's little ones for a ride. While he takes a break to court Minnie, the little ones climb aboard and start the steamroller moving.7/10
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLeslie BanksEdna BestPeter LorreAn ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.6/10
- DirectorHarry LachmanStarsShirley TempleJames DunnClaire TrevorEddie 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, have both gone straight, and Eddie and Kay have a beautiful little daughter named Shirley. However, Welch has kept a close eye on them for years. He believes in "once a criminal, always a criminal." When Eddie's employer's wife's pearls go missing, it comes out that Eddie and Larry both spent time in prison, and they're fired. Welch suspects that Eddie and Larry have something to do with the theft of the pearls. Will Welch prove that Eddie and Larry had something to do with the theft, or will the truth prevail?6/10
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.6/10
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsDorothy ComptonPinto ColvigWhen a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloCharles LawrenceWilliam PennellBluto is the boxing champ; Popeye is his challenger; Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with a can of spinach.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsBonnie PoeBetty takes a trip to the beach and needs the assistance of a big, hunky lifeguard when she rides her rubber horsy out too far!6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsCab CallowayDave FleischerMax FleischerA reporter interviews Max Fleischer about his creation, and Betty illustrates with excerpts from three prior cartoons.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloBonnie PoeMae QuestelOlive runs some kind of boarding school. She serves her charges a huge bowl of spinach, but they are less than enthusiastic about it. Popeye comes by and demonstrates the values of spinach: he feeds some to a tree, which grows huge and sprouts a variety of fruit; he feeds a hen, which lays a dozen eggs, and he eats some himself to resist a prizefighter passing by. The children, inspired, feed some to a couple of sorry looking cows, which grow into vicious bulls, sending them up a tree. Popeye saves them, and they finally dig in.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelPudgy the Pup makes a mess of Betty Boop's picnic, is sent home, and runs afoul of the dog catcher.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop recruits for the Army by offering inductees a kiss. The recruits march off to war with a force of giant mosquitoes!6/10
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsJessie MatthewsSonnie HaleBetty BalfourHarriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The years pass, and now her daughter, Harriet Hawkes, returns to London as a young show-biz hopeful. Tommy, a wily publicity man, knowing that young Harriet is a dead ringer for her famous mother, convinces a theater producer to star her in a new revue as none other than the original Harriet Green, miraculously untouched by old age. The ruse works too well: Now the public believes Harriet is a well-preserved 60-year-old and Tommy is her son. The deception is more than merely inconvenient, because now Harriet and Tommy have secretly fallen in love.5/10
- DirectorDavid HandStarsAlyce ArdellPinto ColvigWalt DisneyWhile out camping, Mickey and friends make battle with a horde of angry mosquitoes.5/10
- DirectorHamilton MacFaddenStarsWarner BaxterMadge EvansJames DunnA little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow.4/10
- DirectorChester ErskineStarsHumphrey BogartSidney FoxO.P. HeggieThe foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him.4/10
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigBilly DeltcerFlorence GillDonald and Peter Pig refuse to help the Wise Little Hen plant her corn or harvest it, but they are plenty anxious to help eat it.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam CostelloMae QuestelPopeye pushes a baby pram down city sidewalks and lots of noise keeps the kid awake and crying. In typically brutal manner, Popeye deals with the noise makers including a busking Harpo Marx, music school, construction site, and car horns.4/10
- DirectorEarl DuvallJack KingStarsBilly BletcherBernard B. BrownJane WithersWhile having lunch at the garage, Cookie is kidnapped by a man and Buddy engages in a car chase to rescue her.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsWilliam CostelloWilliam PennellMae QuestelOlive and Popeye open up a diner, but have to deal with Wimpy and Bluto being deadbeat customers.4/10
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennEsmond KnightJessie MatthewsThe story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger.3/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyLee MillarMickey's trying to do some yardwork, but Pluto wants to play. They end up indoors; Mickey breaks a screen, spreads flypaper, and they both get stuck.3/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelBetty Boop puts on a musical show of new inventions and styles; her creation of "ankle skirts" sweeps the nation.3/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsThe GuardsmenA passed out drunken farm hand dreams of entering heaven on a mule.3/10
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelIn a melodrama at the Slumbertown Theatre, Freddie is the sheriff and Betty is a school-marm desired by outlaw "Phillip the Fiend."3/10
- DirectorBen HardawayStarsThe GuardsmenA fiddling hobo experiences life on a train and in the country.2/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownStanley FieldsShirley ReedBuddy runs his own trolley. Most of it seems to be a musical number. However, there is a criminal living in the ditches as he breaks loose and hijacks Buddy's trolley.2/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerWilliam PennellBonnie PoeIn her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.2/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsThe RhythmettesThe Varsity ThreeAnimals put on a musical show, to comedic effect.1/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengStarsBernard B. BrownThe GuardsmenThe Rhythmettesin a general store. all the products come to life and start singing about Sunday.1/10