Directed: Sidney Franklin

Year: 1932

Nominated: Best Film

Plot in 25 Words: The era’s first ghost story? A tragic love story that ends in – wait for it – death! Crossing spiritual plains and time lines to cause tears.

In My Opinion: It’s such a shame that the version of this I watched was of a rather poor quality. I didn’t realise for some time that he was communicating with a ghost, I thought the crackling and poor image quality was down to the age of the film, not the quite decent attempts at special effects.

I’m a bit surprised this film made the list to be honest. It was nicely done but at the end of the day it was a simple love story, nothing special.

Star Performer: Norma Shearer – a more than capable actress. Though I didn’t realise she played both her part and the part of her mother’s ghost.

Overall: Not a bad film but not a great film either.