21 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Directed: Jack Conway
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A fictionalised biography of Pancho Villa, a Mexican peon fighting for the people’s cause, loyal to his friends, but not the wisest man. True legend.
21 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Directed: W. S. Van Dyke
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – W. S. Van Dyke, Best Actor – William Powell
Plot in 25 Words: A private detective is lured out of retirement to solve a missing persons case. A murder turns the film into a classic whodunit. Guess who?
21 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Directed: Mark Sandrich
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A merry and gay musical all about fake adultery to force a divorce. Just magical. Fred and Ginger set the floor alight. such great dancing.
21 Tuesday Jun 2016
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Directed: John M Stahl
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A through the ages tale of a successful businesswoman and her housekeeper. And their ungrateful children. Hardships, death and troublesome relationships are covered throughout.
20 Monday Jun 2016
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Directed: Sidney Franklin
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film, Best Actress – Norma Shearer
Plot in 25 Words: Based on the true love story of two poets, complete with a tyrannical father and a cocker spaniel named Flush. Can their love beat Edward?
20 Monday Jun 2016
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Directed: Lloyd Bacon
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: Bawdy naval comedy/drama, based on a lingering match of one-up-man ship. Throw in a bit of romance and a near death experience and job done.
20 Monday Jun 2016
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Directed: Frank Borzage
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: An outdated notion of a woman’s reputation is alive and well in the army. A silly dalliance causes no end of troubles but ends well.
16 Thursday Jun 2016
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Directed: Victor Schertzinger
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film, Best Director – Frank Borzage, Best Actress – Grace Moore
Plot in 25 Words: A romantic drama set in the romantic, dramatic world of opera. Love triangles and inappropriate workplace romances prevent a young star from realising her dream.
16 Thursday Jun 2016
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Directed: Alfred L. Werker
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: It’s a film about bankers. Doing banking things, using banking terms. In banks. It really doesn’t get any more interesting than that. Waste of time.
16 Thursday Jun 2016
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Directed: Cecil B DeMille
Year: 1934
Nominated: Best Film
Plot in 25 Words: A passionate epic, set in the sands of Egypt. Love. Betrayal. The world’s most infamous lovers. Made for a pretty boring film in the end.
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