Best Drama Films of 1938

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Marie Antoinette

M.G.M.'s opulent costume drama ... execution. But when word gets back to Fersen, he travels back to France in an attempt to rescue Marie. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago was ... The film, which originally ran 115 minutes, is currently available only in its shorter (and better paced) reissue version. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Port of Shadows

Adapted from a novel ... three collaborations between writer Jacques Prevert and director Marcel Carne, culminating in the incomparable Les Enfants du Paradis (1944). [ best drama films - 1938 ]

A Letter of Introduction

A master blend of ... film's tear-stained conclusion. Unavailable for many years, A Letter of Introduction re-emerged on the Public Domain circuit in 1975. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Blockade

Since the United States ... strong enough leftist tract to be used against screenwriter John Howard Lawson when he was blacklisted in the 1950s. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Boys Town

Spencer Tracy won his ... self-maintained government. Boys Town, by the way, is the source of the classic line "He ain't heavy--he's my brother." [ best drama films - 1938 ]

La Bête Humaine

Based on a novel ... not permitted to copy was the story itself, which had to be heavily laundered to accommodate Hollywood's censorship limitations. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Algiers

This Hollywood remake of ... have Pepe shot while trying to escape. Algiers was remade in 1948 as a musical, Casbah, starring Tony Martin. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Sinners in Paradise

At one time Universal's ... Sinners in Paradise was extensively re-edited before its general release, just as Whale's previous The Road Back had been. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Wives under Suspicion

James Whale's Wives Under ... making the same mistake as the old professor-and also gives him a new perspective on the quality of mercy. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Just Around the Corner

Just Around the Corner ... take when seen today is the closing "Buttons and Epaulets" production number, performed by a chorus of servile blacks. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Little Tough Guy

The first of the ... still, the film made money, prompting a whole series of "Little Tough Guy" quickies from the Universal assembly line. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Under the Big Top

Veteran cinematographer Karl Brown ... Three Flying Pennies" are soaring again. Future "Ma Kettle" Marjorie Main has a sizeable role as a circus manager. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Gang Bullets

Gang Bullets was one ... Young at his beck and call, it's something of a surprise when Anderson comes a-cropper in the last reel. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

King of the Newsboys

In this drama, a ... his business and his fancy flat, but in exchange, he regains the affections of the woman he always loved. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

The Flying Fists

In this boxing drama, ... winnings to bail her father out of financial trouble. He also beats the gamblers who have fixed the match. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Female Fugitive

In this crime drama, ... handsome artist and by the end of the story, after some tragedy occurs, she ends up clearing her name. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Prison Nurse

The title character in ... of four inexpensive Republic programmers directed by James Cruze, formerly one of the top filmmakers of the silent screen. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Convicts at Large

In this crime drama, ... town in a dive where he inadvertently gets involved with dangerous jewel thieves, the mob, and a beautiful singer. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Prison Train

Also known as People's ... a convicted racketeer on his way across country to Alcatraz, where he is to begin his sentence for murder. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Delinquent Parents

Drawing heavily on both ... have Charles arrested. Tearfully but still incognito, Edythe then gives her blessing for Carol and Bruce to be married. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

The Childhood of Maxim ... (aka Out in the World), which detailed Gorky's life as a ship's cook and erstwhile painter, and My Universities. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

Dushman

Made in coordination of ... find him, only to get into a horrific accident and end up in the same hospital where Mohan works. [ best drama films - 1938 ]

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