Citizen's Top 62, 1930s Actors & Actresses

Way out West is a good one!
I had forgot to mention Babes in Toyland and their small part in that one, especially during the big fight at the end. Loved that one as a kid and a teenager. Should try to find that one.

My #26 Favorite 1930's Actor is

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Hopefully planning to watch Under Two Flags & If I Were King for Ronald Colman.
Sadly struggling to find any 30s Norma Shearer freely available (I don't do subscription nor dodgy sites)

edit: am subbing Moira in for Norma ... viz. The Red Shoes ... best I can manage I'm afraid

Do you have a library that loans DVDs? That's where I get most of my movies from.

This is a 100% legal streaming site of public domain films and other cool stuff.

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Sadly no library with easy access, no.
And yeah, thanks but I already use IA - useful site.

Just a quick update to say I watched Red Haired Alibi this morning ... which has LMP in it, although only a bit part as it's one of her early ones (she's only four and not yet realised how 'absolutely fabulous' she is). Wouldn't really recommend it as a worthwhile watch but it does have the plus point that she doesn't do a number in it

...I haven't seen that one before. Actually I never heard of it before. I just looked it up and it's an early film. Question, did Shirley Temple have a smaller role? I see she didn't get top billing on this one, so I'm guessing it's not all about her?

She basically just plays a child of one of the supporting actors which should tell you how small her role is. She's also nowhere near as 'confident' in her acting so it's pre-LMP really I guess

It's on YT - the print isn't great and there are some frames missing here and there (a few seconds worth at one point at least) but it's watchable.

I like Ronald Colman, but most of his movies that I've seen are from the 1940s, so I have a lot of catching up on his 1930s movies for the countdown.

Norma Shearer is one of those actresses that I've heard of, but I don't think I've seen any of her movies. I added her name to my 1930s watchlist, and I'll make sure to watch some of her movies for the countdown.

I found another site that has a lot of movies from the 1930s. I'm pretty sure that they're all in the public domain, and the site is legal. They have more than just movies from the 1930s, but this is the link to the 1930s section. You can get to any of the other movies from the menu on the left side of the page. There are even pages with user recommendations, (called "Fan Favorites"), and I think there's even an option to add your own recommendations page. (I don't know if the site owner is still accepting them, but there are directions at the bottom of the "Fan Favorites" page.)


Free Classic Movies:
https://free-classic-movies.com/1930s.php

Many thanks Gbg - have added to my bookmarks. Will have to look through it later but maybe it'll have some 30s Norma Shearer on it

edit: It just has the one short with Norma from the 30s and the site certificate is being flagged by our Minix so I think I'll probably use it primarily as a reference for what might be available elsewhere, just in case.

Chyp what does it mean, flagged by our Minix?

Minix is an operating system. It must be telling him the site is not safe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINIX

Minix is the machine by which we stream direct to our television (wife kindly bought it for my last birthday) and when I plug that website into the browser it says the issuer of the certificate is unrecognised thus flagging the site as potentially harmful. I should add that on my iMac I get no warning at all so it's most likely perfectly safe to use.

Just watched The Stolen Jools (the FCM site imbeds it from YT so I watched it there) - Norma's in it for all of about 10-15 seconds (purely a guesstimate, don't nobody come back with an actual timing and call me out on that) but I'm counting it as a watch for her as it appears to be my only option lol. The short is a star-studded affair that's small skits knitted into an overall tale which was made for charity (to combat TB) and considering it's made across various studios it's about as good as can be expected.

Her Cardboard Lover Shearer's last role is on Dailymotion in two parts:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t72x2
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t71z3

Edit: Oh yeah you're looking for her 30's films If i find any of her 30's films on the sites you use i'll let you know.

Thanks, appreciate it .... and as you went to the effort to let me know about it even though it's from '42 I'll make a note to watch Her Cardboard Lover after I get rid of the wife early next week

OK, it sounds like what I had wanted for Christmas, but didn't get a Roku TV streaming device.

I swear every time I looked at the filmography for one of the actors/actresses on my list, The Stolen Jools came up. That movie must have had one helluva a cast.