Directed by Cecil B. DeMille • 1934 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland
Between directing epic spectacles like THE SIGN OF THE CROSS and CLEOPATRA, classic Hollywood’s ultimate showman Cecil B. DeMille helmed this oft-overlooked, racily pre-Code jungle-survival adventure in which four people—including a buttoned-up schoolteacher (Claudette Colbert), a chemist (Herbert Marshall), and a wisecracking aristocrat (Mary Boland)—flee a bubonic plague-infested ship only to end up lost in the Malayan wilderness. There, they gradually shed the vestiges of civilization as they confront both the wrath of nature and their own previously repressed instincts.
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Imitation of Life
Directed by John M. Stahl • 1934 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle HudsonAdapted from the novel by Fannie Hurst, this groundbreaking look at American racial attitudes traces the complex relationship that develops between Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert), a wido...
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It Happened One Night
Directed by Frank Capra • 1934 • United States
Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter ConnollyOpposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight from Frank Capra, about a spoiled runaway socialite (Claudette Colbert) and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter (Clark...
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The Gilded Lily
Directed by Wesley Ruggles • 1935 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray MillandClaudette Colbert is at her effortlessly charming best in this oft-overlooked, Depression-era romantic-comedy gem. She stars as Marilyn David, a New York City stenographer whose close friend...
