Scary, scary monsters! As if the Depression wasn’t horrifying enough.

Have Seen:

1. Frankenstein: Mel Brooks talks about seeing this film as a lad in Brooklyn and being convinced that Dr. Frankenstein’s monster was going to cross over from wherever he was in Europe and wreak havoc on his block. This film inspired Brooks to make movies. Boris Karloff in a defining role as the bolt-necked brute.
2. Dracula: The Vampire Strikes Back. The horror film that would set the mood, and standard, for all that followed. Bela Lugosi is the original bat man.
3. M: Starring Peter Lorre as a psychopath who preys on little girls in Germany. In many ways a scarier monster than the first two on our list.

Wanna See:

4. City Lights: Considered Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece, and the final silent film he made.

5. The Front Page: The original version of the story that would be remade eight or nine years later and achieve greater acclaim as His Girl Friday.

6. The Public Enemy: Jimmy Cagney in his ultimate tough guy/gangster role, see, you dirty rat! With Jean Harlow and Joan Blondell.