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Movie Mirrors Index

Best Movies of 1932

Movie Mirrors

by Sanderson Beck

Abbreviations

 Title

Min.

c S M H
P
 V En Ed
 Air Mail 85 b 5 6 5
 
 5  6 5
 American Madness 76 b 6 6 6
 
   7 8
 Animal Kingdom, The 86 b 6 6 5
6
 6 6 7
 Arsene Lupin 84 b 6 6 6
 
   6 5
 As You Desire Me 71 b 6 5 5
3
 6 6 7
 Attorney for the Defense 72 b 5 4
5 5
 Beast of the City, The 86 b 6 6 4
 
 4 6 6
 Beauty and the Boss 65 b     4
 
   5 4
 Big City Blues 63 b 6 5 4
 
   5 4
 Big Stampede, The 53 b   4 4
6
 4 5 4
 Bill of Divorcement, A 68 b 6 6 5
6
 5 6 7
 Blessed Event 80 b 6 6 6
7
 6 6 7
 Blonde Venus 94 b 4 6 5
1
 7 6 6
 Boudu Saved from Drowning (French) 85 b 6 6 7
9
 7 6 6
 Broken Lullaby 76 b 6 6 5
6 7
 But the Flesh Is Weak 78 b   4  
 
 3 5 5
 Cabin In the Cotton, The 78 b 5 6 5
5
 5 5 6
 Carnival Boat 62 b   5   
 
   5 4
 Conquerors, The 86 b 5 4 4
 
   4 5
 Crowd Roars, The 71 b 6 5 5
 
 4 6 5
 Cynara 78 b 5 4 6
 
   5 6
 Dark Horse, The 75 b 6 6 4
 
   6 6
 Death Kiss, The 71 b 5 6 4
5
 5 5 4
 Doctor X 76 c 6 4 6
6
 5 5 5
 Downstairs  78  b   8  4
 
 4  6  6
 Emma 72 b 7 6 5
7
 5 6 7
 Faithless 77 b 5 5 4
3 5 6
 Famous Ferguson Case, The 74 b 5 5 4
  5 5
 Fanny (French) 120 b 7 8 7
7
 8 7 8
 Farewell to Arms, A 79 b 7 6 6
7
 6 6 6
 Fireman, Save My Child 67 b 5 5 4
 
   5 4
 Flesh 96 b 6 6 5
 
 4 6 5
 Freaks 65 b 7 7 6
7
 7 5 7
 Girl Crazy 74 b   5 4
 
 4 5 4
 Grand Hotel 113 b 8 8 7
7
 7 8 8
 Half Naked Truth, The  77  b 7 6 5
 
 5 5 4
 Hatchet Man, The 74 b 3 5 4
 
 4 5 5
 Heart of New York, The 73 b   5 5
 
   5 4
 Hell Divers 109 b 5 4 5
 
   5 4
 Hell's Highway 62 b 6 5 5
 
   5 6
 High Pressure 74 b 6 6 5
 
   6 5
 Horse Feathers 68 b 7 7 8
9
 7 7 6
 Huddle 104 b 4 4  
 
 4 5 5
 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 93 b 8 8 8
7
 8 8 8
 If I Had a Million  83 b 7 7 6
8
 4 6 6
 It's Tough To Be Famous 79 b 6 6  
 
   5 5
 Jewel Robbery 68 b 7 7 5
 
 4 6 5
 Kid from Spain, The 96 b 5 6 6
 
   5 4
 Kongo 86 b 6 6 4
 
 4 6 6
 Ladies of the Jury 63 b   5 4
 
   5 4
 Life Begins 71 b 6 6 4
 
   6 6
 Lost Squadron, The 79 b 5 6 5
5
 5 5 6
 Love Is a Racket 72 b 5 4 4
 
   5 5
 Love Me Tonight 88 b 8 8 8
9
 6 8 8
 Make Me a Star 86 b     4
 
 5 5 5
 Man Who Played God, The 81 b 5 6 5
 
 4 6 7
 Mask of Fu Manchu, The 68 b 4 5 6
6
 5 5 5
 Match King, The 79 b 5 5 4
 
   5 6
 Million Dollar Legs 62 b 7 8 5
 
   6 5
 Most Dangerous Game, The 63 b 6 6 7
6
 6 6 7
 Mouthpiece, The 87 b 7 7 6
 
   7 7
 Movie Crazy 96 b 8 6 6
 
   6 5
 Mummy, The 73 b 7 8 6
7
 7 7 7
 Night Court 92 b 6 4  
 
   6 6
 No Man of Her Own 81 b 5 5 5
7
 5 5 6
 Old Dark House, The 71 b 7 8 8
 
 6 6 4
 One Hour with You 77 b 7 8 7
 
 5 7 7
 One Way Passage 68 b 7 8  
 
   7 7
 Passionate Plumber, The  74  b  5 4  4
 
 3  5  4
 Payment Deferred 81 b 5 6 5
 
   6 6
 Penguin Pool Murder 66 b 6 6  
 
 5 5 4
 Phantom of Crestwood, The 77 b 6 6 5
 
   5 4
 Play Girl 60 b   5  
 
   5 5
 Polly of the Circus 70 b 3 4 4
 
 5 5 5
 Prestige 71 b 4 5 4
 
   4 5
 Prosperity 87 b   6 4
 
   5 5
 Purchase Price, The 68 b 6 4  
6
 4 5 5
 Rain 94 b 6 5 5
7
 5 5 6
 Rasputin and the Empress 121 b 4 6 5
4
 6 7 8
 Red Dust 83 b 7 7 7
7
 6 6 6
 Red-Headed Woman 80 b 6 6 5
6
 6 6 6
 Rich Are Always With Us, The 71 b 5 4 4
 
 4 5 5
 Ride Him, Cowboy 56 b   3  
4
 6 5 4
 Scarface 93 b 8 8 8
8
 6 7 7
 Scarlet Dawn 58 b 5 4 5
3
 5 5 5
 Shanghai Express 82 b 8 6 7
7
 7 7 7
 Sign of the Cross, The 123 b 7 6 7
 
 5 6 7
 Silver Dollar  83  b  4 5  5
 
    5  5
 Skyscraper Souls 99 b 6 6 4
6
 6 6 6
 Smilin' Through 98 b 6 6 6
6
 6 7 8
 So Big 81 b 4 4 5
 
   5 5
 State's Attorney 79 b 5 6 5
4
 5 5 6
 Strange Interlude 110 b 6 6 6
4
 6 6 8
 Strange Love of Molly Louvain, The  73  b 4 5  4
 6
    6  6
 Symphony of Six Million 95 b 5 6 4
 
 4 5 6
 Tarzan, the Ape Man 100 b 6 6 6
6
 6 6 5
 Taxi! 69 b 6 5 4
 
 4 5 5
 Tenderfoot, The 70 b 5 5 4
 
 5 5 4
 Thirteen Women 60 b 5 4 4
 
   5 4
 Three on a Match 63 b 6 6 4
5
 6 5 5
 Tiger Shark 78 b 6 6 5
 
 4 6 6
 Trouble in Paradise  83  b  8 8  8
 
 6  7  6
 20,000 Years in Sing Sing  83  b  6  6  6   5  6  6
 Two Seconds 67 b 5 5 5
 
 4 5 5
 Union Depot 67 b 6 6 4
 
 5 6 5
 Washington Merry-Go-Round 79 b 5 5 5
 
   6 8
 Westward Passage 73 b 6 4 4
 
   5 5
 Wet Parade, The 117 b 4 6 5
 
 3 6 7
 What Price Hollywood? 88 b 8 6 5
7
 6 6 6
 White Zombie 67 b 6 6 6
7
 6 6 5
 Winner Take All 55 b 5 5 5
 
 4 5 4
 You Said a Mouthful 70 b 6 6  
 
 5 5 4

Abbreviations

b = black and white
c = color
S = Scheuer's rating
M = Maltin's rating
H = Halliwell's rating
P = Martin & Porter's rating
V = Videohound's rating
En = Beck's entertainment value
Ed = Beck's educational value

1913-1926 1927-1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

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