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Notable Film Franchises, 1930- 1939

Andy Hardy
- A Family Affair (1937)
- You're Only Young Once (1937)
- Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
- Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
- Out West with the Hardys (1938)
- The Hardys Ride High (1939)
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
- Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
The Busby Berkeley Gold Digger's Series
- Gold Diggers of 1933
- Gold Diggers of 1935
- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
- Gold Diggers In Paris (1938)
Charlie Chan
The first four films in the Dr. Kildare series.
- Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
- Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
- Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
- The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
The first two Flash Gordon film serials
- Flash Gordon (1936)
- Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
The Marx Brothers star in their classic early comedies
- Animal Crackers (1930)
- Monkey Business (1931)
- Horse Feathers (1932)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- A Day at the Races (1937)
- Room Service (1938)
- At The Circus (1939)
Tarzan
- Johnny Weissmuller series
  - Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
  - Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
  - Tarzan Escapes (1936)
  - Tarzan Finds a Son (1939)
- Other Tarzan films:
  - Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
  - The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
The first three films in the Thin Man sextet:
- The Thin Man (1934)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
Universal Horror series
- The Dracula Series
  - Dracula (1931)
  - Drácula (1931) — same script done again on the same set. But with a different crew and in Spanish.
  - Dracula's Daughter (1936)
- The Frankenstein Series
  - Frankenstein (1931)
  - Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  - Son of Frankenstein (1939)

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Cartoons

The Golden Age of Animation took off in this decade as Walt Disney and others stepped up their game.

Andy Panda debuted 1939
"Balloon Land" (1935)
Barney Bear debuted 1939
Betty Boop
- "Minnie the Moocher" (1932)
- Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee (1932)
- "Betty Boop, M.D." (1932)
- Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932)
- Betty Boop for President (1932)
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)
- Betty Boop's Museum (1932)
- Betty Boop's Ker-Choo (1933)
- Betty Boop's Penthouse (1933)
- "Snow White (1933)"
- Betty Boop's Big Boss (1933)
- Popeye the Sailor (1933)
- "The Old Man of the Mountain" (1933)
- I Heard (1933)
- Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party (1933)
- Red Hot Mamma (1934)
- Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)
- A Language All My Own (1935)
Classic Disney Shorts
- "The Band Concert" (1935)
- "Brave Little Tailor" (1938)
- "Building a Building" (1933)
- "The Flying Mouse" (1934)
- "Clock Cleaners" (1937)
- "The Cookie Carnival" (1935)
- "The Country Cousin" (1936)
- "Ferdinand the Bull" (1938)
- "Flowers and Trees" (1932)
- "The Golden Touch" (1935)
- "Good Scouts'' (1938)
- "Lonesome Ghosts" (1937)
- "The Mad Doctor" (1933)
- "Magician Mickey" (1937)
- "Mickey's Orphans" (1931)
- "Mickey's Polo Team" (1936)
- "Mickey's Rival" (1936)
- "Modern Inventions" (1937)
- "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood" (1938)
- "Alpine Climbers" (1936)
- "Moving Day" (1936)
- "Music Land" (1935)
- "The Old Mill" (1937)
- "Orphans Benefit" (1934)
- "The Pied Piper" (1933)
- "The Pointer" (1939)
- "Pluto's Judgement Day" (1935)
- "Sea Scouts" (1939)
- "The Three Little Pigs" (1933)
- "Three Orphan Kittens" (1935)
- "Thru the Mirror" (1936)
- "The Tortoise and the Hare" (1935)
- "The Ugly Duckling"
- "Who Killed Cock Robin?" (1935)
- "The Worm Turns" (1937)
Color Classics (1934-39)
- "Educated Fish'' (1937)
- "Hunky and Spunky" (1938)
- "Poor Cinderella" (1934)
Comi Color Cartoons
Happy Harmonies (1934-38)
- "The Calico Dragon'' (1936)
- "Good Little Monkeys" (1935)
- "The Old Mill Pond" (1936)
"Holiday Land" (1934)
"Jolly Little Elves'' (1934)
"The Little Match Girl" (1937)
Popeye cartoons (1933-39)
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)
- Popeye the Sailor in: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
- "Sinkin' in the Bathtub" (1930)
- "Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land" (1931)
- "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!" (1931)
- "It's Got Me Again!" (1932)
- "Honeymoon Hotel" (1934)
- "Beauty and the Beast" (1934)
- "I Haven't Got A Hat" (1935) (debut of Porky Pig)
- "Gold Diggers Of '49" (1935)
- "I Love to Singa" (1936)
- "Page Miss Glory" (1936)
- "Sunday Go to Meetin' Time" (1936)
- "Pigs Is Pigs" (1937)
- "Porky's Duck Hunt" (1937) (debut of Daffy Duck)
- "Porky's Hero Agency" (1937)
- "Porky's Railroad" (1937)
- "Uncle Tom's Bungalow" (1937)
- "Cinderella Meets Fella" (1938)
- "Count Me Out" (1938)
- "The Daffy Doc" (1938)
- "Daffy Duck and Egghead" (1938)
- "Daffy Duck in Hollywood" (1938)
- "Have You Got Any Castles?" (1938)
- "Jungle Jitters" (1938)
- "Porky & Daffy" (1938)
- "Wholly Smoke" (1938)
- "Porky in Egypt" (1938)
- "Porky in Wackyland" (1938)
- "Porky's Naughty Nephew" (1938)
- "Porky in Wackyland" (1938)
- "Porky in Egypt" (1938)
- "A Day at the Zoo" (1939)
- "Detouring America" (1939)
- "The Lone Stranger and Porky" (1939)
- "Old Glory" (1939)
- "Thugs With Dirty Mugs" (1939)
MGM Oneshot Cartoons (1937-39)
- "Peace on Earth" (1939)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons at Universal (1930-38)
- "The Merry Old Soul" (1933)
"The Peanut Vendor" (1933)
Screen Songs (1930-38)
Talkartoons (1930-32)
- "Dizzy Dishes"
- The Bum Bandit (1931)
- Swim Or Sink (S.O.S) (1931)
- "Bimbo's Initiation" (1931)
- "Swing, You Sinners!" (1930)
- "Boop-Oop-a-Doop" (1932)
"The Three Bears" (1939)
Van Beuren Studios (1928-1936)
- The Sunshine Makers (1935)
- Felix the Cat (Otto Messmer) (1936)
The Wizard of Oz (1933)

Live-Action Short Films

A Bronx Morning (1931)
Catching Trouble (1936)
City of Wax (1934)
MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series
- Buried Loot (1935)
- Drunk Driving (1939)
- The Public Pays (1936)
- Torture Money (1937)
- They're Always Caught (1938)
La Cucaracha (1934)
A Day in the Country (1936)
Declaration of Independence (1938)
Gai dimanche! (1935)
Give Me Liberty (1936)
The Great Heart (1938)
How to Sleep (1935)
Inside Nazi Germany (1938)
Laurel and Hardy made a lot of short films before switching to features in the latter part of the decade
- The Music Box (1932)
- Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
- The Fixer Uppers (1935)
- Tit for Tat (1935)
The Little Rascals series ran throughout the decade
- Pups Is Pups (1930)
- Bored of Education (1936)
The Man Without a Country (1937)
A Night at the Movies (1937)
Our Day (1938)
The "Pete Smith Specialties" for MGM
- Audioscopiks (1935)
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
- Menu (1933)
- Penny Wisdom (1937)
- Romance of Radium (1937)
- Strikes and Spares (1937)
- Swing High (1932)
- Wanted—A Master (1936)
The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
The Private Life of the Gannets (1934)
Prophet Without Honor (1939)
Rose Hobart (1936)
Sons of Liberty (1939)
So This Is Harris! (1933)
A Study In Reds (1932)
Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
The Three Stooges first hit it big during this decade.
- Woman Haters (1934)
- Punch Drunks (1934)
- Men in Black (1934)
- Three Little Pigskins (1934)
- Horses' Collars (1935)
- Pop Goes The Easel (1935)
- Uncivil Warriors (1935)
- Hoi Polloi (1935)
- Three Little Beers (1935)
- Ants in the Pantry (1936)
- Half Shot Shooters (1936)
- Disorder in the Court (1936)
- A Pain in the Pullman (1936)
- Grips, Grunts and Groans (1937)
- Dizzy Doctors (1937)
- 3 Dumb Clucks (1937)
- The Sitter Downers (1937)
- Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb (1938)
- A Ducking They Did Go (1939)
- Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (1939)
- Three Sappy People (1939)
Wings Over Everest (1935)
Zero for Conduct (1933)

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