1935 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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1. A Night at the Opera (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle
Votes: 34,759 | Gross: $2.54M
10/10
2. Top Hat (1935)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 20,702 | Gross: $3.88M
10/10*
3. Mickey's Fire Brigade (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Mickey, Donald and Goofy are firefighters. As you might expect, their attempts at fighting a boarding house fire are not particularly effective. They hear Clarabelle singing in the bathtub ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Beatrice Hagen, Elvia Allman, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 1,209
10/10
4. Pluto's Judgement Day (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pluto chases a kitten through a window and right into Mickey's lap. Mickey scolds him, and goes off to wash the kitten. Pluto falls asleep in front of the fire, and dreams of a hell ruled ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 1,159
10/10
5. The Band Concert (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash
Votes: 3,947
10/10
6. Choose Your 'Weppins' (1935)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Policeman Wimpy loses his handcuffed prisoner when he's distracted by a hamburger shop. The escapee drops into the weapon-filled pawn shop Popeye and Olive are running, and quickly gets in a fight with Popeye.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: William Costello, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 280
10/10
7. 'G' Men (1935)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 4,361
9/10
8. Mickey's Man Friday (1935)
8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mickey is stranded on an island. He runs into some cannibals who are about to cook a fellow cannibal. Mickey scares them off and makes friends with the cannibal whom he calls Friday. ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Votes: 321
9/10
9. The Little Colonel (1935)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
In the post-Civil war south, a darling little girl attempts to restore the peace between her parents and her plantation owner grandfather.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge
Votes: 1,887
8/10
10. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 53,250 | Gross: $4.36M
8/10
11. Curly Top (1935)
Approved | 75 min | Family, Musical, Romance
Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Rochelle Hudson, Jane Darwell
Votes: 2,111
8/10
12. King of the Mardi Gras (1935)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A Mardi Gras celebration, looking pretty much like any carnival. Bluto is a strongman, claiming to be King of the Mardi Gras, and drawing a large crowd. Popeye, nearby, claims only, "I yam ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 293
8/10
13. Betty Boop and Grampy (1935)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two piano movers, a fireman and a traffic cop all drop what they're doing to join Betty Boop at the contraption-happy Grampy's eccentric party.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke, Mae Questel
Votes: 439
8/10
14. A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A cartoonist falls victim to the very villains he has drawn. It's up to Beans the Cat to save the day.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Jack Carr, Harry Stanton
Votes: 272
8/10
15. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley
Votes: 1,679
7/10
16. Beware of Barnacle Bill (1935)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
To the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually large Bluto), who then comes by and ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: William Costello, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Votes: 334
7/10
17. Mickey's Garden (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
The insects have completely taken over Mickey's garden. He spritzes them with insecticide, but runs out and they keep feasting. He mixes a new batch. Meanwhile, Pluto stalks a bug and gets ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Billy Sheets
Votes: 884
7/10
18. Dizzy Divers (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Popeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto in on the deal, but of course, Bluto's idea of 50-50 isn't exactly fair.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: William Costello, Bonnie Poe, Gus Wicke
Votes: 285
7/10
19. Judge for a Day (1935)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop, annoyed by 'public pests' like backslappers, gum parkers, and mud splashers, imagines what she'd do to them if she were a judge.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 236
7/10
20. Gold Diggers of '49 (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky digs up some gold and send Beans to town to stake a claim.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, The Californians, Joe Dougherty
Votes: 494
7/10
21. You Gotta Be a Football Hero (1935)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When football star Bluto sweeps Olive Oyl off her feet during a game, Popeye retaliates by joining the opposing team.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: William Costello, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 270
7/10
22. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,532
6/10
23. Buddy the Gee Man (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Buddy is tasked with a secret investigation into the mistreatment of inmates at the Sing Song Prison.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Abe Dinovitch, Jackie Morrow
Votes: 161
6/10
24. The Spinach Overture (1935)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye's ensemble is rehearsing the opening of the Poet and Peasant Overture (with interpolations of the Popeye theme and nautical tunes). Maestro Bluto drops in from next door to conduct ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 294
6/10
25. Baby Be Good (1935)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop tells naughty Little Jimmy a corrective fairy tale (with herself as fairy). Part of the action is replayed in reverse.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 264
6/10
26. Be Kind to 'Aminals' (1935)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye and Olive can't ignore it when produce vendor Bluto comes by with his terribly overloaded cart, whipping his horse and denying it water. They intervene and, while Bluto fights them off for a while, ultimately prevail.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Floyd Buckley, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 347
6/10
27. Adventures of Popeye (1935)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In live action, a big kid is attacking a little kid for his "Adventures of Popeye" comic book, so Popeye gives the little kid pointers, in the form of clips from four of his earlier pictures.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 368
6/10
28. A Little Soap and Water (1935)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop tries to give Pudgy the Pup a bath, with slapstick results.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 273
5/10
29. Buddy in Africa (1935)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Buddy brings his travelling variety store to a local village in Africa.
Director: Ben Hardaway | Stars: The Four Blackbirds, Jackie Morrow
Votes: 94
5/10
30. Mickey's Service Station (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
Mickey, Goofy & Donald have 10 minutes to fix Pete's car. Or else!
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash
Votes: 693
5/10
31. My Green Fedora (1935)
7 min | Family, Musical, Animation
Peter Rabbit tries to stop his little brother, Elmer, from crying but nothing seems to work, until he gets tired of listening to it and leaves the house leaving the baby alone. Elmer is kidnapped by a weasel so Peter goes to rescue him.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jan Duggan, Jackie Morrow, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 202
5/10
32. On Ice (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Mickey and friends have various levels of enjoyment skating on a frozen river. As Mickey and Minnie glide romantically, Donald plays tricks on Pluto and ends up in trouble himself with a kite, from which Mickey must save him.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,856
5/10
33. No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (1935)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop and Freddie appear on stage in a melodrama, wherein Betty sings the title song to the villain.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 210
5/10
34. The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist' (1935)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye takes Olive to a stage show of a hypnotist (Bluto), who also levitates objects. While he's doing this, Popeye makes him lose his concentration, so in retaliation, the hypnotist pulls... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Gus Wicke, William Costello, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Votes: 340
5/10
35. For Better or Worser (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye's failures in the kitchen send him on a quest for a wife. He visits the "matrimonial agency" and picks Olive at the same time Bluto picks her. Of course, the boys settle their ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: William Costello, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 315
4/10
36. A Language All My Own (1935)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop takes her stage act on the road, and plays in Japan to great acclaim.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 216
4/10
37. I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The occasion is a school musical with many acts in which each of them end with a problem. The biggest one being when Beans pulls a gag on Oliver and embarrasses him in front of the rest of the students.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Elvia Allman, Billy Bletcher, Bernard B. Brown, Joe Dougherty
Votes: 650
4/10
38. Taking the Blame (1935)
6 min | Animation, Short
Betty Boop brings home a cat as playmate for Pudgy, but the cat is a bully who only gets Pudgy into trouble.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 123
4/10
39. Hollywood Capers (1935)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Beans sneaks in to a Hollywood movie studio lot, where he gets into a heap of trouble.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Bernice Hansen, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 525
4/10
40. Making Stars (1935)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop emcees a stage show presenting "future stars"...performing infants (including racial stereotypes).
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Edward Nolan | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 251
3/10
41. Swat the Fly (1935)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short
While Betty Boop tries to cook, a fly drives her and Pudgy the Pup to distraction.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 260
3/10
42. Pleased to Meet Cha! (1935)
6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking, they start fighting. She catches them, and tells them one ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: William Costello, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Votes: 259
3/10
43. Stormy Weather (1935)
74 min | Comedy
Businessman Sir Duncan Craggs and two of his managers visit the Chinatown district in London where a sinister Russian (the first husband of Sir Duncan's wife) is plotting blackmail, but is foiled during a skirmish in a Chinese opium den.
Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud, Robertson Hare
Votes: 80
2/1o
44. Country Boy (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Musical, Animation
Peter Rabbit is constantly causing trouble at the local farm with his youthful antics.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Count Cutelli, Jan Duggan, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow
Votes: 219
2/10
45. Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mermaids sing to us about mermaids and fishes at play; they and some other sea creatures dance to it. Buddy as a merman plays tag with a girl mermaid, but he gets too rough and turns her ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Tommy Bond, The Debutantes
Votes: 157
2/10
46. Mickey's Kangaroo (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey gets a package from Australia: a kangaroo, complete with boxing gloves. The 'roo moves into Pluto's brand new doghouse, much to his annoyance (which we actually hear voiced). Mickey ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 529
2/10
47. Stop That Noise (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Family
To escape her noisy city apartment, Betty Boop retreats to her country home, but the insects are against her.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 255
2/10
48. Buddy's Lost World (1935)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Buddy sails to a lost world and battles with cave men and prehistoric creatures.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond
Votes: 98
1/10
49. Betty Boop with Henry the Funniest Living American (1935)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Henry, comic strip character, gets a job at Betty Boop's pet store.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 243
1/10
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