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> [If you think of the 1930s in film as the decade of Gable and Lombard, Cagney and Harlow, Stanwyck and the Marx Brothers, think again. The biggest star - No. 1 in the 1936, '37 and '38 exhibitor polls -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/if-you-think-of-the-1930s-in-film-as-the-decade-of-gable-and-lombard/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

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> [The 1930s birthed two great agrarian novels: 'Gone with the Wind' from the viewpoint of the ruling class, 'The Grapes of Wrath' for the underclass. And both were turned into movies that dared to be true to the books' controversial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/the-1930s-birthed-two-great-agrarian-novels-gone-with-the-wind-from/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

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## Other authors on 1930s

## More by Richard Corliss

> [In his musicals with Garland, Rooney was the sparkplug for prodigious entrepreneurship - that era's predecessor of the garage band, but with Gershwin tunes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/in-his-musicals-with-garland-rooney-was-the-sparkplug-for-prodigious/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [Hollywood was born schizophrenic. For 75 years it has been both a town and a state of mind, an industry and an art form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/hollywood-was-born-schizophrenic-for-75-years-it-has-been-both-a-town/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [You know it's Oscar season when you see a slew of new movies based on true stories whose resolutions you can find in three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/you-know-it-s-oscar-season-when-you-see-a-slew-of-new-movies-based-on/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [In 'Blade Runner,' the here is quite enough: a vision of dark, cramped, urban squalor. This is Los Angeles in the year 2019, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/in-blade-runner-the-here-is-quite-enough-a-vision-of-dark-cramped/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and what more attractive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/every-artist-undresses-his-subject-whether-human-or-still-life-it-is/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> ['Ouija' has a steady directorial hand, some attractive young actors who taking the silliness seriously, and few admirable genre elements. It renounces the faux-found-footage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/ouija-has-a-steady-directorial-hand-some-attractive-young-actors-who/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> ['Tammy,' the new movie starring, produced, and co-written by Melissa McCarthy, could be an artifact from some alternate universe: the creatures there resemble Earthlings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/tammy-the-new-movie-starring-produced-and-co-written-by-melissa/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> ['Noah' is about a man whose mission is to obliterate Earth's past and godfather its future. Replacing the word 'God' with 'Creator' and taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/noah-is-about-a-man-whose-mission-is-to-obliterate-earth-s-past-and/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [The lumpiness of 'The Good Lie's progression - from infancy to adulthood, and from ethnic horror to gentle social comedy to a heroic gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/the-lumpiness-of-the-good-lie-s-progression-from-infancy-to-adulthood/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/john-steinbeck-s-the-grapes-of-wrath-also-speaks-urgently-to-today-s/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> ['TIME's spell-check always admonishes me whenever I compose a sentence in the passive voice, a warning that is often ignored by me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/time-s-spell-check-always-admonishes-me-whenever-i-compose-a-sentence/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [In their plush melodies and plummy platitudes, many Rodgers-and-Hammerstein songs were secular hymns, which so insinuated themselves into the ear of the Eisenhower-era listener…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/in-their-plush-melodies-and-plummy-platitudes-many-rodgers-and/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [I first visited the Toronto fest in 1979, its fourth edition, when it was known as the Festival of Festivals and had an audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/i-first-visited-the-toronto-fest-in-1979-its-fourth-edition-when-it/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> [Though not really a comedy, 'Rosewater' is a demonstration of the creed behind 'The Daily Show': belief in the crucial need for impious wit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/though-not-really-a-comedy-rosewater-is-a-demonstration-of-the-creed/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

> ['The Birth of a Nation' occupies a view of the South not far from Scarlett O'Hara's in 'Gone With the Wind,' and modern audiences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-corliss/the-birth-of-a-nation-occupies-a-view-of-the-south-not-far-from/)

[Richard Corliss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-corliss/)

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