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The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 20,000 Years in Sing Sing: Michael Curtiz: Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Louis Calhern: Drama: Warner Bros. [1] 70,000 Witnesses: Ralph Murphy: Dorothy Jordan, Phillips Holmes, Charlie Ruggles
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This 1932 release version led to bonafide box-office status and positive critical reviews. Hughes was successful in subsequent lawsuits against the boards that censored the film. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Due to criticism from the press, Hays claimed the version shown in theaters was the censored film he had previously approved.
The film was a success at the box-office in the United Kingdom. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 89% score, based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's consensus states: "Relying more on mood and atmosphere than the thrills typical of modern horror fare, Universal's The Mummy sets a masterful template ...
Box office $2.16 million [ 2 ] Hell Divers is a 1932 American pre-Code black-and-white film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable as a pair of competing chief petty officers in early naval aviation .
Box office $879,000 [ 1 ] Tiger Shark is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama romantic film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson , Richard Arlen and Zita Johann .
The film went into general release on May 14, 1932, on the west coast, and had its New York City premiere at the Capitol Theatre a month later on June 16. In general release, the film was a box office failure, with a loss of $28,000. [2] Critics almost universally described it as too long and agreed that Novarro was miscast.