Rouben Mamoulian: Malsamoj inter versioj

▲li reĝisoris sian unuan filmon en 1929, nome ''Applause'', kiu estis unu el la dekomencaj [[Sonkino|sonfilmoj]]. Ĝi estis mejloŝtona filmo kiu profitis el la plinoviga uzado fare de Mamoulian de la kameramovo kaj de sono, kaj tiuj kvalitoj estis transportitaj al liaj aliaj filmoj publikigitaj en la [[1930-aj jaroj]]. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) benefits from having been made before the Production Code came into full force, and is regularly considered the best version of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale. Queen Christina (1933) was the last film Greta Garbo made with John Gilbert, and also benefits from being made before the Production Code came into full force. The musical film Love Me Tonight was released in 1932.

▲He directed the first three-strip Technicolor film, Becky Sharp (1935), based on Thackeray's Vanity Fair, as well as the 1937 musical High, Wide, and Handsome. His next two films earned him wide admiration, The Mark of Zorro (1940) and Blood and Sand (1941), both remakes of silent films. Blood and Sand, on bullfighting, was filmed in Technicolor, and used color schemes based on the work of Spanish artists such as Diego Velázquez and El Greco. His foray into screwball comedy genre in 1942 was a success with Rings on Her Fingers starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney.