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Murder on the Orient Express is a 1934 detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian investigator Hercule Poirot. After a passenger is stabbed aboard a train immobilized by snow, Poirot examines the occupants of the carriage and uncovers their connections to an earlier crime. The book is...
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is a powerful Russian opera from 1934. The work explores themes of guilt, obsession, and societal pressure through a dramatically intense narrative. Its unsettling musical language, particularly its dissonant harmonies, drew significant crit...
The Nine Tailors is a 1934 detective novel by Dorothy L. Sayers featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. Stranded in a village in the English Fens, Wimsey becomes involved in a mystery surrounding an unidentified body discovered in a churchyard grave. The plot draws extensively on English change-ringing, parish...
The TSS Morro Castle was an American ocean liner built for the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, commonly known as the Ward Line. On September 8, 1934, while traveling from Havana to New York, a severe fire broke out on board off the coast of New Jersey, killing 137 passengers and crew membe...
La chulapona is a three-act zarzuela, a form of Spanish lyric drama, composed by Federico Moreno Torroba with a libretto by Guillermo and Rafael Fernández-Shaw. Premiering in 1934, it is deeply rooted in the género chico tradition, vividly depicting the working-class culture, customs, and romantic e...
Sidewise in Time is a science fiction short story by Murray Leinster (pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins), first published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1934. The narrative depicts Earth experiencing zones where different parallel timelines intersect, creating temporal anomalies wher...
Li'l Abner is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Al Capp that ran from 1934 to 1977. Set in the fictional, impoverished mountain town of Dogpatch, the strip heavily satirized American politics, society, and culture through its cast of hillbilly characters. It profoundly influenc...
Clock tower of Yokohama's customs building, completed in 1934 and nicknamed the Queen, one of three iconic waterfront structures defining the city's historic port district.
The Mercier Bridge crosses the St. Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec; originally opened in 1934, it connects south shore communities to the island of Montreal.
Lee Falk's American comic strip featuring a stage magician who uses his hypnotic powers to fight crime, debuting in newspapers in 1934.
Zane Grey's 1934 western examining the collision between Eastern social values and frontier honor when a woman from the East enters a traditional Arizona ranching community.
The Return of Chandu is a 1934 American film serial directed by Ray Taylor, notable for starring Bela Lugosi as the heroic mystical yogi Chandu the Magician.
Mystery Mountain is a 1934 American Western film serial directed by Otto Brower, starring Ken Maynard as a detective fighting a disguised criminal known as The Rattler.
Tailspin Tommy is a 1934 American film serial directed by Lew Landers, notable as the first serial adaptation of a popular aviation comic strip by Hal Forrest.
The Law of the Wild is a 1934 American film serial directed by B. Reeves Eason, notable for featuring the canine star Rin Tin Tin Jr. alongside actor Bob Custer.
Pirate Treasure is a 1934 American film serial directed by Ray Taylor, starring stuntman Richard Talmadge as a government agent battling foreign pirates.
The Red Rider is a 1934 American Western film serial directed by Lew Landers, starring Buck Jones as a cowboy hero assisting the American expeditionary forces.
Snuffy Smith is an American comic strip originally created by Billy DeBeck in 1919 as Barney Google, notable for its long-running focus on a comical Appalachian moonshiner and hillbilly.
