In the novel The Shape of Things to Come, published in 1933, H. G. Wells depicted Basic English as the lingua franca of a new elite which after a prolonged struggle succeeds in uniting the world and establishing a totalitarian world government.

* 1933 – U. S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.

Critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film was the greatest adaptation of the novel and remarked on Dunst's performance, " The perfect contrast to take-charge Jo comes from Kirsten Dunst's scene-stealing Amy, whose vanity and twinkling mischief make so much more sense coming from an 11-year-old vixen than they did from grown-up Joan Bennett in 1933.

Dr. La Forest Potter of New York City published Strange Loves: A Study in Sexual Abnormalities, which focused on homosexuality, in 1933, probably to exploit the interest in the subject generated by the American publication of Radclyffe Hall ’ s novel The Well of Loneliness and Blair Niles ’ s Strange Brother.

An almost literal use of the phrase appears in popular fiction within H. G. Wells ' 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come, where the protagonist finds a manuscript written in shorthand that provides a key to understanding additional scattered material that is sketched out in both longhand and on typewriter.

The genre was not all about clashing civilizations ; Water on the Brain ( 1933 ) by former intelligence officer Compton Mackenzie was the first successful spy novel satire.

This novel is included with Turnabout and Rain in the Doorway in The Thorne Smith 3-Decker ( Sun Dial Press, 1933 ).

One way might be a quest for an " earthly paradise "— a place like Shangri-La, hidden in the Tibetan mountains and described by James Hilton in his utopian novel Lost Horizon ( 1933 ).

* The Killer ( novel ), a 1933 novel by Walter B. Gibson about the fictional character The Shadow

* Nelson Algren's 1935 novel Somebody in Boots features the Chicago World's Fair of 1933 – 34, with the Century of Progress being described as " the brief city sprung out of the prairie and falling again into dust.

Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine ( Man's Fate ) ( 1933 ) won the Prix Goncourt.

The novel about the 1927 failed Communist rebellion in Shanghai was written with obvious sympathy for the Communists ; Malraux was awarded the 1933 Prix Goncourt for this work.

He had begun work on music for a film, Adventures of Don Quixote ( 1933 ) from Miguel de Cervantes's celebrated novel, featuring the Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin and directed by G. W. Pabst.

In 1933, his novel titled All Men are Enemies appeared ; it was a romance, as the author chose to call it, and a brighter book than Death of a Hero, even though Aldington took an anti-war stance again.

Imitation of Life is a popular 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst that was adapted into two successful films for Universal Pictures: a black-and-white film in 1934, and a color remake in 1959.

Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton.

The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same title by James Hilton.

Remarque and Zambone divorced in 1930, but fled together to his home in Porto Ronco, Switzerland in 1933 when the Nazis took over Germany ; in May 1933, his novel All Quiet on the Western Front was burned in one of the first of the Nazi book burnings and it became clear that neither Remarque nor Zambona could return to Germany.

When Worlds Collide ( 1951 ) based on a 1933 novel by Philip Wylie, deals with two planets on a collision course with Earth – the smaller planet a " near miss ," causing extensive damage and destruction, followed by a direct hit from the larger planet.

Murder Must Advertise is a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, published in 1933.

His most famous and important novel, Midnight ( 子夜 ), was published in 1933.

The screenplay was written by H. G. Wells and is a loose adaptation of his own 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come and his 1931 non-fiction work, The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind.

He is best remembered for his work in the horror film genre, having directed such classics as Frankenstein ( 1931 ), The Old Dark House ( 1932 ), The Invisible Man ( 1933 ) and Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ).

He also wrote six adventure novels: Bride of Quietness ( 1933 ), Night of the White Bear ( 1971 ), The Enemy I Kill ( 1972 ), Raider's Moon, The Kidnapped Surgeon and Totem Dream.

Other notable science fiction films of the 1930s include Frankenstein ( 1931 ), Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ), Doctor X ( 1932 ), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( 1931 ), F. P. 1 ( 1932 ), Island of Lost Souls ( 1932 ), Deluge ( 1933 ), The Invisible Man ( 1933 ), Mad Love ( 1935 ), Trans-Atlantic Tunnel ( 1935 ), The Devil-Doll ( 1936 ), The Invisible Ray ( 1936 ), The Man Who Changed His Mind ( 1936 ), The Walking Dead ( 1936 ), Non-Stop New York ( 1937 ), and The Return of Doctor X ( 1939 ).

Finding himself broke, he began taking extra parts in 1929 and then bit parts in as many films as he could, including The Invisible Man ( 1933 ), the Three Stooges short Woman Haters ( 1934 ), and Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ), and also worked as a stunt man.

During his tenure, Universal had great success with All Quiet on the Western Front ( 1930 ), Dracula ( 1931 ), Waterloo Bridge ( 1931 ), Frankenstein ( 1931 ), East of Borneo ( 1931 ), The Mummy ( 1932 ), The Old Dark House ( 1932 ), The Invisible Man ( 1933 ), Imitation of Life ( 1934 ) ( a film which Laemmle Jr. did not personally produce ), and Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ).

* A Bride for the Unicorn ( 1933 )

Dwight Iliff Frye ( February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943 ) was an American stage and screen actor, noted for his appearances in the classic horror films Dracula ( 1931 ), Frankenstein ( 1931 ), The Invisible Man ( 1933 ), and Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ).

He also had memorable roles in The Invisible Man ( 1933 ) as a reporter, The Crime of Dr. Crespi ( 1935 ), and in the classic Bride of Frankenstein ( 1935 ), in which he played Karl.

Using this framework, brief nude scenes of women appeared in Maniac ( 1934 ) and Sex Madness ( 1937 ), and nude swimming sequences in Damaged Lives ( 1933 ), Marihuana ( 1936 ) and Child Bride ( 1938 ).

* 1933 A Wrestler's Bride ( short )

He played adventurers in the dinosaur epic The Lost World ( 1925 ) with Wallace Beery and The Mask of Fu Manchu ( 1932 ) with Boris Karloff, and a police captain in Bureau of Missing Persons ( 1933 ).

This led to a contract with MGM and roles in such films as Mata Hari ( 1931 ), Scarface ( 1932 ), The Phantom of Crestwood ( 1932 ), The Mask of Fu Manchu ( 1932 ), Arsene Lupin ( 1933 ) and Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ).

In 1933 the Benedictines in the USA, in the midst of the Great Depression, were no longer able to sustain the Fu Jen's mission.

R. Binns acknowledges that this account is the most serious of various alleged early sightings of the monster, but argues that all other claims of monster sightings prior to 1933 are highly dubious and do not prove that there was a tradition of the monster before this date.

In August 1933, Italian journalist Francesco Gasparini submitted what he claims was the first news article on the Loch Ness monster.

Discouraged by the lack of official response to the land claims he was putting forward, he began an association with British Communists, who published articles he wrote in their publications. In 1932 to 1933, he briefly studied economics in Moscow at the Comintern School, KUTVU ( University of the Toilers of the East ) but left after the Soviet Union ( worried about Hitler's growing power and seeing Britain and France as potential allies ) withdrew its support for the movement against British and French colonial rule in Africa.

In 1933 Steck was named by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a board to hear appeals of Iowa veterans challenging adverse determinations regarding disability claims.

Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi claims that Malko performed this version in several countries in 1933.

Walsh claims that it was " a succès de scandale with disturbances during the performance and a mixed press afterwards, but it led to a stream of productions in Germany and Austria, before the Nazis consigned it to the dustbin of ' decadent art ' after 1933 ".

The Road Traffic Act, 1933 requires all drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles in public places to have at least third-party insurance, or to have obtained exemption – generally by depositing a ( large ) sum of money with the High Court as a guarantee against claims.

He also claims that after an abortive attempt to poison him at the Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin in January 1933, Hitler asked Magda to prepare all his meals.

Meanwhile, many chefs on The Hill stake their claims: Chef Terry Hill says he invented the dish at Oldani's restaurant in 1933.

Geno's is located in South Philadelphia at the intersection of 9th Street and Passyunk Avenue, directly across the street from rival Pat's King of Steaks, which claims to have invented the steak sandwich in 1933.

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Robinson to direct adjustment of claims of World War I veterans, at the request of the Disabled American Veterans.

There were earlier claims to this speed, notably by the Great Western locomotive 3440 City of Truro, but this 1933 run is generally considered to be the first reliably recorded instance.