Movies of 1931
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1. Dracula (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
Directors: Tod Browning, Karl Freund | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye
Votes: 58,655
Release dates February 9, 1931 Directed by Tod Browning Bela Lugosi ... Count Dracula
2. Frankenstein (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
Votes: 79,741
Release date November 19, 1931 Directed by James Whale Boris Karloff ... The Monster
3. Little Caesar (1931)
Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr.
Votes: 14,541
Release date January 3, 1931
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Edward G. Robinson ... Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello
Academy Awards, USA 1931
NOMINEE Best Writing, Adaptation
4. The Public Enemy (1931)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell
Votes: 23,027 | Gross: $1.01M
Release date April 23, 1931
Directed by William A. Wellman
James Cagney ... Tom Powers
Jean Harlow ... Gwen Allen
Academy Awards, USA 1931
NOMINEE Best Writing, Original Story
5. Dishonored (1931)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland
Votes: 3,199
Release date March 5, 1931 Directed by Josef von Sternberg Marlene Dietrich ... Marie Kolverer / X27
6. City Lights (1931)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers
Votes: 196,116 | Gross: $0.02M
Release date January 30, 1931 Directed by Charlie Chaplin Charles Chaplin ... A Tramp Jean Harlow ... Diner in Restaurant
7. Pardon Us (1931)
Approved | 56 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 2,819
Release date August 15, 1931 Directed by James Parrott Stan Laurel ... Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy ... Oliver Hardy
8. Night Nurse (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable
Votes: 4,492
Release date July 16, 1931 Directed by William A. Wellman Barbara Stanwyck ... Lora Hart Clark Gable ... Nick
9. Be Big! (1931)
Passed | 28 min | Short, Comedy, Family
In order to secretly attend a stag party in their honor, the boys urge their wives to travel ahead alone on a jointly-planned Atlantic City vacation by invoking Oliver's fake migraine as an excuse to remain behind.
Directors: James W. Horne, James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Spencer Bell, Chet Brandenburg
Votes: 1,522
Release date February 7, 1931 Directed by James W. Horne Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
10. A Free Soul (1931)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable
Votes: 2,936
Release dates June 2, 1931
Directed by Clarence Brown
Norma Shearer ... Jan Ashe
Lionel Barrymore ... Stephen Ashe
Clark Gable ... Ace Wilfong
Academy Awards, USA 1931
WINNER Best Actor Lionel Barrymore
NOMINEE Best Actress Norma Shearer
NOMINEE Best Director
11. Chickens Come Home (1931)
Passed | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,683
Release date February 21, 1931 Directed by James W. Horne Stan Laurel ... Mr. Laurel Oliver Hardy ... Mr. Oliver Hardy
12. Blonde Crazy (1931)
TV-G | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis
Votes: 2,324
Release date September 16, 1931 Directed by Roy Del Ruth James Cagney ... Bert Harris
13. The Stolen Jools (1931)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
The boys and a Los Angeles police detective investigate the theft of actress Norma Shearer's jewelry.
Directors: William C. McGann, John G. Adolfi, Thomas Atkins, Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Heerman, Russell Mack | Stars: Norma Shearer, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wallace Beery
Votes: 1,194
Release date April 4, 1931 Directed by William C. McGann Buster Keaton ... Policeman Edward G. Robinson ... Gangster Stan Laurel ... Policeman Oliver Hardy ... Police Driver Norma Shearer ... Owner of Stolen Jewels Joan Crawford ... Joan Crawford Irene Dunne ... Irene Dunne Gary Cooper ... Newspaper Editor Loretta Young ... Loretta Young Barbara Stanwyck ... Mrs. Frank Fay Fay Wray ... Fay Wray
14. Monkey Business (1931)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers, Chico Marx
Votes: 14,282
Release date September 17, 1931 Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
15. One Good Turn (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A kindly old widow serves a free meal to the penniless boys but her greedy landlord wants to evict her for non payment of her mortgage, prompting the boys to come to her rescue.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Carr, James Finlayson
Votes: 1,687
Release date October 31, 1931 Directed by James W. Horne Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
16. Beau Hunks (1931)
Passed | 37 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Jilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James W. Horne, Charles Middleton
Votes: 1,952
Release date December 2, 1931 Directed by James W. Horne Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
17. Come Clean (1931)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy
Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Laurel send their husbands to the store to buy ice-cream but on the way back home the boys rescue from drowning a suicidal woman who's wanted by the police.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Gertrude Astor
Votes: 1,376
Release date September 2, 1931 Directed by James W. Horne Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
18. Our Wife (1931)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Oliver's plans to marry his hefty sweetheart go awry when the girl's father gets a load of her intended groom. They then elope in a tiny car much too small for their combined dimensions, ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Eleanor Fredericks
Votes: 1,519
Release date May 16, 1931 Directed by James W. Horne Stan Laurel ... Stan Oliver Hardy ... Ollie
19. The Skin Game (1931)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, C.V. France, Helen Haye
Votes: 3,560
Release date 26 February 1931 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
20. On the Loose (1931)
20 min | Comedy, Short
The girls, tired of being taken to Coney Island by all the local boys, meet up with two Englishmen who offer to take them on a date--to Coney Island.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd
Votes: 474
Release date December 26, 1931 Directed by Hal Roach Oliver Hardy ... New Suitor Stan Laurel ... New Suitor
21. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 1,010
Release date February 28, 1931 Directed by Edward Sedgwick Buster Keaton ... Reginald Irving
22. Comradeship (1931)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Ernst Busch, Elisabeth Wendt
Votes: 1,750
Release dates 17 November 1931 Directed by G. W. Pabst
23. East of Shanghai (1931)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amann
Votes: 4,901
Release dates 10 December 1931 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
24. The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 2,544
Release date 19 February 1931 Directed by G. W. Pabst
25. Los calaveras (1931)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy
An expanded remake in Spanish of Be Big. (1931) and Laughing Gravy (1930) by Laurel and Hardy.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Linda Loredo
Votes: 186
Release date April 19, 1931 Directed by James W. Horne Stan Laurel ... Señor Laurel Oliver Hardy ... Señor Hardy
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