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    The Smiling Lieutenant 1931 POSTER

    The Smiling Lieutenant

    1931

    English

    1

    71%

    73%

    Comedy

    Musical

    pre-code

    Romance

    romantic rivalry

    wink

    Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Director Elizabeth Patterson Elizabeth Patterson as Baroness von Schwedel Harry C. Bradley Harry C. Bradley as Count Von Halden Charles Ruggles Charles Ruggles as Max Maurice Chevalier Maurice Chevalier as Niki
    An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
    The Darktown Revue 1931 POSTER

    The Darktown Revue

    1931

    English

    1

    Comedy

    Music

    With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon David playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davus was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Michaeux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.
    Baby's Laxative 1931 POSTER

    Baby's Laxative

    1931

    French

    6.0

    6

    Action

    Comedy

    shit in your pants

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Michel Simon Michel Simon as Chouilloux Marguerite Pierry Marguerite Pierry as Julie Follavoine Olga Valéry Olga Valéry as Madame Chouilloux Fernandel Fernandel as Truchet
    A little boy won't go to the bathroom, which leads to all sorts of complications for his parents and their friends.
    Dirigible 1931 POSTER

    Dirigible

    1931

    English

    6.3

    3

    50%

    50%

    Adventure

    airship

    dirigible

    disaster

    pre-code

    Frank Capra Frank Capra Director Edward Hearn Edward Hearn as Admiral's Aide Harold Goodwin Harold Goodwin as Hansen Fay Wray Fay Wray as Helen Pierce Kenneth MacDonald Kenneth MacDonald as Lt. Fogarty
    Dirigible commander Jack Braden and Navy pilot 'Frisky' Pierce fight over the glory associated with a successful expedition to the South Pole and the love of beautiful Helen, Frisky's wife. After Braden's dirigible expedition fails, Frisky tries an expedition by plane. Unfortunately he crashes and strands his party at the South Pole. Braden must decide between a risky rescue attempt by dirigible and remaining safely at home with Helen.
    Pardon Us 1931 POSTER

    Pardon Us

    1931

    English

    6.8

    18

    67%

    67%

    bloodhound

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    Musical

    plantation

    prison escape

    prohibition era

    riot

    smuggling (contraband)

    James Parrott James Parrott Director Charlie Hall Charlie Hall as Dental Assistant Jack Hill Jack Hill as Insurgent Convict Baldwin Cooke Baldwin Cooke as Insurgent Convict Gordon Douglas Gordon Douglas as Typist
    It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
    Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements 1931 POSTER

    Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements

    1931

    English

    6.4

    3

    Action

    avant-garde

    Documentary

    Henwar Rodakiewicz Henwar Rodakiewicz Director
    This is a non-narrative film, comprised of shots that "portray a certain young man in the terms of the things that he likes", such as the flow of the tide on a seashore, the motion of finely-tuned machinery, and sunlight shining through the fronds of a palm.
    Mary 1931 POSTER

    Mary

    1931

    German

    5.7

    6

    21%

    21%

    Action

    black and white

    Drama

    Mystery

    Thriller

    Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Director Heinrich Gotho Heinrich Gotho as Paul Graetz Paul Graetz as Bobby Brown Eugen Burg Eugen Burg as Detektiv Olga Tschechowa Olga Tschechowa as Mary Baring
    When actress Mary Baring is found in a daze beside her colleague’s murdered body, all evidence points to her guilt. During the trial, juror Sir John Menier doubts the verdict, but yields to pressure. Haunted by remorse, he launches his own investigation. (Filmed in German on the same sets as Murder! (1930), this version was directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a new cast for international release.)
    Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf 1931 POSTER

    Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf

    1931

    German

    6.6

    5

    47%

    67%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    Phil Jutzi Phil Jutzi Director Paul Rehkopf Paul Rehkopf as Hans Deppe Hans Deppe as Gast bei Henschke Albert Florath Albert Florath as Pums Margarete Schlegel Margarete Schlegel as Sonja / Mieze
    Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.
    City Streets 1931 POSTER

    City Streets

    1931

    English

    7.0

    8

    80%

    85%

    Action

    bootlegger

    Crime

    Drama

    Film-Noir

    gangster

    pre-code

    Romance

    Rouben Mamoulian Rouben Mamoulian Director Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney as Nan Cooley Paulette Goddard Paulette Goddard as Nightclub Patron Bill Elliott Bill Elliott as Nightclub Patron Norman Foster Norman Foster as Shooting Gallery Patron
    A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
    Oh, My Operation 1931 POSTER

    Oh, My Operation

    1931

    English

    6.6

    4

    Action

    Comedy

    Ray Cozine Ray Cozine Director Chester Clute Chester Clute as Dr. Cookingham Gracie Allen Gracie Allen as Nurse Allen George Burns George Burns as The New Patient
    George is mistaken for an accident victim and taken to the hospital. After his needless operation, he meets Nurse Gracie, who adds insanity to injury.
    I Surrender Dear 1931 POSTER

    I Surrender Dear

    1931

    English

    5.5

    3

    Action

    Comedy

    hotel

    Musical

    nightclub singer

    Mack Sennett Mack Sennett Director Bing Crosby Bing Crosby as Bing Barney Hellum Barney Hellum as Elevator Operator Marion Sayers Marion Sayers as Peggy Spencer Bell Spencer Bell as Porter
    A short musical comedic romance starring Bing Crosby as ... Bing Crosby. This 2 reel short was directed by Mack Sennett.
    100% Service 1931 POSTER

    100% Service

    1931

    English

    6.7

    3

    Action

    Comedy

    Ray Cozine Ray Cozine Director Chester Clute Chester Clute as Desk Clerk George Burns George Burns as George Gracie Allen Gracie Allen as Salesgirl
    George registers at the Jefferson Hotel; after the desk clerk gives him the runaround, he meets Gracie at the cigar counter.
    The Spirit of Notre Dame 1931 POSTER

    The Spirit of Notre Dame

    1931

    English

    5.3

    4

    Action

    american football

    college

    Drama

    notre-dame

    Sport

    Russell Mack Russell Mack Director Nat Pendleton Nat Pendleton as Assistant Coach Lew Ayres Lew Ayres as Bucky O'Brien William Bakewell William Bakewell as Jim Stewart Florence Lake Florence Lake as Trixie Hayes
    Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.
    I'll Be Alone After Midnight 1931 POSTER

    I'll Be Alone After Midnight

    1931

    French

    5.9

    3

    Action

    Comedy

    Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli Director Joë Hamman Joë Hamman as Le jazzman Chaumel Chaumel as Le marchand de ballons Robert Goupil Robert Goupil as Le pêcheur à la ligne Fred Marche Fred Marche as Le raccommodeur de porcelaine
    A woman's marriage is on the rocks ; to avenge herself, she decides to take a lover for one night .So she buys all his stock from a balloon man and flies them through the Parisian sky ; all her balloons carry a message :"I will be alone after midnight" (hence the title); a lot a suitors comme to the rendezvous : a fisherman, a soldier, a traveler , a gentleman cambrioleur (a nod to Arsène Lupin?) and others ,much to Michel, a young man in love with her's displeasure.
    My Cousin from Warsaw 1931 POSTER

    My Cousin from Warsaw

    1931

    German

    6.7

    3

    Action

    based on play or musical

    Comedy

    Carl Boese Carl Boese Director S.Z. Sakall S.Z. Sakall as Burel, Luciennes Gatte Paul Kemp Paul Kemp as Der Nachbar Tala Birell Tala Birell as Lucienne Károly Huszár Károly Huszár as Tobby
    Meine Kusine aus Warschau (My Cousin From Warsaw) was based on a stage play by Louis Verneuil. It's a romantic farce, with the heroine posing as her own cousin to carry on two amours at once.
    The Terror of Batignolles 1931 POSTER

    The Terror of Batignolles

    1931

    French

    6.3

    6

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot Director Boucot Fils Boucot Fils as Jean Wall Jean Wall as He Germaine Aussey Germaine Aussey as She
    An expressionist comedy greatly influenced by German Expressionism set in a bohemian enclave of northern Paris, which Clouzot made shortly before he served as assistant director to Anatole Litvak and E.A. Dupont and began scripting French versions of German films at Berlin’s UFA studios.
    Un soir de rafle 1931 POSTER

    Un soir de rafle

    1931

    French

    6.3

    4

    Action

    Drama

    Sport

    Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone Director Richard Crofton Richard Crofton as Dickson Jacques Lerner Jacques Lerner as Fred Annabella Annabella as Mariette Georgette Dalmas Georgette Dalmas as (uncredited)
    A sailor, who meets a lovely music hall singer during a police raid, falls in love. In a contest at a fair, he defeats a former boxing champ. The ex-champ trains the sailor to become a boxer. After he wins the French championship, the sailor is swayed by easy money and a sultry coquette. The singer goes on a singing tour, and the sailor falls into decadence. He enters the European championship spiritually empty and in bad condition.
    The Unknown Singer 1931 POSTER

    The Unknown Singer

    1931

    French

    6.0

    3

    Action

    Drama

    singer

    Viktor Tourjansky Viktor Tourjansky Director Ernest Mezigues Ernest Mezigues as Alexandre Mathillon Alexandre Mathillon as Baliveau Jean-Max Jean-Max as Jacques Simone Simon Simone Simon as Pierette
    A legendary French singer, missing for years and presumed dead, returns with no memory, his face hidden, his voice unmistakable. The woman who never stopped loving him clings to hope, while those who once betrayed him begin to fear he remembers everything.
    The Skin Game 1931 POSTER

    The Skin Game

    1931

    English

    5.7

    9

    38%

    18%

    Action

    black and white

    Drama

    Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Director Ronald Frankau Ronald Frankau as Auctioneer Rodney Ackland Rodney Ackland as Man at Auction C.V. France C.V. France as Mr. Hillcrist Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn as Mr. Hornblower
    An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
    The Neighbor's Wife and Mine 1931 POSTER

    The Neighbor's Wife and Mine

    1931

    Japanese

    6.2

    5

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Heinosuke Gosho Heinosuke Gosho Director Yukiko Inoue Yukiko Inoue as Dekao Yokoo Dekao Yokoo as Painter Atsushi Watanabe Atsushi Watanabe as Playwright Ichirô Tsukida Ichirô Tsukida as Playwright's Friend
    A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
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