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- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsGeorge BancroftFrances DeeRobert AmesThe dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillStarsClark GableWallace BeeryConrad NagelRival fighter-pilots train in the art of dive bombing while teasing each other about their bravery and manliness. They wind up stranded and must work together for a common goal.
- DirectorJohn P. McCarthyStarsLloyd HughesDorothy SebastianCharles MiddletonA cruel sea captain (Charles Middleton) oversees a rough crew.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMary CarrA 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.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsWill RogersWilliam FarnumFrank AlbertsonA radio salesman finds himself transported back in time to King Arthur's court.
- DirectorJean BoyerAnatole LitvakStarsLilian HarveyAndré RoanneArmand BernardDisgusted with love, a man bets 500,000 that he can live 5 years without a woman, joins a band of fellow women-haters, and manages to make it through 4 until he meets a troublesome young lady.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsWilliam HainesIrene PurcellC. Aubrey SmithHaines plays the role of a festive British nobleman whose relatives have arranged a marriage for him. He goes to a European summer resort and poses as a gigolo to meet the girl they have chosen, learn what she is like, and apply the "acid test."
- DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsRose HobartCharles BickfordGeorges RenaventWoman treks through jungle to find her missing husband.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsNorma ShearerLeslie HowardLionel BarrymoreAn alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsEdmund LoweLois MoranJohn HallidayA contained cast of characters traveling aboard a transatlantic ocean liner are pushed to dangerous limits though monetary issues that threaten the lives of the people aboard.
- DirectorMarion GeringStarsClive BrookKay FrancisMiriam HopkinsA nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsClara BowRegis ToomeyWynne GibsonEx-con Chick Hewes (Regis Toomey) tries to go straight with the help of wife Molly (Clara Bow), but circumstances force the couple into involvement in a serious crime.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJames DunnSally EilersMinna GombellA man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellEl BrendelA comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsCharlotte GreenwoodReginald DennyLeila HyamsWhen Sally (Charlotte Greenwood) and Eve (Leila Hyams) take a vacation together to make their rich husbands miss them, the boys (Reginald Denny and Harry Stubbs) promptly invite over two gold digging actresses (Lilian Bonds and Merna Kennedy) for an after hours "audition." But when the girls return expectedly and catch the lads in the act, they clean out their bank accounts, pick up two lugs (Cliff Edwards and Kane Richmond) and proceed to teach their spouses a lesson. Based on a play by Elmer Harris (Johnny Belinda) and co-adapted by the author himself, Stepping Out stars zany second banana Charlotte Greenwood in a rare, top-billed performance. Renowned for her legendary high-kick, Greenwood performs the long-legged shtick that made her famous as well as a charming duet with fellow vaudevillian Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, who later gained screen immortality as the voice of Jiminy Cricket.
- DirectorGeorge MelfordEnrique Tovar ÁvalosStarsMiguel Faust RochaCelia MontalvánLia ToráThe ambassador of a Ruritanian land charges his attache with cozying up to the wife of the war minister, to get her to make her husband change his mind on a treaty he opposes.Complications both political and romantic ensue.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellLouis CalhernThe adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxThe Marx BrothersOn a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
- DirectorPaul CzinnerStarsElisabeth BergnerRudolf ForsterAnnemarie SteinsieckAn innocent Russian student in Paris has her first affair, with a mature man who comes to realize he truly loves her and it is not just one of his brief flings.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsLawrence TibbettLupe VelezErnest TorrenceA guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find his illegitimate child.
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsFrank McCormickRalph ForbesLester VailAn American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsRichard DixIrene DunneEstelle TaylorA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
- DirectorNikolai EkkStarsNikolay BatalovYvan KyrlyaMikhail DzhagofarovYoung hobos are brought to a new camp to become good Soviet citizens. This camp works without any guards. But crooks kill one of the young people when they try to damage the newly build railroad to that camp.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsElissa LandiLionel BarrymoreLaurence OlivierA young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
- DirectorVin MooreStarsRobert ArmstrongJean ArthurJason Robards Sr.A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his small town.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Rose HobartAnthony BushellTwo brothers on leave fall for the same girl in World War I London.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsJames DunnSally EilersMae MarshMae Marsh stars as the mother of two children. Marsh gives her boys everything they desire, at great cost to herself. She is forced to work in one menial job after another so that her children will never go without.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsMarian MarshAnita PageRegis ToomeyA poor seamstress girl sours on her engagement to a grocery deliveryman after seeing her sister's abusive marriage. Trying to help her sister pay for a divorce lawyer, she turns to a rich playboy she met at work.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboRobert MontgomeryLewis StoneYvonne is a beautiful model who loves frequenting the Parisian bohemian life, because she loves hobnobbing with artists.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsBebe DanielsWarren WilliamAlan MowbrayHonor of the Family is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the play by Emil Fabre, from the Honoré de Balzac novel, La Rabouilleuse. This was the talkie debut for Warren William who would become one of the major stars for Warner Brothers over the next five years. It also marked Dita Parlo's first English-speaking role.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJean HarlowLoretta YoungRobert WilliamsA young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsConstance BennettAdolphe MenjouRobert MontgomeryGrowing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead accepts wealthy, older Will Brockton's invitation to move in with him. After falling in love with young up-and-coming newsman Jack Madison she leaves Brockton to wait for Madison's return from a long assignment. She runs out of money and becomes desperate, returning again to Brockton who, upon learning of Madison's sudden arrival, tells Laura she must inform Madison of her living situation or he will.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsGary CooperSylvia SidneyPaul LukasMan joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.
- DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsHarry BaurRobert Le ViganGeorges PécletFive gentlemen are on vacation in Morocco; one of them takes off a Muslim girl's veil and the sorcerer curses them: before the full moon, all of them will die.
- DirectorJaap SpeyerStarsDita ParloGrete NatzlerHedwig BleibtreuAbout trafficking. A nightclub in Buenos Aires is advertising for blonde women for glamorous jobs.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMarion DaviesRalph ForbesC. Aubrey SmithOld man invites three of his illegitimate children to live with him.
- DirectorJoe MayStarsKäthe von NagyFrancis LedererOtto WallburgFred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in the company. But Fred's lapse is momentary, and he again pursues Lia. But she, by this time, has learned of his erstwhile agreement and has agreed to marry someone else.
- DirectorGustaf MolanderStarsKarin SwanströmIngert BjuggrenGerda LundequistThe Beckius family lives near the border to Russia. Their youngest son, Armas, lives a wild life that ultimately leads to a break with the family and he then takes off and joins the Russian Revolution.
- DirectorVictor TrivasGeorge ShdanoffStarsErnst BuschVladimir SokoloffRenée StobrawaDuring World War I, five soldiers from different nations end up together in some ruins in no man's land and decide to stick together.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGreta GarboClark GableJean HersholtFleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
- DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsHelen TwelvetreesWilliam BakewellLew CodyIn 1915 Vienna, the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa decides to answer the patriotic appeals and help by working in the hospital, but her reputation causes her to be rejected. Because of her past, military intelligence wants her to find out whether an army major is spying for the allies. She meets the major at a dinner and they agree to meet later, but before she can keep the date, she is courted by a young naval officer named Karl. Falling in love, she ignores her spying assignment, but knows that she can never tell her new love about her life. When Karl has a chance to go on a heroic mission, Elsa sends him away with a "Dear Karl" letter. However, the paths of these three people cross again and she decides what she must do.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsRaymond CordyHenri MarchandRolla FranceSeeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.
- DirectorGéza von BolváryStarsDolly HaasGustav FröhlichLivio PavanelliDuring the Austro Hungarian empire, a girl substitutes for her brother in a military academy.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsJohn GilbertEl BrendelLois MoranJerry Seevers returns from World War I service broken in health and his doctor tells him he has only six months to live. His fiancée jilts him and he sets out to drink himself to death. In one of his binges he wakes up to find himself married to what the assumes is a gold-digger after his money. He leaves her and goes to a ranch in Arizona and get rid of his new bride, who is really in love with him. He sets up divorce proceedings and then realizes he actually loves her.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsBert LahrCharlotte GreenwoodPat O'BrienAn eccentric inventor and his new flying machine are the focus of this musical comedy.
- DirectorDavid HowardStarsGeorge J. LewisAna María CustodioJosé AlcántaraTried and true story of three young buddies thrust into danger (in this case, World War I aviation), some of whom come back, while some are less lucky. Films about WWI fliers had been spectacularly successful in the U.S. in the early 1930s, like "Wings," "Hell's Angels," and "Dawn Patrol." The Fox Studio evidently hoped this particular story, written by Furthman and others, had enough box office potential that Fox filmed it in 2 versions, the original English-speaking one (see under "Body and Soul" (1931)), and this Spanish-language "Cuerpo y alma" [literal translation of "Body and Soul"]. In the Spanish version the three fliers were played by Lewis (Farrell's role), Alcantara (Bogart), Nieto (Dillaway) and the two women by Custodio (Landi) and Soler (Loy). It's ironic that this Spanish version actually ran a half-hour longer than the original English one (99 min. vs. 70 min.), although it's the same story filmed in the same sets. Perhaps Fox was so disappointed with the English-speaking result that after completion the studio cut it down radically (to play on US screens as part of a double feature), while the Spanish version actually preserved intact the complete original story...? (Something similar did happen that same year to the English and Spanish versions of "Dracula.")
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEnrique AcostaSpanish-language version of Pardon Us (1931).
- DirectorRené ClairStarsAnnabellaRené LefèvreJean-Louis AllibertAn impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris KarloffDr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
- DirectorLeontine SaganCarl FroelichStarsDorothea WieckHertha ThieleEmilia UndaAt an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with a teacher, to terrific consequences.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsLeda GloriaSandro SalviniIsa PolaA young aristocrat, planning to spend more time in town, returns to his farmland to sell out to a modernizing new owner, thus threatening the welfare of the peasants who worked for him.
- DirectorTomiyasu IkedaStarsKaichi YamamotoYutaka MimasuJôji OkaThe 26 Martyrs of Japan. Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsLeslie HowardConchita MontenegroC. Aubrey SmithDan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to as "the icebox" by his news-reporter friend. As one of his ships returns to San Francisco, Dan learns that the Captain has contracted leprosy and asks Dan to be the guardian of his South Sea-island daughter Tamea. Dan soon learns that Tamea wants him and will do nothing without a kiss. But Tamea soon learns that she is different from Dan and Maisie and that makes her angry. Dan decides to go and live on the island with Tamea, but soon finds out that Paradise is not everything that he thought it was.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsJanet GaynorWarner BaxterUna MerkelWealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellBeryl MercerOrphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale.
- DirectorAndré-Paul AntoineStarsJean MuratMarie GloryMarie BellFred, a journalist, faces an international intrigue to protect the mysterious Nelly.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames W. HorneJilted 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 discipline of the Commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsWilliam HainesJimmy DuranteErnest TorrenceWallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has played the game for years. Jimmy's latest deal involves land and a clay pot factory in a small town. When he has the money in hand from a number of investors, he decides to go legitimate when he falls for Dorothy - the girl through whom he is working the con.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichVictor McLaglenGustav von SeyffertitzThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith 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.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsRamon NovarroHelen ChandlerJean HersholtWilli, a brash young lieutenant in the Austrian Imperial Guard, bent on an evening of pleasure, visits a gambling parlor and house of ill-repute. He meets Laura, a sweet innocent girl and spends the night with her, leaving her money in the morning. Devastated to realize that he found her a mere convenience, she becomes the mistress of Herr Schnabel, an unpleasant but wealthy gentleman. Never quite getting over Laura, Willi is goaded by her into gambling with Schnabel and losing more money to him than he can possibly repay. Laura is unaware that Willi must either pay his debt by the next day or take the only other honorable way out: committing suicide.
- DirectorOtto BrowerDavid BurtonStarsGary CooperLili DamitaErnest TorrenceA young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
- DirectorHarry A. PollardStarsRobert MontgomeryErnest TorrenceDorothy JordanThe handsome young seaman John Paul Jones falls in love with Kit Corbin. Kit is the daughter of admiral Ben Corbin. But John is unable to act upon his love because of social class differences. Meanwhile a perpetually angry Capt. Henry Beatty constantly abuses him while he struggles to get into the Naval Academy.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsRobert MontgomeryCharlotte GreenwoodIrene PurcellA charming bailiff's assistant poses as a young woman's butler until she can pay her debts.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose HobartDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableNeil HamiltonCabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsAnne ChevalierMatahiHituOn the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJackie CooperRobert CooganMitzi GreenSkippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierMax MarcinStarsClive BrookMarjorie RambeauPeggy ShannonA gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
- DirectorWilhelm ThieleStarsMarie GloryJean MuratArmand BernardSimone finds work as a secretary in a bank whose chief of staff expects more than typed letters.