The Easiest Way 1931
Growing 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…
Guilty Hands 1931
Richard Grant is a lawyer who believes that murder under certain circumstances is justifiable. Richard’s daughter, Barbara, takes her dad to a dinner party hosted by Richard’s old friend, wealthy…
The Drums of Jeopardy 1931
A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter’s death.
Ten Cents a Dance 1931
Men pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and quits dancing, but before that, she meets with the handsome and very rich…
The Phantom 1931
A group of people are stalked by a masked killer in an old mansion.
Tonight or Never 1931
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Consolation Marriage 1931
In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman. Reporter Steve “Rollo” Porter has lost -his- childhood sweetheart, Elaine, who has also…
Daybreak 1931
Willi, a brash young lieutenant in the Austrian Imperial Guard, bent on an evening of pleasure, visits a house of ill repute and gambling parlor. He meets Laura, a sweet…
Stolen Heaven 1931
Engineering a $20,000 robbery, Mary and Joe draw up a pact to spend all the money foolishly and then commit suicide.
Daughter of the Dragon 1931
Princess Ling Moy, a young and beautiful Chinese aristocrat lives next door, unbeknownst to her, to Dr. Fu Manchu, a brilliant but twisted genius who is out to rule the…
Smart Money 1931
Nick Venizelos, an immigrant Greek barber, has an uncommon affinity for poker and other sorts of wagering and a group of his friends bankroll him in a big game, where…
The Road to Singapore 1931
A snobbish doctor in the tropics sends for a former nurse associate from England to marry him. But he is a changed man. He seeks fame through medicine and neglects…
The Hot Heiress 1931
He is one of the best riveters in the union, but he is still a day laborer. She comes from money, but when they saw each other, it was love…
Palmy Days 1931
Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: “Glorifying the American Doughnut”) with Eddie Cantor as an assistant to a phoney psychic, who is mistaken for an efficiency expert…
Arrowsmith 1931
Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel “Martin Arrowsmith”. A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Party Husband 1931
A liberated couple’s divergent lifestyles almost ruin their marriage.
Strangers May Kiss 1931
Lisbeth is a modern woman who thinks that marriage is old fashioned. She has two men in her life; Steve, who wants to marry her and Alan, who wants her…
Waterloo Bridge 1931
In World War I London, Myra is an American out of work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she…
Honor Among Lovers 1931
Jerry Stafford, a businessman, is in love with his secretary but she deserts him for another man. When she realizes her mistake, she goes back to him. Doris Brown is…
Private Lives 1931
Elyot and Sibyl are being married in a big church ceremony. Amanda and Victor are being married by a French Justice of the Peace. Both couples go to a hotel…
God’s Gift to Women 1931
Contemporary Casanova Toto loves beautiful women and pursues them shamelessly. Then he falls in love with respectable Mary and realizes that to win her he must stop his philandering. But…
Local Boy Makes Good 1931
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day,…
Gentleman’s Fate 1931
Jack lives the high life and wants to make Marjorie his one and only. He then learns that his deceased father is alive but dying of lead poisoning. His father…
Illicit 1931
Ann, a young lady of scandalously “advanced” ideas, has been living in near-sin with blueblood lover Dick, due to her conviction that marriage will destroy their love. Finally, social pressure…
Five Star Final 1931
Hinchcliffe, the ruthless publisher of a sleazy New York tabloid, is concerned that the ethical journalistic policies of City Editor Randall have caused a drop in circulation. He pressures the…
Reducing 1931
A beauty parlor manager has her sister help her with interesting results.
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath 1931
Jeff wants to get married to Virginia, but Virginia won’t marry until her older, hard-to-please sister Angelica gets married off first. Jeff pretends that a shy, never-married nobody he has…
The Cheat 1931
Love, lust, possession, money, social standing, and addiction. Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler; though loved by her husband Jeff, she’s spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile,…
Shipmates 1931
The 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…
Chances 1931
Two brothers on leave fall for the same girl in World War I London.
Sit Tight 1931
The managers of a gymnasium/health spa train an office clerk to be a champion wrestler.
The Squaw Man 1931
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of…
Bad Sister 1931
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father’s endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later…
Alexander Hamilton 1931
With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with him into the newly formed government. While the main disagreements in the early days…
Caught Plastered 1931
Wheeler and Woolsey play two unemployed vaudevillians who get involved in helping an old lady save her moribund drug store. Problems and laughs begin when the villain spikes the Lemon…
Suicide Fleet 1931
Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway.
Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements 1931
Without sound, in three movements. Title cards declare that what a person likes and his manner of liking them reveals character. There are long looks at forms and rhythms. The…
Marius 1931
César runs a bar along Marseilles’ port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Colorful characters abound–M. Panisse, an aging widower and prosperous sail maker; Honorine, a fishmonger with a sidewalk…
Hell Divers 1931
Rival 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.
Laughing Sinners 1931
Cafe entertainer Ivy Stevens falls for sleazy salesman Howard Palmer and jumps from a bridge when he dumps her. Saved by Salvation Army officer Carl, Ivy reforms and joins the…