More than 500 American feature films were released in 1931.Alicoate, Charles A. (1963) Features Released in U.S. Market, 1931 Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily p107Feature Releases 1932 Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily p109–195 All had at least a synchronized musical score. Cimarron won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
A–B Title Director Cast Genre NotesThe Age for Love Frank Lloyd Billie Dove, Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson Comedy United Artists Air Eagles Phil Whitman Lloyd Hughes, Norman Kerry, Shirley Grey Adventure Independent Air Police Stuart Paton Kenneth Harlan, Josephine Dunn, Richard Cramer Crime IndependentAlexander HamiltonJohn G. AdolfiGeorge Arliss, Doris Kenyon, Montagu LoveDrama Warner Bros. Alias the Bad Man Phil Rosen Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown Faire, Frank Mayo Western TiffanyAlice in Wonderland Bud Pollard Ruth Gilbert, Leslie King, Ralph Hertz Fantasy Independent Aloha Albert S. Rogell Ben Lyon, Raquel Torres, Thelma Todd Drama TiffanyAlways Goodbye Kenneth MacKenna, William Cameron Menzies Elissa Landi, Paul Cavanagh, Lewis Stone Drama Fox FilmAmbassador Bill Sam Taylor Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen Comedy Fox FilmAn American TragedyJosef von SternbergSylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes, Frances Dee Drama ParamountAnnabelle's AffairsAlfred L. WerkerVictor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald, Roland Young Comedy Fox Film Anybody's Blonde Frank R. Strayer Dorothy Revier, Reed Howes, Edna Murphy Mystery IndependentAre These Our Children? Wesley Ruggles Eric Linden, Rochelle Hudson, Ben Alexander Drama RKOAre You There? Hamilton MacFadden Beatrice Lillie, John Garrick, Olga Baclanova Comedy Fox FilmArizona George B. Seitz Laura La Plante, John Wayne, June Clyde Drama ColumbiaArizona Terror Phil Rosen Ken Maynard, Lina Basquette, Hooper Atchley Western TiffanyArrowsmithJohn Ford Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Myrna Loy Drama United ArtistsThe Avenger Roy William Neill Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Otto Hoffman Western ColumbiaBachelor Apartment Lowell Sherman Irene Dunne, Lowell Sherman, Mae Murray Comedy RKOThe Bachelor Father Robert Z. Leonard Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith Comedy MGMBad Company Tay Garnett Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, John Garrick Crime RKOBad GirlFrank BorzageSally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna GombellDrama Fox FilmBad SisterHobart HenleyConrad Nagel, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart Drama UniversalThe BargainRobert Milton Evalyn Knapp, Lewis Stone, Doris Kenyon Drama Warner Bros.Beau Ideal Herbert Brenon Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young, Irene Rich Adventure RKOBehind Office DoorsMelville W. BrownMary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Catherine Dale Owen Drama RKOThe Beloved Bachelor Lloyd Corrigan Paul Lukas, Dorothy Jordan, Vivienne Osborne Drama ParamountBeyond Victory John S. Robertson Bill Boyd, James Gleason, Marion Shilling War RKOBig Business Girl William A. Seiter Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez Romance Warner Bros.The Big GambleFred NibloWilliam Boyd, James Gleason, June MacCloy Drama RKOThe Big Shot Ralph Murphy Eddie Quillan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Nolan Comedy RKOThe Black CamelHamilton MacFadden Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi Drama, Crime Fox FilmBlonde CrazyRoy Del RuthJames Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ray Milland Comedy Warner Bros.Body and Soul Alfred Santell Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart Action Fox FilmBorder LawLouis King Buck Jones, Jim Mason, Lupita Tovar Western ColumbiaBorn to Love Paul L. Stein Joel McCrea, Constance Bennett, Paul Cavanagh Drama RKOBought Archie Mayo Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Ray Milland Drama Warner Bros.Branded D. Ross Lederman Buck Jones, Wallace MacDonald, Philo McCullough Western ColumbiaBranded Men Phil Rosen Ken Maynard, June Clyde, Irving Bacon Western TiffanyThe Brat John Ford Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Virginia Cherrill Comedy Fox FilmBroadminded Mervyn LeRoy Joe E. Brown, Marjorie White, Bela Lugosi Comedy Warner Bros.
C-D Title Director Cast Genre NotesCaptain Applejack Hobart Henley Mary Brian, John Halliday, Claud Allister Drama Warner Bros.Caught Edward Sloman Richard Arlen, Louise Dresser, Frances Dee Western ParamountCaught Cheating Frank R. Strayer George Sidney, Charles Murray, Dorothy Christy Comedy TiffanyCaught Plastered William A. Seiter Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee Comedy RKO Cavalier of the West John P. McCarthy Harry Carey, Carmen Laroux, Kane Richmond Western IndependentThe ChampKing VidorWallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich Drama MGMChances Allan Dwan Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rose Hobart, Anthony Bushell War Warner Bros.Charlie Chan Carries OnHamilton MacFaddenWarner Oland, John Garrick, Marguerite ChurchillMystery Fox FilmThe Cheat George Abbott Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens, Irving Pichel Drama Paramount The Cheyenne Cyclone Armand Schaefer Lane Chandler, Marie Quillan, Frankie Darro Western IndependentChildren of Dreams Alan Crosland Tom Patricola, Marion Byron, Charles Winninger Musical Warner Bros.Chinatown After DarkStuart Paton Carmel Myers, Rex Lease, Barbara Kent Crime, Drama IndependentCimarronWesley Ruggles Irene Dunne, Richard Dix, Estelle TaylorDrama, Western RKOThe Cisco Kid Irving Cummings Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Conchita Montenegro Western Fox FilmCity LightsCharles Chaplin Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee Comedy, Drama United ArtistsCity StreetsRouben Mamoulian Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas Drama, Crime ParamountClearing the Range Otto Brower Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers, Hooper Atchley Western Independent Command Performance Walter Lang Neil Hamilton, Una Merkel, Helen Ware Drama TiffanyThe Common LawPaul L. SteinConstance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Hedda HopperDrama RKOCompromised John G. Adolfi Rose Hobart, Ben Lyon, Claude Gillingwater Drama Warner Bros.Confessions of a Co-Ed Dudley Murphy Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Claudia Dell Drama ParamountA Connecticut YankeeDavid ButlerWill Rogers, Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna LoyComedy Fox FilmThe Conquering Horde Edward Sloman Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Claude Gillingwater Western ParamountConsolation Marriage Paul Sloane Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, Myrna Loy Drama RKOConvicted Christy Cabanne Aileen Pringle, Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Christy Mystery IndependentCorsair Roland West Chester Morris, Thelma Todd, Fred Kohler Crime United ArtistsCracked Nuts Edward F. Cline Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee, Robert Woolsey Comedy RKOThe Criminal CodeHoward HawksWalter Huston, Constance Cummings, Boris KarloffCrimeDrama ColumbiaThe Cuban Love SongW. S. Van DykeLupe Vélez, Lawrence Tibbett, Jimmy Durante Musical MGMDaddy Long Legs Alfred Santell Janet Gaynor, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel Comedy Fox Film Damaged Love Irvin Willat June Collyer, Charles Starrett, Betty Garde Drama IndependentDance, Fools, Dance Harry Beaumont Joan Crawford, Lester Vail, Clark Gable Crime MGM Dancing Dynamite Noel M. Smith Richard Talmadge, Blanche Mehaffey, Robert Ellis Crime Independent A Dangerous Affair Edward Sedgwick Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Sally Blane Mystery ColumbiaDaughter of the DragonLloyd CorriganAnna May Wong, Warner Oland, Sessue Hayakawa Drama ParamountDaybreak Jacques Feyder Ramon Novarro, Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt Drama MGM The Deadline Lambert Hillyer Buck Jones, Robert Ellis, G. Raymond Nye Western ColumbiaThe Deceiver Louis King Lloyd Hughes, Dorothy Sebastian, Natalie Moorhead Mystery Columbia Defenders of the Law Joseph Levering Catherine Dale Owen, Edmund Breese, Mae Busch Crime IndependentDelicious David Butler Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Virginia Cherrill Musical Fox Film Desert Vengeance Louis King Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford, Douglas Gilmore Western ColumbiaThe Devil Plays Richard Thorpe Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Christy, Lillian Rich Mystery ChesterfieldDevotion Robert Milton Ann Harding, Leslie Howard, Robert Williams Romance RKODirigible Frank Capra Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Ralph Graves Adventure ColumbiaDishonoredJosef von Sternberg Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Warner Oland Drama, War ParamountDoctors' Wives Frank Borzage Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Victor Varconi Drama Fox FilmDon't Bet on WomenWilliam K. Howard Jeanette MacDonald, Edmund Lowe, Roland Young Comedy Fox FilmDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRouben Mamoulian Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart Drama, Horror ParamountDraculaTod BrowningBela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners Horror Universal Dragnet Patrol Frank R. Strayer Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Marjorie Beebe Drama IndependentThe Drums of JeopardyGeorge B. SeitzWarner Oland, June Collyer, Hale Hamilton Drama, Thriller TiffanyDude Ranch Frank Tuttle Jack Oakie, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette Comedy Paramount Dugan of the Badlands Robert N. Bradbury Bill Cody, Blanche Mehaffey, Ethan Laidlaw Western Monogram
E-F Title Director Cast Genre NotesThe Easiest WayJack Conway Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, Clark GableDrama MGMEast Lynne Frank Lloyd Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Conrad Nagel Drama Fox FilmEast of Borneo George Melford Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Lupita Tovar Adventure Universal Enemies of the Law Lawrence C. Windom Mary Nolan, Johnnie Walker, Lou Tellegen Crime IndependentEverything's RosieClyde Bruckman Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow Comedy RKOEx-Bad Boy Vin Moore Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur Comedy UniversalExpensive Women Hobart Henley Dolores Costello, H. B. Warner Drama Warner Bros.Fair Warning Alfred L. Werker George O'Brien, George Brent, Louise Huntington Western Fox FilmThe False Madonna Stuart Walker Kay Francis, Conway Tearle, William Boyd Drama ParamountFanny Foley Herself Melville W. Brown Edna May Oliver, Helen Chandler, Rochelle Hudson Comedy drama RKOFather's Son William Beaudine Leon Janney, Irene Rich, Lewis Stone Drama Warner Bros.Fifty Fathoms Deep Roy William Neill Jack Holt, Richard Cromwell Adventure ColumbiaFifty Million Frenchmen Lloyd Bacon Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, William Gaxton Musical comedy Warner Bros.Fighting Caravans Otto Brower, David Burton Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence Western ParamountThe Fighting Marshal D. Ross Lederman Tim McCoy Western ColumbiaThe Fighting Sheriff Louis King Buck Jones, Lillian Worth Western ColumbiaThe Finger PointsJohn Francis Dillon Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Clark Gable Drama, Crime Warner Bros.Finn and Hattie Norman Taurog Leon Errol, ZaSu Pitts Comedy Paramount First Aid Stuart Paton Grant Withers, Marjorie Beebe Crime IndependentFive and Ten Robert Z. Leonard Marion Davies, Leslie Howard, Irene Rich Drama MGMFive Star FinalMervyn LeRoyEdward G. Robinson, H. B. Warner, Marian Marsh Drama Warner Bros. The Flood James Tinling Eleanor Boardman, Monte Blue Drama ColumbiaFlying HighCharles ReisnerBert Lahr, Kathryn Crawford, Charlotte GreenwoodComedy MGMForbidden Adventure Norman Taurog Mitzi Green, Edna May Oliver Comedy Paramount Forgotten Women Richard Thorpe Marion Shilling, Beryl Mercer, Edna Murphy Drama MonogramFrankensteinJames WhaleBoris Karloff, Frederick Kerr, Mae ClarkeHorror, Science fiction UniversalA Free SoulClarence BrownNorma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Clark GableDrama MGMFreighters of Destiny Fred Allen Tom Keene, Barbara Kent Western RKOFriends and Lovers Victor Schertzinger Lili Damita, Adolphe Menjou, Laurence Olivier Drama RKOThe Front PageLewis Milestone Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Edward Everett HortonComedy United Artists; Remake of 1974 film
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