1931 Movies

Brother and sister Hugh and Anne Dixon pull their fake suicide scam on Jim Cardew. Hugh leaves a note for Jim to take care of Anne. After Jim proposes and leaves money to Anne, he learns of their scheme. Not revealing his knowledge he gets them to return with...

Caught in a 5th Avenue traffic jam, as they are riding in side-by-side taxicab and limousine, Jack Benny (Jack Benny) and Helen Hunt (Francetta Malloy),engage in conversation that leads to a hasty marriage. It isn't long before Benny is calling on the justice...

Late night in the toy shop. The toymaker goes up to bed, leaving his wind-up policeman to guard the shop, and the other toys come to life. First order of business: throw that pesky cop into the glue pot. The wind-up soldiers march around. They pass a doll, and...

Like most Fleischer cartoons from the early '30s, there are lots of stream-of-conscious gags here. They are related by Bimbo's adventures as a mailman.

An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.

Pictures from the archipelago are shown as illustrations for a lecture by Prince Wilhelm about the pilots and the archipelago (of Stockholm?).

A young woman locks an intruding blackmailer in her bedroom closet overnight, in order to prove her innocence in the morning.

Shadow on the Mountains (Arthur Elton, 1932) is a classic English pastoral, with impressionistic views of the English countryside as it expounds the virtues of farming and shepherding.

Propaganda film on the participation of Komsomol members in the restoration of the coal industry of Donbas.

A young inventor has constructed a television set. His landlady has become very skeptical of both him and his invention, perhaps mainly due to the fact that he is constantly broke and hasn't paid the rent in months. Adding to the irritation is that the hostess...

A Terrytoons short.

Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.

A Terrytoons short.

Van Beuren Studios with a cartoon having Fun on Ice.

A rancher's plan to herd his horses is complicated by an uncooperative landowner.

A short Japanese experimental film