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Overview of the events of 1931 in film
The following is an overview of 1931 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top grossing films Academy Awards Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years. And there were two awards given in 1932 for 'Best Actor'. That's how there are 3 'Best Actor', 2 'Best Actress' awards for 1931 films.
1931 film releases January–March January 1931
3 January
9 January
16 January
17 January
30 January
February 1931
March 1931
6 March
14 March
21 March
29 March
April–June April 1931
4 April
6 April
15 April
18 April
23 April
30 April
May 1931
1 May
11 May
16 May
22 May
June 1931
13 June
20 June
21 June
27 June
28 June
July–September July 1931
August 1931
1 August
7 August
8 August
13 August
15 August
22 August
29 August
September 1931
1 September
5 September
19 September
26 September
30 September
October–December October 1931
3 October
10 October
21 October
24 October
31 October
November 1931
7 November
9 November
21 November
December 1931
3 December
12 December
17 December
26 December
31 December
Notable films released in 1931 U.S.A. unless stated
24 Hours Clive Brook and Kay Francis À nous la liberté René Clair - (France )Alam Ara Ardeshir Irani - the first Indian talkieAlibi Leslie S. Hiscott (Britain )Alice in Wonderland Alone USSR )An American Tragedy Josef von Sternberg , starring Sylvia Sydney Anna Christie Jacques Feyder , starring Greta Garbo - (Germany )Arrowsmith John Ford , starring Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes Bachelor Apartment Irene Dunne and Lowell Sherman Bad Girl Frank Borzage Bad Sister Bette Davis Berlin-Alexanderplatz Alfred Döblin - (Germany )The Black Camel Charlie Chan mystery starring Warner Oland Blonde Crazy James Cagney and Joan Blondell Bought! Constance Bennett Business Under Distress Czechoslovakia )The Champ Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper La Chienne Jean Renoir , starring Michel Simon - (France )Cimarron Richard Dix and Irene Dunne City Lights Charlie Chaplin City Streets Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney A Connecticut Yankee Will Rogers The Criminal Code Howard Hawks , starring Walter Huston David Golder Julien Duvivier - (France )Dishonored Josef von Sternberg , starring Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen Down River Charles Laughton - (GB )Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Rouben Mamoulian , starring Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins Dracula Tod Browning , starring Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye Elisabeth of Austria Lil Dagover and Paul Otto - (Germany )Emil und die Detektive Rolf Wenkhaus , Käthe Haack and Fritz Rasp - (Germany )Expensive Women Dolores Costello and H. B. Warner Five and Ten Marion Davies and Leslie Howard Five Star Final Mervyn LeRoy , starring Edward G. Robinson Frankenstein James Whale , starring Boris Karloff , Colin Clive and Mae Clarke A Free Soul Norma Shearer , Leslie Howard , Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable From Saturday to Sunday Czechoslovakia )The Front Page Lewis Milestone , starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien Girls About Town George Cukor , starring Kay Francis and Joel McCrea Goldie Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy The Guardsman Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Guilty Hands Lionel Barrymore and Kay Francis Hell Divers Wallace Beery and Clark Gable Her Grace Commands Germany )Hobson's Choice Thomas Bentley (Britain)Honor Among Lovers Claudette Colbert and Fredric March Huckleberry Finn Jackie Coogan Hyppolit, the Butler Hungary )I Take This Woman Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard Indiscreet Leo McCarey , starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon Iron Man Lew Ayres and Jean Harlow Just a Gigolo Jack Haines Kalidas Tamil sound film, directed by H.M. Reddy (Tamil)Kameradschaft G.W. Pabst - (Germany )Kiki Mary Pickford Der Kongreß tanzt Lilian Harvey - (Germany )The Last Flight Richard Barthelmess Limite Brazil )Little Caesar Mervyn LeRoy , starring Edward G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. M Fritz Lang , starring Peter Lorre and Otto Wernicke - (Germany)The Mad Genius John Barrymore Mädchen in Uniform Carl Froelich , starring Hertha Thiele - (Germany )The Maltese Falcon Bebe Daniels Marius Alexander Korda , starring Raimu and Pierre Fresnay - (France )Mata Hari Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore Le Million René Clair - (France )The Millionaire George Arliss The Miracle Woman Frank Capra , starring Barbara Stanwyck Monkey Business Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Marx The Neighbor's Wife and Mine Japan )Night in Montmartre Leslie S. Hiscott (Britain )Night Nurse Barbara Stanwyck and Ben Lyon Other Men's Women Regis Toomey and Mary Astor Palmy Days Eddie Cantor Pardon Us Laurel and Hardy Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood China )Platinum Blonde Loretta Young , Robert Williams and Jean Harlow Possessed Joan Crawford and Clark Gable Private Lives Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery The Public Enemy William A. Wellman , starring James Cagney , Jean Harlow and Joan Blondell Quick Millions Spencer Tracy Revenge on the Brother Ebrahim Moradi (Iran)Sally in Our Alley Gracie Fields - (GB )The Secret Six Wallace Beery , Lewis Stone , Johnny Mack Brown , Jean Harlow and Clark Gable Secrets of a Secretary Claudette Colbert and Herbert Marshall Sidewalks of New York Buster Keaton The Sin of Madelon Claudet Helen Hayes Smart Money Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney The Smiling Lieutenant Ernst Lubitsch , starring Maurice Chevalier , Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins The Speckled Band Jack Raymond , starring Raymond Massey - (GB )A Spray of Plum Blossoms China )The Squaw Man Cecil B. DeMille and starring Warner Baxter The Stolen Jools Gary Cooper , Laurel and Hardy , and Norma Shearer Street Scene King Vidor , starring Sylvia Sidney Svengali John Barrymore Tabu F. W. Murnau Tell England Anthony Asquith - (GB )Ten Cents a Dance Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez The Theft of the Mona Lisa Germany )This Modern Age Joan Crawford The Threepenny Opera Lotte Lenya - (Germany )Tilly of Bloomsbury Jack Raymond , starring Sydney Howard , Phyllis Konstam (Britain)Tokyo Chorus Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan )Tommi Yakov Protazanov - (USSR )Tonight or Never Mervyn LeRoy , starring Gloria Swanson and Melvyn Douglas Waterloo Bridge James Whale Serials Short film series Animated short film series Births January 5 - Robert Duvall , actor and director
January 14 - Caterina Valente , French singer and actress
January 17 - James Earl Jones , actor
February 6
February 8 - James Dean , actor (died 1955 )
February 15 - Claire Bloom , actress
March 22 - William Shatner , actor
March 26 - Leonard Nimoy , actor and director
April 8 - John Gavin , actor, diplomat
May 28 - Carroll Baker , actress
June 20 - Olympia Dukakis , actress
July 1 - Leslie Caron , French actress and dancer
July 4 - Stephen Boyd , Irish actor (died 1977 )
July 11 - Tab Hunter , actor and singer
August 31 - Noble Willingham , actor (died 2004 )
September 10 - Philip Baker Hall , actor
September 12 - Ian Holm , English actor
September 17 - Anne Bancroft , actress (died 2005 )
September 21 - Larry Hagman , actor and director (died 2012 )
September 29 - Anita Ekberg , Swedish actress and sex symbol (died 2015 )
September 30 - Angie Dickinson , actress
November 6 - Mike Nichols German-born director
December 11 - Rita Moreno , Puerto Rican actress Deaths Film debuts
