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DraculaDracula (1931) Recommended
Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Bela Lugosi
The role that immortalised Bela Lugosi – the original and most convincing Dracula ever committed to the screen. For sheer gothic ambience, look…
FrankensteinFrankenstein (1931) Recommended
Dir. James Whale
Feat. Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff is the definitive incarnation of Mary Shelley's tragic man–monster, while the delicate balance of horror and pathos give the film…
Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950Land of Promise - The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950 (1931-1951)
A revealing, 40–strong film archival of British society, culture, work ethic, and nationalism, preserved in documentaries shot during the…
Le MillionLe Million (1931) Aro Favourite
Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Annabella, Rene Lefevre, Louis Allibert
An early French musical, so delightful it was to inspire the likes of the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin and even the American Musical as a…
M... Worst Crime of AllM... Worst Crime of All (1931) Recommended
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Peter Lorre
A chilling expressionist classic starring Peter Lorre as psychotic child molester. Dir. Lang masterfully fills the screen with understated but…
MariusMarius (1931)
Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis
Based on the play by revered French writer Marcel Pagnol, this is the first film in the Marseille Trilogy featuring the characters of Marius (Pierre…
Mata HariMata Hari (1931)
Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore
Heavily fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, the exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo is magnetic…
Platinum BlondePlatinum Blonde (1931)
Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams
Breezy comedy about a young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must…
Public Enemy, ThePublic Enemy, The (1931)
Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. James Cagney, Jean Harlow
The most influential of early crime films exhibits an unglorified depiction of the American underworld, but James Cagney makes a hoodlum sure worth…
Sally in Our AlleySally in Our Alley (1931)
Dir. Maurice Elvey
Feat. Gracie Fields
Gracie Fields debuted in this lightweight English comedy as a heartbroke girl who, on moving to London, hits it off splendid with the Cockneys.…

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