The Castaway (1931)
Mickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a piano that washed…
The Skin Game (1931)
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
Platinum Blonde (1931)
Anne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the confinement of high society, though, and yearns for…
Bad Girl (1931)
A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.
The Beach Party (1931)
A fun day at the beach. While Mickey, Horace, and Clarabelle go swimming, or try to, Minnie lays out a picnic. Pluto discovers why you shouldn’t chase a crab. Everyone…
Fishin’ Around (1931)
Mickey takes Pluto fishing in a boat on a lake, but they aren’t too successful. The fish mock them, and even steal the bait can. Finally, the game warden spots…
Sporting Blood (1931)
A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.
Street Scene (1931)
The setting is one anonyomous city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents – Italian and Jew, Swede and German and Irish – serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized…
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets married first. Angelica, in turn, finds every man she…
Other Men’s Women (1931)
Railroad fireman Bill White is a carefree ladies’ man with an irresponsible streak. His buddy Jack Kulper, an engineer, is more solid and reliable. Bill comes to stay a while…
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…
Private Lives (1931)
Amanda and Elyot are one another’s former spouse. Elyot remarries to Sibyl, Amanda weds Victor. Unexpectedly, both honeymooning couples arrive to a hotel on the same day and are put…
The Black Camel (1931)
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won’t marry him without consulting famed psychic Tanaverro first. Tanaverro confronts her about the unsolved…
Tokyo Chorus (1931)
Mr. Omura, a teacher, leads a group of male students in an outdoor drill. One slight, comic young man, Shinji Okajima, has no shirt under his jacket; he scratches at…
Five Star Final (1931)
An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
Birds of a Feather (1931)
Beau Hunks (1931)
Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie’s sweetheart rejects him. The title Beau Hunks is both a reference to Beau Geste and a pun on the mild…
The Great Lover (1931)
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
Safe in Hell (1931)
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of…
Our Wife (1931)
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy’s father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids…
Mickey’s Orphans (1931)
At Christmas time, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.
Come Clean (1931)
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage…
Pardon Us (1931)
It’s Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
The Ugly Duckling (1931)
The film begins with a mother hen sitting on her eggs from which six baby chicks are born. Though initially overjoyed, her mood changes to disgust when the final egg…
The Star Witness (1931)
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.
Limite (1931)
A man and two women lost at sea in a rowboat; their pasts are conveyed in flashbacks throughout the film.
The Champ (1931)
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
Illicit (1931)
Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure…
Bimbo’s Initiation (1931)
Bimbo finds himself surrounded by a mysterious group of robed figures who invite him to become a member of their secret organisation. When he refuses, they fling him through a…
Le Million (1931)
Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Dutch lottery, but almost immediately, he discovers that his softhearted girlfriend,…
Cimarron (1931)
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A…
Way Back Home (1931)
A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he’s raised as his own.