Editing 1931 in film

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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 (U.S.)==
The top ten 1931 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1931
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
|''[[City Lights]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $2,000,000<ref name=Lucas2010>{{cite book |last1=Block |first1=Alex Ben |last2=Wilson |first2=Lucy Autry |title=George Lucas's blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success |url=https://archive.org/details/georgelucassbloc00alex/page/160/mode/2up?q=City+Lights |url-access=registration |date=March 30, 2010 |pages=160–161 |publisher=[[It Books]] |isbn=978-0-0619-6345-2}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[Trader Horn (1931 film)|Trader Horn]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $1,642,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation|title=The Eddie Mannix Ledger|publisher=Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study|place=Los Angeles, California}}.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
|''[[Palmy Days]]''
| United Artists
| $1,601,000<ref name=Argus1944>{{cite news |author=Jones, Lon|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11816878 |title=Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?. |newspaper= [[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=March 4, 1944 |access-date=August 6, 2012 |page=3 Supplement: ''The Argus Weekend'' magazine |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
|''[[The Man Who Came Back (1931 film)|The Man Who Came Back]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Fox Film]]
| $1,400,000{{sfn|Finler|2003|pp=356-357}}
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
| ''[[Merely Mary Ann]]''
| $1,300,000{{sfn|Finler|2003|pp=356-357}}
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
|''[[Arrowsmith (film)|Arrowsmith]]''<br>''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
| United Artists<br>[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $1,250,000<ref name="quig">[https://archive.org/stream/international193738quig#page/942/mode/2up/search/%22box+office%22 Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", ''International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938)'' (pg. 942)]; accessed April 19, 2014</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
|''[[A Connecticut Yankee (film)|A Connecticut Yankee]]''
| Fox Film
| $1,200,000<ref name="quig"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
|''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]''
| [[RKO Radio Pictures|RKO]]
| $1,122,000<ref name="rko">Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]''
| Fox Film
| $1,100,000{{sfn|Finler|2003|pp=356-357}}
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
|''[[Possessed (1931 film)|Possessed]]''
| MGM
| $1,030,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|}

==Events==
* January 5: [[RKO]] acquires the producing and distribution arm of [[Pathé Exchange|Pathé]] for $4.6 million.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Att'y Gen Scans R-K-O-Pathe Deal on Plea of Defeated Insurgents|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety101-1931-01#page/n2/mode/1up|page=3|date=January 7, 1931|access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>
* March 14: ''[[Alam Ara]]'', the first Indian-made [[sound film]], premieres at the Majestic Cinema in [[Bombay]].
* June 20: [[Monogram Pictures]] releases its first film, ''Ships of Hate''.<ref>{{AFI film|id=5676|title=Ships of Hate}}</ref>
* July 7: Anti-competitive practices disclosed about certain distributors and producers in Canada.<ref name=FilmDaily>{{cite book|work=[[The Film Daily]] Yearbook 1932|title=Ten Leading Events in the News of Motion Pictures During the Year 1931|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyyearboo00film_2#page/9/mode/1up|page=9|access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>
* November 17: E. R. Tinker elected president of [[Fox Films]] replacing Harley L. Clarke.<ref name=FilmDaily/>
* December 14: RKO refinancing plan approved.<ref name=FilmDaily/>

==Best money stars==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported the following as the biggest male stars in the U.S. in alphabetical order although grouped George Arliss and Ronald Colman together as having equal ranking.<ref name="Variety1932">{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/stream/variety105-1932-01#page/n0/mode/1up|title=Six Best Money Stars|date=January 5, 1932|work=Variety|page=1}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Actor
|-
|[[George Arliss]]<br>
[[Ronald Colman]]
|-
|[[Wallace Beery]]
|-
|[[Maurice Chevalier]]
|-
|[[Clark Gable]]
|-
|[[Edward G. Robinson]]
|-
|[[Will Rogers]]
|}

The following were the biggest women names in the U.S. in alphabetical order but again grouped two actresses together to denote they were ranked the same.<ref name="Variety1932"/>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Actress
|-
|[[Constance Bennett]]
|-
|[[Joan Crawford]]
|-
|[[Marlene Dietrich]]
|-
|[[Greta Garbo]]<br>
[[Marie Dressler]]
|-
|[[Janet Gaynor]]
|-
|[[Norma Shearer]]
|}

==Academy Awards==
{{Main|4th Academy Awards}}
{{Main|5th Academy Awards}}

The 4th Academy Awards were awarded to films completed and screened released between August 1, 1930, and July 31, 1931, by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].

Most Nominations: ''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]'' ([[RKO Pictures]]) – 7

Major Awards
* [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: '''''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]''''' – [[RKO Pictures|RKO]]
* [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: '''[[Norman Taurog]]''' – ''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]''
* [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: '''[[Lionel Barrymore]]''' – ''[[A Free Soul]]''
* [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''[[Marie Dressler]]''' – ''[[Min and Bill]]''

Most Awards: ''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]'' – 3 (Best Picture; [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adaptation]] and [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]])

''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]'' was the first Western to win Best Picture, and would remain the only one to do so for 59 years (until ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' won in 1991). It received a then-record seven nominations, and was the first film to win more than two awards.

The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] on November 18, 1932,<ref name="OscarsWebsite">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/5th.html |title=The 5th Academy Awards – 1933 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904093854/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/5th.html |archive-date=2012-09-04 }}</ref> at a ceremony held at [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|The Ambassador Hotel]]<ref name="OscarsWebsite" /> in [[Los Angeles, California]]. The ceremony was hosted by [[Conrad Nagel]].<ref name="OscarsWebsite" /> Films screened in Los Angeles between August 1, 1931, and July 31, 1932, were eligible to receive awards.<ref name="OscarsWebsite" />

Most nominations: ''[[Arrowsmith (film)|Arrowsmith]]'' ([[Samuel Goldwyn Productions]]) and ''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' ([[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]) – 4

Major Awards
*[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: [[Wallace Beery]] – ''The Champ'' and [[Fredric March]] – ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
*[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: [[Helen Hayes]] – ''[[The Sin of Madelon Claudet]]''
*[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: [[Frank Borzage]] – ''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]''

Most Awards: ''Bad Girl''  (Best Director and [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adaptation]]) and ''The Champ'' (Best Actor and [[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Original Story]]) – 2

Note: The [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] went to [[1932 in film|1932]]'s ''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]''.

==1931 film releases==

===January–March===
*January 1931
**3 January
***''[[The Criminal Code]]''
**9 January
***''[[Little Caesar (film)|Little Caesar]]''
**17 January
***''[[Other Men's Women]]''
**26 January
***''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]''
*February 1931
**3 February
***''[[Trader Horn (1931 film)|Trader Horn]]''
**14 February
***''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]''
**28 February
***''[[Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931 film)|Parlor, Bedroom and Bath]]''
*March 1931
**5 March
***''[[The Speckled Band (1931 film)|The Speckled Band]]''
**6 March
***''[[Ten Cents a Dance (1931 film)|Ten Cents a Dance]]''
**7 March
***''[[City Lights]]''
**14 March
***''[[Kiki (1931 film)|Kiki]]''
**20 March
***''[[The Sleeping Cardinal]]''
**21 March
***''[[Honor Among Lovers]]''
**29 March
***''[[Bad Sister (1931 film)|Bad Sister]]''

===April–June===
*April 1931
**4 April
***''[[The Front Page (1931 film)|The Front Page]]''
**6 April
***''[[A Connecticut Yankee (film)|A Connecticut Yankee]]''
**15 April
***''[[Bachelor Apartment]]''
**18 April
***''[[City Streets (1931 film)|City Streets]]''
***''[[The Secret Six]]''
**23 April
***''[[The Public Enemy]]''
**24 April
***''[[Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film)|Dracula]]''
**30 April
***''[[Iron Man (1931 film)|Iron Man]]''
*May 1931
**1 May
***''[[The Millionaire (1931 film)|The Millionaire]]''
**11 May
***''[[M (1931 film)|M]]''
**16 May
***''[[Indiscreet (1931 film)|Indiscreet]]''
**22 May
***''[[Svengali (1931 film)|Svengali]]''
*June 1931
**13 June
***''[[The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''
**20 June
***''[[A Free Soul]]''
**21 June
***''[[The Black Camel (film)|The Black Camel]]''
**27 June
***''[[I Take This Woman (1931 film)|I Take This Woman]]''
**28 June
***''[[Goldie (1931 film)|Goldie]]''

===July–September===
*July 1931
**11 July
***''[[Smart Money (1931 film)|Smart Money]]''
*August 1931
**1 August
***''[[The Smiling Lieutenant]]''
***''[[Tabu (1931 film)|Tabu]]''
**7 August
***''[[Huckleberry Finn (1931 film)|Huckleberry Finn]]''
***''[[The Miracle Woman]]''
**8 August
***''[[Bought!]]''
***''[[Night Nurse (1931 film)|Night Nurse]]''
**14 August
***''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]''
**15 August
***''[[Pardon Us]]''
**22 August
***''[[An American Tragedy (film)|An American Tragedy]]''
***''[[Guilty Hands]]''
**29 August
***''[[The Last Flight (1931 film)|The Last Flight]]''
***''[[This Modern Age]]''
*September 1931
**1 September
***''[[Waterloo Bridge (1931 film)|Waterloo Bridge]]''
**5 September
***''[[Daughter of the Dragon]]'' 
***''[[Secrets of a Secretary]]''
***''[[The Squaw Man (1931 film)|The Squaw Man]]''
***''[[Street Scene (1931 film)|Street Scene]]''
**12 September
***''[[Alexander Hamilton (film)|Alexander Hamilton]]'' 
**18 September
***''[[Peludópolis]]'' (Argentina)
**19 September
***''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]''
**23 September
***''[[Palmy Days]]''
**26 September
***''[[Five Star Final]]''
***''[[Sidewalks of New York (1931 film)|Sidewalks of New York]]''
**30 September
***''[[Alice in Wonderland (1931 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''

===October–December===
*October 1931
**10 October
***''[[24 Hours (1931 film)|24 Hours]]''
**24 October
***''[[The Sin of Madelon Claudet]]''
**31 October
***''[[Platinum Blonde (film)|Platinum Blonde]]''
*November 1931
**1 November
***''[[The Cisco Kid (1931 film)|The Cisco Kid]]''
**7 November
***''[[The Mad Genius]]''
**9 November
***''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]''
**10 November
***''[[Secret Service (1931 film)|Secret Service]]''
**21 November
***''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''
***''[[Possessed (1931 film)|Possessed]]''
**28 November
***''[[Battling with Buffalo Bill]]''
*December 1931
**2 December
***''[[Anna Christie (1930 German-language film)|Anna Christie]]'' ([[List of German films of 1931|Germany]])
**3 December
***''[[Blonde Crazy]]''
**7 December
***''[[Arrowsmith (film)|Arrowsmith]]''
**10 December
***''[[The Struggle (1931 film)|The Struggle]]''
**12 December
***''[[Private Lives (1931 film)|Private Lives]]''
**17 December
***''[[Tonight or Never (1931 film)|Tonight or Never]]''
**24 December
***''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
**26 December
***''[[Mata Hari (1931 film)|Mata Hari]]''

==Notable films released in 1931==
[[List of American films of 1931|United States]] unless stated

===0-9===
*''[[24 Hours (1931 film)|24 Hours]]'', directed by [[Marion Gering]], starring [[Clive Brook]], [[Kay Francis]] and [[Miriam Hopkins]]

===A===
*''[[À Nous la Liberté]] (Freedom for Us)'', directed by [[René Clair]] – ([[French films of 1931|France]])
*''[[Alam Ara]] (The Light of the World)'' (lost), directed by [[Ardeshir Irani]] – ([[List of Hindi films of 1931|India]])
*''[[Alexander Hamilton (film)|Alexander Hamilton]]'', directed by [[John G. Adolfi]], starring [[George Arliss]]
*''[[Alibi (1931 film)|Alibi]]'' (lost), directed by [[Leslie S. Hiscott]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Alice in Wonderland (1931 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', directed by [[Bud Pollard]]
*''[[Alone (1931 French film)|Alone]] (Sola)'', directed by [[Henri Diamant-Berger]] – ([[French films of 1931|France]])
*''[[Alone (1931 Soviet film)|Alone]] (Odna)'', directed by [[Leonid Trauberg]] and [[Grigori Kozintsev]] – ([[Soviet films of 1931|USSR]])
*''[[An American Tragedy (film)|An American Tragedy]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Phillips Holmes]] and [[Sylvia Sidney]]
*''[[Arrowsmith (film)|Arrowsmith]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[Ronald Colman]] and [[Helen Hayes]]

===B===
*''[[Bachelor Apartment]]'', starring and directed by [[Lowell Sherman]] with [[Irene Dunne]]
*''[[The Bachelor Father]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Ray Milland]]
*''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Sally Eilers]] and [[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]]
*''[[Bad Sister (1931 film)|Bad Sister]]'', directed by [[Hobart Henley]], starring [[Conrad Nagel]], [[Sidney Fox]], [[Bette Davis]], [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[ZaSu Pitts]]
*''[[Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931 film)|Berlin-Alexanderplatz]]'', directed by [[Phil Jutzi]], starring [[Heinrich George]], based on the 1929 [[Berlin Alexanderplatz|novel]] by [[Alfred Döblin]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Black Camel (film)|The Black Camel]]'', directed by [[Hamilton MacFadden]], starring [[Warner Oland]], [[Sally Eilers]] and [[Bela Lugosi]]
*''[[Blonde Crazy]]'', directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], starring [[James Cagney]] and [[Joan Blondell]]
*''[[Bought!]]'', directed by [[Archie Mayo]], starring [[Constance Bennett]]
*''[[Business Under Distress]] (To neznáte Hadimršku)'', [[Karel Lamač]] and [[Martin Frič]] – ([[Czech films of the 1930s|Czechoslovakia]])

===C===
*''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Wallace Beery]] and [[Jackie Cooper]]
*''[[The Cheat (1931 film)|The Cheat]]'', directed by [[George Abbott]], starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]]
*''[[La Chienne]] (The Bitch)'', directed by [[Jean Renoir]], starring [[Michel Simon]] – ([[French films of 1931|France]])
*''[[Cimarron (1931 film)|Cimarron]]'', directed by [[Wesley Ruggles]], starring [[Richard Dix (actor)|Richard Dix]] and [[Irene Dunne]]
*''[[The Cisco Kid (1931 film)|The Cisco Kid]]'', directed by [[Irving Cummings]], starring [[Warner Baxter]]
*''[[City Lights]]'', a [[Charlie Chaplin]] film
*''[[City Streets (1931 film)|City Streets]]'', directed by [[Rouben Mamoulian]], starring [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Sylvia Sidney]]
*''[[A Connecticut Yankee (film)|A Connecticut Yankee]]'', directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]], starring [[Will Rogers]]
*''[[The Criminal Code]]'', directed by [[Howard Hawks]], starring [[Walter Huston]]

===D===
*''[[Daughter of the Dragon]]'', directed by [[Lloyd Corrigan]], starring [[Anna May Wong]], [[Warner Oland]] and [[Sessue Hayakawa]]
*''[[David Golder (film)|David Golder]]'', directed by [[Julien Duvivier]] – ([[French films of 1931|France]])
*''[[Dishonored (film)|Dishonored]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] and [[Victor McLaglen]]
*''[[Down River (1931 film)|Down River]]'', directed by [[Peter Godfrey (director)|Peter Godfrey]], starring [[Charles Laughton]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'', directed by [[Rouben Mamoulian]], starring [[Fredric March]] and [[Miriam Hopkins]]
*''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Bela Lugosi]]
*''[[Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film)|Dracula]]'', directed by [[George Melford]], starring [[Carlos Villarías]]

===E===
*''[[Elisabeth of Austria (film)|Elisabeth of Austria]] (Elisabeth von Österreich)'', directed by [[Adolf Trotz]], starring [[Lil Dagover]] and [[Paul Otto]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Emil and the Detectives (1931 film)|Emil and the Detectives]] (Emil und die Detektive)'', directed by [[Gerhard Lamprecht]], starring [[Rolf Wenkhaus]], [[Käthe Haack]] and [[Fritz Rasp]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Expensive Women]]'', directed by [[Hobart Henley]], starring [[Dolores Costello]]

===F===
*''[[Five and Ten (1931 film)|Five and Ten]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Leslie Howard]]
*''[[Five Star Final]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]]
*''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]'', directed by [[James Whale]], starring [[Colin Clive]], [[Mae Clarke]], [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] and [[Boris Karloff]]
*''[[A Free Soul]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[Norma Shearer]], [[Leslie Howard]], [[Lionel Barrymore]] and [[Clark Gable]]
*''[[From Saturday to Sunday]] (Ze soboty na neděli)'', directed by [[Gustav Machatý]] – ([[Czech films of the 1930s|Czechoslovakia]])
*''[[The Front Page (1931 film)|The Front Page]]'', directed by [[Lewis Milestone]], starring [[Adolphe Menjou]] and [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]]

===G===
*''[[Girls About Town (film)|Girls About Town]]'', directed by [[George Cukor]], starring [[Kay Francis]], [[Joel McCrea]] and [[Lilyan Tashman]]
*''[[Goldie (1931 film)|Goldie]]'', directed by [[Benjamin Stoloff]], starring [[Jean Harlow]] and [[Spencer Tracy]]
*''[[The Guardsman]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Alfred Lunt]] and [[Lynn Fontanne]]
*''[[Guilty Hands]]'', directed by [[W. S. Van Dyke]], starring [[Lionel Barrymore]] and [[Kay Francis]]

===H===
*''[[Her Grace Commands]] (Ihre Hoheit befiehlt)'', directed by [[Hanns Schwarz]], starring [[Willy Fritsch]] and [[Käthe von Nagy]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Hobson's Choice (1931 film)|Hobson's Choice]]'' (lost), directed by [[Thomas Bentley (director)|Thomas Bentley]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Honor Among Lovers]]'', directed by [[Dorothy Arzner]], starring [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Fredric March]]
*''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'', directed by [[Gareth Gundrey]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Huckleberry Finn (1931 film)|Huckleberry Finn]]'', directed by [[Norman Taurog]], starring [[Jackie Coogan]]
*''[[Hyppolit, the Butler]] (Hyppolit, a lakáj)'', directed by [[Steve Sekely|István Székely]] – ([[List of Hungarian films 1901–1947|Hungary]])

===I===
*''[[I Take This Woman (1931 film)|I Take This Woman]]'', directed by [[Marion Gering]], starring [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Carole Lombard]]
*''[[Indiscreet (1931 film)|Indiscreet]]'', directed by [[Leo McCarey]], starring [[Gloria Swanson]] and [[Ben Lyon]]
*''[[Iron Man (1931 film)|Iron Man]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Lew Ayres]] and [[Jean Harlow]]
*''[[It's a Wise Child (film)|It's a Wise Child]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Marion Davies]]

===J===
*''[[Just a Gigolo (1931 film)|Just a Gigolo]]'', directed by [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], starring [[William Haines]]

===K===
*''[[Kalidas (film)|Kalidas]]'' (lost), directed by [[H. M. Reddy]] – ([[List of Tamil films of the 1930s|Tamil]])
*''[[Kameradschaft]] (Comradeship)'', directed by [[G. W. Pabst]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Kiki (1931 film)|Kiki]]'', directed by [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Mary Pickford]]
*''[[Der Kongreß tanzt]] (The Congress Dances)'', directed by [[Erik Charell]], starring [[Lilian Harvey]], [[Willy Fritsch]], [[Conrad Veidt]] and [[Lil Dagover]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===L===
*''[[The Last Flight (1931 film)|The Last Flight]]'', directed by [[William Dieterle]], starring [[Richard Barthelmess]]
*''[[The Last Kiss (1931 film)|The Last Kiss]]'', first full-length film produced in [[Cinema of Bangladesh | Dhallywood, Bangladesh]]
*''[[Limite (film)|Limite]]'', directed by [[Mário Peixoto]] – ([[List of Brazilian films of 1931|Brazil]])
*''[[Little Caesar (film)|Little Caesar]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]], [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] and [[Glenda Farrell]]

===M===
*''[[M (1931 film)|M]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]], starring [[Peter Lorre]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Mad Genius]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[John Barrymore]]
*''[[Mädchen in Uniform (1931 film)|Mädchen in Uniform]]'', directed by [[Leontine Sagan]], starring [[Hertha Thiele]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], starring [[Bebe Daniels]], [[Ricardo Cortez]] and [[Una Merkel]]
*''[[Marius (1931 film)|Marius]]'', directed by [[Alexander Korda]], starring [[Raimu]] and [[Pierre Fresnay]] – ([[French films of 1931|France]])
*''[[Mata Hari (1931 film)|Mata Hari]]'', directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]], starring [[Greta Garbo]], [[Ramon Novarro]], [[Lewis Stone]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]
*''[[Le Million]]'', directed by [[René Clair]] – ([[French films of 1931|France]])
*''[[The Millionaire (1931 film)|The Millionaire]]'', directed by [[John G. Adolfi]], starring [[George Arliss]]
*''[[The Miracle Woman]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Barbara Stanwyck]]
*''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]'', directed by [[Norman Z. McLeod]], starring the [[Marx Brothers]]
*''[[My Sin]]'', directed by [[George Abbott]], starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]] and [[Fredric March]]

===N===
*''[[The Neighbor's Wife and Mine]] (Madamu to nyōbō)'', directed by [[Heinosuke Gosho]] – ([[List of Japanese films of the 1930s|Japan]])
*''[[A Night in Montmartre]]'', directed by [[Leslie S. Hiscott]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Night Nurse (1931 film)|Night Nurse]]'', directed by [[William A. Wellman]], starring [[Barbara Stanwyck]], [[Ben Lyon]], [[Joan Blondell]] and [[Clark Gable]]

===O===
*''[[Other Men's Women]]'', directed by [[William A. Wellman]], starring [[Grant Withers]], [[Regis Toomey]] and [[Mary Astor]]

===P===
*''[[Palmy Days]]'', directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]], starring [[Eddie Cantor]]
*''[[Pardon Us]]'', directed by [[James Parrott]], starring [[Laurel and Hardy]]
*''[[Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931 film)|Parlor, Bedroom and Bath]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[Buster Keaton]]
*''[[The Peach Girl]] (Tao hua qi xue ji)'', directed by [[Bu Wancang]], starring [[Ruan Lingyu]] – ([[Chinese films of the 1930s|China]])
*''[[Peludópolis]]'' (lost), directed by [[Quirino Cristiani]] – ([[List of Argentine films of 1931|Argentina]])
*''[[Platinum Blonde (film)|Platinum Blonde]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Loretta Young]], [[Robert Williams (actor, born 1894)|Robert Williams]] and [[Jean Harlow]]
*''[[Possessed (1931 film)|Possessed]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Clark Gable]]
*''[[Private Lives (1931 film)|Private Lives]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Norma Shearer]] and [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]]
*''[[The Public Enemy]]'', directed by [[William A. Wellman]], starring [[James Cagney]], [[Jean Harlow]] and [[Joan Blondell]]

===Q===
*''[[Quick Millions (1931 film)|Quick Millions]]'', directed by [[Rowland Brown]], starring [[Spencer Tracy]]

===R===
*''[[Revenge on the Brother]] (Enteghm-e baradar)'', directed Ebrahim Moradi – ([[List of Iranian films before 1960|Iran]])

===S===
*''[[Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)|Sally in Our Alley]]'', directed by [[Maurice Elvey]], starring [[Gracie Fields]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Secret Service (1931 film)|Secret Service]]'', directed by [[J. Walter Ruben]], starring [[Richard Dix]]
*''[[The Secret Six]]'', directed by [[George Hill (director)|George Hill]], starring [[Wallace Beery]], [[Lewis Stone]], [[Johnny Mack Brown]], [[Jean Harlow]] and [[Clark Gable]]
*''[[Secrets of a Secretary]]'', directed by [[George Abbott]], starring [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Herbert Marshall]]
*''[[Sidewalks of New York (1931 film)|Sidewalks of New York]]'', directed by Zion Myers and [[Jules White]], starring [[Buster Keaton]], [[Anita Page]] and [[Cliff Edwards]]
*''[[The Sin of Madelon Claudet]]'', directed by [[Edgar Selwyn]], starring [[Helen Hayes]]
*''[[The Sleeping Cardinal]]'', directed by [[Leslie S. Hiscott]], starring [[Arthur Wontner]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Smart Money (1931 film)|Smart Money]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[James Cagney]]
*''[[The Smiling Lieutenant]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Miriam Hopkins]]
*''[[The Speckled Band (1931 film)|The Speckled Band]]'', directed by [[Jack Raymond]], starring [[Raymond Massey]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[A Spray of Plum Blossoms]] (Yī jiǎn méi)'', directed by [[Bu Wancang]], starring [[Ruan Lingyu]] – ([[Chinese films of the 1930s|China]])
*''[[The Squaw Man (1931 film)|The Squaw Man]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[Warner Baxter]] and [[Lupe Vélez]]
*''[[The Stolen Jools]]'', directed by [[William C. McGann]]
*''[[Street Scene (1931 film)|Street Scene]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Sylvia Sidney]] and [[Estelle Taylor]]
*''[[The Struggle (1931 film)|The Struggle]]'', directed by [[D.W. Griffith]]
*''[[Svengali (1931 film)|Svengali]]'', directed by [[Archie Mayo]], starring [[John Barrymore]] and [[Marian Marsh]]

===T===
*''[[Tabu: A Story of the South Seas]]'', directed by [[F. W. Murnau]]
*''[[Tell England (film)|Tell England]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]] and [[Geoffrey Barkas]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Ten Cents a Dance (1931 film)|Ten Cents a Dance]]'', directed by [[Lionel Barrymore]], starring [[Barbara Stanwyck]] and [[Ricardo Cortez]]
*''[[Der Raub der Mona Lisa|The Theft of the Mona Lisa]] (Der Raub der Mona Lisa)'', directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[This Modern Age]]'', directed by [[Nick Grinde]], starring [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''[[The Threepenny Opera (1931 film)|The Threepenny Opera]] (Die 3 Groschen-Oper)'', directed by [[G. W. Pabst]], starring [[Lotte Lenya]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931 film)|Tilly of Bloomsbury]]'', directed by [[Jack Raymond]], starring [[Sydney Howard]] and [[Phyllis Konstam]] – ([[British films of 1931|GB]])
*''[[Tokyo Chorus]] (Tōkyō no kōrasu)'', directed by [[Yasujirō Ozu]] – ([[Japanese films of the 1930s|Japan]])
*''[[Tommy (1931 film)|Tommi]]'', directed by [[Yakov Protazanov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1931|USSR]])
*''[[Tonight or Never (1931 film)|Tonight or Never]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Gloria Swanson]] and [[Melvyn Douglas]]

===W===
*''[[Waterloo Bridge (1931 film)|Waterloo Bridge]]'', directed by [[James Whale]], starring [[Mae Clarke]]
*''[[A Woman of Experience]]'', directed by [[Harry Joe Brown]], starring [[Helen Twelvetrees]]

==Serials==
*''[[Battling with Buffalo Bill]]''
*''[[Danger Island (serial)|Danger Island]]''
*''[[Finger Prints (serial)|Finger Prints]]''
*''[[The Galloping Ghost (serial)|The Galloping Ghost]]'', starring [[Red Grange|Harold Grange]]
*''[[Heroes of the Flames]]''
*''[[King of the Wild]]''
*''[[The Lightning Warrior]]'', starring [[Rin Tin Tin]]
*''The Mystery Trooper''
*''[[The Phantom of the West]]''
*''The Sign of the Wolf''
*''[[The Spell of the Circus]]''
*''[[The Vanishing Legion]]''

==Short film series==
*''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' ([[1921 in film|1921]]–[[1943 in film|1943]])
*''[[Charley Chase]]'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]–[[1940 in film|1940]])
*''[[Buster Keaton]]'' ([[1917 in film|1917]]–[[1941 in film|1941]])
*''[[Our Gang]]'' ([[1922 in film|1922]]–[[1944 in film|1944]])

==Animated short film series==
*''[[Aesop's Film Fables]]'' ([[1921 in film|1921]]–[[1933 in film|1933]])
*''[[Krazy Kat]]'' ([[1925 in film|1925]]–[[1940 in film|1940]])
*''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]–[[1938 in film|1938]])
*''[[Mickey Mouse]]''
** ''[[The Birthday Party (1931 film)|The Birthday Party]]''
** ''[[Traffic Troubles]]''
** ''[[The Castaway (film)|The Castaway]]''
** ''[[The Moose Hunt]]''
** ''[[The Delivery Boy (1931 film)|The Delivery Boy]]''
** ''Mickey Steps Out''
** ''Blue Rhythm''
** ''Fishin' Around''
** ''The Barnyard Broadcast''
** ''The Beach Party''
** ''Mickey Cuts Up''
** ''Mickey's Orphans''
*''[[Silly Symphonies]]''
** ''Birds of a Feather''
** ''Mother Goose Melodies''
** ''The China Plate''
** ''The Busy Beavers''
** ''The Cat's Out''
** ''Egyptian Melodies''
** ''The Clock Store''
** ''The Spider and the Fly''
** ''The Fox Hunt''
** ''The Ugly Duckling''
*''[[Screen Songs]]'' ([[1929 in film|1929]]–[[1938 in film|1938]])
*''[[Talkartoons]]'' ([[1929 in film|1929]]–[[1932 in film|1932]])
** ''Mask a Raid'' (featuring Betty Boop)
*''[[Looney Tunes]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]–[[1969 in film|1969]])
*''[[Flip the Frog]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]–[[1933 in film|1933]])
*''[[Terrytoons]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]–[[1964 in film|1964]])
*''[[Toby the Pup]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]-1931)
*''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' (1931–[[1969 in film|1969]])
*''[[Scrappy]]'' (1931–[[1941 in film|1941]])
*''[[Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren)]]'' (1931–[[1933 in film|1933]])

==Births==
*January 1 - [[Mona Hammond]], British actress (died 2022)
*January 3 – [[Conrad Brooks]], née Biedrzycki, American actor and producer (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*January 5 – [[Robert Duvall]], American actor and filmmaker
*January 9 - [[Paul Mantee]], American actor (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*January 13 - [[Charles Nelson Reilly]], American comedian, actor, director and drama teacher (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*January 14 – [[Caterina Valente]], French singer and actress (died 2024)
*January 17 – [[James Earl Jones]], American actor (died 2024)
*January 20 - [[Jack Grinnage]], American actor
*January 22 - [[Mary Castle]], American actress (died [[1998 in film|1998]])
*January 25 - [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]], American actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*January 26 – [[Mary Murphy (actress)|Mary Murphy]], American actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*January 29 – [[Leslie Bricusse]], English-born film composer and lyricist (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*January 30 - [[Read Morgan]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*February 6
**[[Bryan O'Byrne]], American character actor and acting coach (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
**[[Rip Torn]], American actor and director (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
**[[Mamie Van Doren]], American actress and sex symbol
*February 8 – [[James Dean]], American actor (died [[1955 in film|1955]])
*February 9 - [[Barbara Young (actress)|Barbara Young]], English actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*February 14
**[[Charles Hyatt]], Jamaican actor, playwright and director (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
**[[Margarita Lozano]], Spanish actress (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*February 15
**[[Claire Bloom]], English actress
**[[Mohamed Hilmi]], Algerian actor and director (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*February 18 - [[Laura Valenzuela]], Spanish television presenter and actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*February 20 - [[Karl Spiehs]], Austrian producer (died [[2022 in film|2022]]) 
*February 24 – [[Dominic Chianese]], American actor
*February 26 - [[Shay Duffin]], Irish character actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*February 28 - [[Gavin MacLeod]], American actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*March 5 - [[George Ogilvie]], Australian director and actor (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*March 8 - [[Gerald Potterton]], British-Canadian director, writer, producer and animator (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*March 15 - [[James Ellis (actor)|James Ellis]], Irish actor (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*March 20 – [[Hal Linden]], American actor, director and musician
*March 22 – [[William Shatner]], Canadian actor
*March 26 – [[Leonard Nimoy]], American actor and director (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*March 27 - [[Marion Brash]], American actress (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*April 1 – [[Ita Ever]], Estonian actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*April 7 - [[Ted Kotcheff]], Canadian-Bulgarian director and producer (died [[2025 in film|2025]])
*April 8 – [[John Gavin]], American actor and diplomat (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*April 14 - [[Kenneth Cope]], English actor and scriptwriter (died 2024)
*April 17 – [[Esteban Siller]], Mexican voice actor (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*May 5 - [[Brian O'Shaughnessy (actor)|Brian O'Shaughnessy]], British actor (died [[2001 in film|2001]])
*May 10 – [[Ettore Scola]], Italian director and screenwriter (died [[2016 in film|2016]])
*May 13 - [[Zohra Lampert]], American actress
*May 15 - [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]], Indian director and screenwriter (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*May 16 - [[Frank Albanese]], American actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*May 18 – [[Robert Morse]], American actor and singer (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*May 19 - [[James Greene (Northern Irish actor)|James Greene]], Northern Irish actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*May 23
**[[Barbara Barrie]], American actress
**[[Patience Cleveland]], American actress (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*May 24 – [[Michael Lonsdale]], British-French actor (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*May 28
**[[Carroll Baker]], American actress
**[[Bob Hornery]], Australian actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*June 2 - [[Peter Cummins]], Australian character actor (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*June 3 – [[Carmen Dell'Orefice]], American supermodel and actress
*June 7 - [[Virginia McKenna]], English actress
*June 14 – [[Marla Gibbs]], American actress, singer, comedian, writer and producer
*June 20
**[[Olympia Dukakis]], Greek-American actress (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
**[[James Tolkan]], American actor
*July 1 – [[Leslie Caron]], French actress and dancer
*July 2
**[[Robert Ito]], Canadian actor of Japanese ancestry
**[[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]], English actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*July 4 – [[Stephen Boyd]], Irish actor (died [[1977 in film|1977]])
*July 5 – [[António de Macedo]], Portuguese filmmaker, writer, university professor and lecturer (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*July 6
**[[Donal Donnelly]], Irish actor died ([[2010 in film|2010]])
**[[Della Reese]], American jazz and gospel singer, actress and ordinated minister (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*July 10 – [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]], American actor and screenwriter (died [[1968 in film|1968]])
*July 11 – [[Tab Hunter]], American actor and singer (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*July 14 – [[Mirella Ricciardi]], Kenyan photographer, writer and actress
*July 24 – [[Ermanno Olmi]], Italian director and screenwriter (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*July 27 – [[Jerry Van Dyke]], American actor, musician and comedian (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*July 28 – [[Darryl Hickman]], American actor, voice artist, screenwriter and television executive (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*August 1 - [[Pat Heywood]], Scottish actress (died 2024)
*August 19
**[[Elena Cotta]], Italian actress
**[[Marianne Koch]], German actress
*August 23 – [[Barbara Eden]], American actress
*August 12 – [[William Goldman]], American screenwriter and novelist (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*August 31 – [[Noble Willingham]], American actor (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*September 4 – [[Mitzi Gaynor]], American actress, singer and dancer (died 2024)
*September 9
**[[Zoltán Latinovits]], Hungarian actor (died [[1976 in film|1976]])
**[[Margaret Tyzack]], English actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*September 10 – [[Philip Baker Hall]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*September 12
**[[Ian Holm]], English actor (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
**[[Bill McKinney]], American character actor (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
**[[Silvia Pinal]], Mexican actress (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*September 13 – [[Barbara Bain]], American actress
*September 17 – [[Anne Bancroft]], American actress (died [[2005 in film|2005]])
*September 20 - [[Ned Tanen]], American producer (died [[2009 in film|2009]])
*September 21 – [[Larry Hagman]], American actor and director  (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
*September 29
**[[Eddie Barth]], American actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
**[[Anita Ekberg]], Swedish actress and sex symbol (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*September 30 – [[Angie Dickinson]], American actress
*October 10 – [[Román Chalbaud]], Venezuelan director (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*October 12 - [[Yvonne Gilan]], Scottish actress (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*October 19 - [[Rubens de Falco]], Brazilian actor (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
*October 21 – [[Vivian Pickles]], English actress
*October 25 - [[Bob Gurr]], American amusement ride designer and Imagineer
*October 30 - [[Ann Roth]], American costume designer and actress
*November 3 – [[Monica Vitti]], Italian actress (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*November 5 - [[Gil Hill]], American actor (died [[2016 in film|2016]])
*November 6 – [[Mike Nichols]], German-born director (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*November 10 – [[Don Henderson]], English actor (died [[1997 in film|1997]])
*November 12 – [[Mary Louise Wilson]], American actress, singer and comedian
*November 18 - [[Brad Sullivan]], American character actor (died 2008)
*November 30 – [[Jack Ging]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*December 2 – [[Nadja Regin]], Serbian actress (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*December 3 - [[Jaye P. Morgan]], retired American singer, actress and game show panellist
*December 9
**[[Paddi Edwards]], British-American actress (died [[1999 in film|1999]])
**[[William Reynolds (actor)|William Reynolds]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*December 11
**[[Anne Heywood]], British actress (died 2023)
**[[Rita Moreno]], Puerto Rican actress
*December 20 - [[Mala Powers]], American actress (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*December 23 – [[Ronnie Schell]], American actor and stand-up comedian
*December 24 - [[Robert Ridgely]], American actor (died [[1997 in film|1997]])
*December 28 – [[Martin Milner]]. American actor (died [[2015 in film|2015]])

==Deaths==
* February 18 - [[Louis Wolheim]], American silent film/early sound film actor (born 1880)
* March 11 – [[F. W. Murnau]], German director (born 1888)
* March 16 - [[James Neill (actor)|James Neill]], American silent film actor 
* March 24
**[[Charles Clary]], silent film actor (born 1873)
**[[Robert Edeson]], stage and screen actor (born 1868)
* April 9 - [[Thomas Santschi]], American screen actor (born 1880)
* June 7 – [[Viktor Schwanneke]], German actor (born 1880)
* August 14 – [[Janie Marèse]], French actress (born 1908)
* September 13 – [[Lawrence D'Orsay]], English actor (born 1853)
* October 18 - [[Thomas Edison]], inventor (born 1847)
* November 27 – [[Lya De Putti]], Hungarian actress (born [[1899 in film|1899]])
* December 23 – [[Tyrone Power, Sr.]], stage and film veteran, father of movie star [[Tyrone Power]] (born 1869)

==Film debuts==
{{column list|
*[[Hardie Albright]] – ''[[Young Sinners (1931 film)|Young Sinners]]''
*[[Elizabeth Allan]] – ''[[Alibi (1931 film)|Alibi]]''
*[[Astrid Allwyn]] – ''[[West of Broadway (1931 film)|West of Broadway]]''
*[[Heather Angel (actress)|Heather Angel]] – ''[[City of Song]]''
*[[Binnie Barnes]] – ''[[A Night in Montmartre]]''
*[[Ralph Bellamy]] – ''[[The Secret Six]]''
*[[Gunnar Björnstrand]] – ''[[The False Millionaire]]''
*[[Beulah Bondi]] – ''[[Street Scene (film)|Street Scene]]''
*[[Robert Burnier]] – ''[[Let's Get Married (1931 film)|Let's Get Married]]''
*[[Bruce Cabot]] – ''[[Heroes of the Flames]]''
*[[Joseph Calleia]] – ''[[My Sin]]''
*[[Robert Coote]] – ''[[Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)|Sally in Our Alley]]''
*[[Finlay Currie]] – ''[[The Old Man (1931 film)|The Old Man]]''
*[[Danielle Darrieux]] – ''[[Le Bal (1931 film)|Le Bal]]''
*[[Bette Davis]] – ''[[Bad Sister (1931 film)|Bad Sister]]''
*[[Alan Dinehart]] – ''[[The Brat]]''
*[[Melvyn Douglas]] – ''[[Tonight or Never (1931 film)|Tonight or Never]]''
*[[Paulette Dubost]] – ''Le Bal''
*[[Else Ehser]] – ''[[M (1931 film)|M]]'' 
*[[Hermione Gingold]] – ''[[Dance Pretty Lady]]''
*[[Porter Hall]] – ''[[Secrets of a Secretary]]''
*[[Yvonne Hébert]] – ''[[When Do You Commit Suicide? (1931 film)|When Do You Commit Suicide?]]''
*[[Rochelle Hudson]] – ''[[Laugh and Get Rich]]''
*[[Allen Jenkins]] – ''[[The Girl Habit]]''
*[[Gordon Jones (actor)|Gordon Jones]] – ''[[Not Exactly Gentlemen]]''
*[[Arline Judge]] – ''[[Bachelor Apartment]]''
*[[Guy Kibbee]] – ''[[Stolen Heaven (1931 film)|Stolen Heaven]]''
*[[Alexander Knox]] – ''[[The Ringer (1931 film)|The Ringer]]''
*[[June Lang]] – ''Young Sinners''
*[[Robert Le Vigan]] – ''[[Moon Over Morocco (1931 film)|Moon Over Morocco]]''
*[[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]] – ''[[The Other Side (1931 film)|The Other Side]]''
*[[Eric Linden]] – ''[[Are These Our Children?]]''
*[[Ida Lupino]] – ''[[The Love Race]]''
*[[Orestis Makris]] – ''The Wizard of Athens''
*[[Maritta Marke]] – ''[[Tired Theodore (1931 film)|Tired Theodore]]''
*[[Matt McHugh]] – ''Street Scene''
*[[Millard Mitchell]] – ''[[Secrets of a Secretary]]''
*[[Pauline Moore]] – ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''
*[[Adrian Morris (actor)|Adrian Morris]] – ''[[Dirigible (film)|Dirigible]]''
*[[Noël-Noël]] – ''La prison en folie''
*[[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]] – ''[[Honor Among Lovers]]''
*[[Hugh O'Connell]] – ''[[The Smiling Lieutenant]]''
*[[Eddie Parker (actor)|Eddie Parker]] – ''[[Delicious (1931 film)|Delicious]]''
*[[Otto Preminger]] (director, producer) – ''[[The Great Love (1931 film)|The Great Love]]''
*[[John Qualen]] – ''Street Scene''
*[[Gene Raymond]] – ''[[Personal Maid]]''
*[[Kynaston Reeves]] – ''[[Many Waters (film)|Many Waters]]''
*[[Flora Robson]] – ''[[A Gentleman of Paris (1931 film)|A Gentleman of Paris]]''
*[[Simone Simon]] – ''Durand contre Durand''
*[[Betty Stockfeld]] – ''City of Song''
*[[Ann Todd]] – ''[[These Charming People]]''
*[[Ralph Truman]] – ''City of Song''
*[[Elena Verdugo]] – ''[[Cavalier of the West]]''
*[[Virginia Weidler]] – ''[[Surrender (1931 film)|Surrender]]''
*[[Cora Witherspoon]] – ''[[Tarnished Lady]]''
*[[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] – ''[[The Black Camel (film)|The Black Camel]]''
*[[George Zucco]] – ''[[Dreyfus (1931 film)|Dreyfus]]''
}}

==References==
;Citations
{{Reflist}}

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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1931-01-01,1931-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1931 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1931-01-01,1931-12-31&adult=include List of 1931 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1931-01-01,1931-12-31&adult=include List of 1931 births] at [[IMDb]]

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