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The Movies of 1931: World Premieres
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Updated: 28 Jan 2023: Le Million, Platinum Blonde, An American Tragedy, Svengali

À nous la liberté Dir. René Clair. Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy B+
An American Tragedy Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Phillips Holmes B
Arrowsmith Dir. John Ford. Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, A.E. Anson C

Bad Girl Dir. Frank Borzage. Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell B+
Blonde Crazy Dir. Roy Del Ruth. James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern B–

The Champ Dir. King Vidor. Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich B+
The Cheat Dir. George Abbott. Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens C–
Cimarron Dir. Wesley Ruggles. Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor C
City Lights Dir. Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers A

Daughter of the Dragon Dir. Lloyd Corrigan. Anna May Wong, Warner Oland C+
Dishonored Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen B+
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Fredric March, Rose Hobart A–
Dracula Dir. Tod Browning. Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners B–

East Lynne Dir. Frank Lloyd. Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Conrad Nagel C+
The Exile Dir. Oscar Micheaux. Stanley Morrell, Eunice Brooks, Nora Newsome C–

Five Star Final Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh B
Frankenstein Dir. James Whale. Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke B+
A Free Soul Dir. Clarence Brown. Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable C–
The Front Page Dir. Lewis Milestone. Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou B+

The Guardsman Dir. Sidney Franklin. Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young B

Honor Among Lovers Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Claudette Colbert, Fredric March A–

Little Caesar Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. B+

M Dir. Fritz Lang. Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens A
Mädchen in Uniform Dir. Leontine Sagan. Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda A–
The Maltese Falcon Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Ricardo Cortez, Bebe Daniels B
Mata Hari Dir. George Fitzmaurice. Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore C
Le Million Dir. René Clair. René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Annabella A–
The Miracle Woman Dir. Frank Capra. Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners B

Night Nurse Dir. William Wellman. Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon B

Other Men's Women Dir. William Wellman. Grant Withers, Mary Astor B+

Platinum Blonde Dir. Frank Capra. Robert Williams, Jean Harlow A–
Possessed Dir. Clarence Brown. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Ford C
The Public Enemy Dir. William Wellman. James Cagney, Edward Woods B

Safe in Hell Dir. William Wellman. Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook B+
The Sin of Madelon Claudet Dir. Edgar Selwyn. Helen Hayes, Cliff Edwards C
The Sin Ship Dir. Louis Wolheim. Louis Wolheim, Mary Astor, Ian Keith C
Skippy Dir. Norman Taurog. Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Willard Robertson B
Smart Money Dir. Alfred E. Green. Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney B+
The Smiling Lieutenant Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert B–
Street Scene Dir. King Vidor. Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor B
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo B–
Svengali Dir. Archie Mayo. John Carradine, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp B

Tabu Dir. F.W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty. Matahi, Anna Chevalier, Hitu B+
Ten Cents a Dance Dir. Lionel Barrymore. Barbara Stanwyck, Monroe Owsley C
The Threepenny Opera Dir. G.W. Pabst. Rudolf Forster, Reinhold Schunzel B
Trader Horn Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Harry Carey, Duncan Renaldo, Edwina Booth B–

Waterloo Bridge Dir. James Whale. Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery B+
Working Girls Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Dorothy Hall, Judith Wood, Paul Lukas B