Night Nurse – Cimarron – City Lights – Tabu – Dracula – M – Smart Money

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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

Top Ten List

1.  M Dir. Fritz Lang. Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens A
2.  City Lights Dir. Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers A
3.  Mädchen in Uniform Dir. Leontine Sagan. Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda A–
4.  Le Million Dir. René Clair. René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Annabella A–
5.  Honor Among Lovers Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Claudette Colbert, Fredric March A–
6.  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Fredric March, Rose Hobart A–
7.  Platinum Blonde Dir. Frank Capra. Robert Williams, Jean Harlow A–
8.  Tabu Dir. F.W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty. Matahi, Anna Chevalier, Hitu B+
9.  Other Men's Women Dir. William Wellman. Grant Withers, Mary Astor B+
10.  Smart Money Dir. Alfred E. Green. Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney B+



Ranked Tiers of Films Screened

City Lights Dir. Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Harry Myers A
M Dir. Fritz Lang. Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens A

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Fredric March, Rose Hobart A–
Honor Among Lovers Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Claudette Colbert, Fredric March A–
Mädchen in Uniform Dir. Leontine Sagan. Hertha Thiele, Emilia Unda A–
Le Million Dir. René Clair. René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Annabella A–
Platinum Blonde Dir. Frank Capra. Robert Williams, Jean Harlow A–

À nous la liberté Dir. René Clair. Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy B+
Bad Girl Dir. Frank Borzage. Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell B+
The Champ Dir. King Vidor. Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich B+
Dishonored Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen B+
Frankenstein Dir. James Whale. Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke B+
The Front Page Dir. Lewis Milestone. Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou B+
Little Caesar Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. B+
Other Men's Women Dir. William Wellman. Grant Withers, Mary Astor B+
Safe in Hell Dir. William Wellman. Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook B+
Smart Money Dir. Alfred E. Green. Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney B+
Tabu Dir. F.W. Murnau, Robert J. Flaherty. Matahi, Anna Chevalier, Hitu B+
Waterloo Bridge Dir. James Whale. Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery B+

An American Tragedy Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Phillips Holmes B
Five Star Final Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh B
The Guardsman Dir. Sidney Franklin. Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young B
The Maltese Falcon Dir. Roy Del Ruth. Ricardo Cortez, Bebe Daniels B
The Miracle Woman Dir. Frank Capra. Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners B
Night Nurse Dir. William Wellman. Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon B
The Public Enemy Dir. William Wellman. James Cagney, Edward Woods B
Skippy Dir. Norman Taurog. Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Willard Robertson B
Street Scene Dir. King Vidor. Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor B
Svengali Dir. Archie Mayo. John Carradine, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp B
The Threepenny Opera Dir. G.W. Pabst. Rudolf Forster, Reinhold Schunzel B
Working Girls Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Dorothy Hall, Judith Wood, Paul Lukas B

Blonde Crazy Dir. Roy Del Ruth. James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern B–
Dracula Dir. Tod Browning. Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners B–
The Smiling Lieutenant Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert B–
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Greta Garbo B–
Trader Horn Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Harry Carey, Duncan Renaldo, Edwina Booth B–

Daughter of the Dragon Dir. Lloyd Corrigan. Anna May Wong, Warner Oland C+
East Lynne Dir. Frank Lloyd. Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Conrad Nagel C+

Arrowsmith Dir. John Ford. Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, A.E. Anson C
Cimarron Dir. Wesley Ruggles. Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor C
Mata Hari Dir. George Fitzmaurice. Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore C
Possessed Dir. Clarence Brown. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Ford C
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
Ten Cents a Dance Dir. Lionel Barrymore. Barbara Stanwyck, Monroe Owsley C

The Cheat Dir. George Abbott. Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens C–
The Exile Dir. Oscar Micheaux. Stanley Morrell, Eunice Brooks, Nora Newsome C–
A Free Soul Dir. Clarence Brown. Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable C–