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Still to Come from 1931: World Premieres

Gourmet Prospects

La Chienne Dir. Jean Renoir. Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant
Limite Dir. Mario Peixoto. Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor
Marius Dirs. Marcel Pagnol, Alexander Korda. Raimu, Pierre Fresnay
Monkey Business Dir. Norman Z. McLeod. Marx Brothers, Rockliffe Fellowes
Tokyo Chorus Dir. Yasujirō Ozu. Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yagumo

Actressy Enticements

Bad Sister Dir. Hobart Henley. Sidney Fox, Conrad Nagel, Bette Davis
Behind Office Doors Dir. Melville Brown. Mary Astor, Robert Ames
Consolation Marriage Dir. Paul Sloane. Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien
Dance, Fools, Dance Dir. Harry Beaumont. Joan Crawford, Lester Vail
The Easiest Way Dir. Jack Conway. Constance Bennett, Adolphe Menjou
Indiscreet Dir. Leo McCarey. Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley
Inspiration Dir. Clarence Brown. Gloria Swanson, Alphonse Daudet
Kept Husbands Dir. Lloyd Bacon. Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea
The Lady Refuses Dir. George Archainbaud. Betty Compson, John Darrow
Man of the World Dir. Richard Wallace. William Powell, Carole Lombard
Millie Dir. John Francis Dillon. Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman
Party Husband Dir. Clarence G. Badger. Dorothy Mackaill, James Rennie
Prestige Dir. Tay Garnett. Ann Harding, Adolphe Menjou, Melvyn Douglas
Private Lives Dir. Sidney Franklin. Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery
The Reckless Hour Dir. John Francis Dillon. Dorothy Mackaill, H.B. Warner
Smart Woman Dir. Gregory La Cava. Mary Astor, Robert Ames, John Halliday
Three Wise Girls Dir. William Beaudine. Jean Harlow, Mae Clark
Tonight or Never Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Gloria Swanson, Melvyn Douglas

Gender Is Burning

Bachelor Apartment Dir. Lowell Sherman. Lowell Sherman, Irene Dunne
Girls About Town Dir. George Cukor. Kay Francis, Joel McCrea, Lilyan Tashman
God's Gift to Women Dir. Michael Curtiz. Frank Fay, Laura La Plante
Illicit Dir. Archie Mayo. Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez
Just a Gigolo Dir. Jack Conway. William Haines, Irene Purcell, C. Aubrey Smith
Lonely Wives Dir. Russell Mack. Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath Dir. Edward Sedgwick. Buster Keaton
This Modern Age Dir. Nick Grinde. Joan Crawford, Pauline Frederick
Under Eighteen Dir. Archie Mayo. Marian Marsh, Anita Page, Regis Toomey

Auteurist Loyalties

City Streets Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas
Comradeship Dir. G.W. Pabst. Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Ernst Busch
The Cuban Love Song Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Velez
David Golder Dir. Julien Duvivier. Harry Baur, Paule Andral, Jackie Monnier
End of the World Dir. Abel Gance. Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil
Guilty Hands Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Lionel Barrymore, Kay Francis, Madge Evans
The Mad Genius Dir. Michael Curtiz. John Barrymore, Marian Marsh
Mary Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Graetz
Rich and Strange Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Henry Kendall, Joan Barry
The Skin Game Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. C.V. France, Helen Haye, Jill Esmond
The Squaw Man Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. Warner Baxter, Lupe Velez
The Star Witness Dir. William Wellman. Walter Huston, Frances Starr
The Struggle Dir. D.W. Griffith. Hal Skelly, Zita Johann, Charlotte Wynters
Taris Dir. Jean Vigo. Documentary short film about famed French swimmer

Further Research

The Bachelor Father Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Ralph Forbes, Marion Davies
The Black Camel Dir. Hamilton MacFadden. Warner Oland, Sally Eilers
Charlie Chan Carries On Dir. Hamilton MacFadden. Warner Oland
Drácula Dir. George Melford. Carlos Villarías, Lupita Tovar, Barry Norton
Emil and the Detectives Dir. Gerhard Lamprecht. Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack
The Finger Points Dir. John Francis Dillon. Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray
Five and Ten Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Marion Davies, Leslie Howard
Friends and Lovers Dir. Victor Schertzinger. Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita
Gentleman's Fate Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim
The Last Flight Dir. William Dieterle. Richard Barthelmess, David Manners
Men of Chance Dir. George Archainbaud. Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor
The Millionaire Dir. John G. Adolfi. George Arliss, Florence Arliss
Palmy Days Dir. A. Edward Sutherland. Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood
Pardon Us Dir. James Parrott. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe
The Phantom of Paris Dir. John S. Robertson. John Gilbert, Leila Hyams
Road to Life Dir. Nikolai Ekk. Nikolay Batalov, Yvan Kyrlya
The Secret 6 Dir. George Hill. Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown
Sidewalks of New York Dir. Zion Myers, Jules White. Buster Keaton
Taxi Dir. Roy Del Ruth. James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone
Way Back Home Dir. William A. Seiter. Phillips Lord, Effie L. Palmer