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M... Worst Crime of All (1931)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Peter Lorre - A chilling expressionist classic starring Peter Lorre as psychotic child molester. Dir. Lang masterfully fills the screen with understated but…
Madchen in Uniform (1931)- Dir. Leontine Sagan
Feat. Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck - Influential early German sound–film notorious (and censored) for the sensual lesbian overtones that colour its tale of Hertha Thiele's…
Marius (1931)- Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis… - Based on the play by revered French writer Marcel Pagnol, this is the first film in the Marseille Trilogy featuring the characters of Marius (Pierre…
Mata Hari (1931)- Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore… - Heavily fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, the exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo is magnetic…
Miracle Woman, The (1931)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy - Barbara Stanwyck teams with dir. Frank Capra for this captivating pre–Code film about a preacher's daughter who becomes disillusioned by the…
Monkey Business (1931)- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx… - The four Marx Brothers stowaway, crash a society party and manage to hatch a few crooks in the process. Another exercise in breathlessly sustained…
Parlour, Bedroom & Bath (1931)- Dir. Edward Sedgewick
Feat. Buster Keaton - Buster Keaton is mistaken for a rich playboy in one of his rare 'talkies'. Not in the same league as his silent classics, but an interesting curio.
Platinum Blonde (1931)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams… - Breezy comedy about a young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must…
- Possessed (1931)
- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Joan Crawford, Clark Gable - Vivid and detailed early drama about a rich NYC lawyer and his mistress, made when its lead performers were both on the verge of stardom. Centred…
Public Enemy, The (1931)- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. James Cagney, Jean Harlow - The most influential of early crime films exhibits an unglorified depiction of the American underworld, but James Cagney makes a hoodlum sure worth…
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