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51. Gow (1931)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary
Explorer Edward Salisbury takes an expedition across the Pacific Ocean to such exotic locales as Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and the New Hebrides Islands, and record the lives of the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward A. Salisbury | Stars: William Peck, Gow
Votes: 46
52. Believe It or Not #11 (1931)
8 min | Documentary, Short
In this entry, passengers enter a mockup of an airplane. During the flight, Robert Ripley shows the "passengers" several oddities across the United States. They include the town with the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert L. Ripley, Charles St. Orr, J.E. Turner Jr., J.E. Turner Sr.
Votes: 27
53. Industrial Britain (1931)
21 min | Documentary, Short
A quick look at the different industries of Britain circa 1931.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Star: Donald Calthrop
Votes: 168
54. The Palace (1997 Video)
Action
Max grooms a new addition and second in command to his empire of prostitution and bootlegging.
Director: Lancelot F. Smith | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Robert Donavan, Susannah Devereux, Coleman McClary
Votes: 15
55. Miehen kunnia (1943)
91 min | Drama
Director: Ilmari Unho | Stars: Joel Rinne, Hilkka Helinä, Kaarlo Kytö, Emma Väänänen
Votes: 46
56. The Forgotten Frontier (1931)
59 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary which reenacts the lives and events of the midwives and nurses who setup and ran a clinic to help the people living in the Kentucky Appalachian Mountains.
Director: Marvin Breckinridge | Star: Mary Breckinridge
Votes: 89
57. Men at Lunch (2012)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Mystery
The story of "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," the iconic photograph taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Director: Seán Ó Cualáin | Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Peter Quinn, Ric Burns, Christine Roussel
Votes: 351 | Gross: $0.00M
58. Explorers of the World (1931)
Passed | 120 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
A compilation film, produced by the American Museum of Natural History, with footage from six major expeditions of the 20th-Century; the Stoll-McCracken Siberian Artic expedition, for the ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Noice | Stars: Richard E. Byrd, Harold McCracken, Gene Lamb, J. Stenhouse
59. A Burglar to the Rescue (1931)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Crime, Mystery
The story is about a bank president who has been stealing from the bank. One night, as he is working on the books to cover his crimes,a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ... See full summary »
Director: George Cochrane | Stars: Thurston Hall, Charlotte Wynters, Frank Shannon, Arthur Aylesworth
Votes: 46
60. Monsters of the Deep (1931)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
The expedition sets forth to Magdalena Bay in Baja California to look for fighting fish. The crew consists of Chinese, Irish, Russian and Swedish men as well as a cameraman. Pelicans nest ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Auten | Star: Harold Auten
61. Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements (1931)
54 min | Documentary
Without sound, in three movements. Title cards declare that what a person likes and his manner of liking them reveals character. There are long looks at forms and rhythms. The film begins ... See full summary »
Director: Henwar Rodakiewicz
Votes: 160
62. Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
80 min | Documentary
This film was also known as Around the World in 80 Minutes. Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and a crew of three journey around the world and report on various cultural curiosities and the humour they find in everyday life overseas.
Directors: Douglas Fairbanks, Victor Fleming | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Victor Fleming, Duke Kahanamoku, Sôjin Kamiyama
Votes: 60
63. A Bronx Morning (1931)
Not Rated | 11 min | Documentary, Short
Arrival in the Bronx is shown with a view from an elevated train as it enters the city. Then follows a montage of sights from the Bronx. Many typical neighborhood activities are shown, along with scenes from many local businesses.
Director: Jay Leyda
Votes: 501
64. Believe It or Not #9 (1931)
Unrated | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Robert L. Ripley presents various oddities to members of the Believe-It-or-Not Club.
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Robert L. Ripley, Katharine Marilyn Carney, Mrs. Lewis, Henry Scott
Votes: 49
65. Rovastin häämatkat (1931)
107 min | Comedy
Director: Jaakko Korhonen | Stars: Katri Rautio, Iris Knape, Glory Leppänen, Mia Backman
Votes: 35
66. Motherly (2023)
37 min | Short, Horror
A woman sees visions of a person watching her and is convinced these are real. Her counselor believes these are hallucinations.
Director: Derryk Schieck | Stars: Beatrice Underwood, Isabel Underwood, Peter Underwood
67. Himatschal - Der Thron der Götter (1931)
55 min | Documentary
Prof. Dyhrenfurth of Switzerland leads an international expedition heading into the Himalayan Mountains.
Director: Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth | Stars: Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth, Hettie Dyrenfurth, Hermann Hoerlin, Helmuth Richer
68. Philips-Radio (1931)
36 min | Documentary, Short
An industrial film which shows the operations inside the Philips Radio plant: In a mêlée of activity, glassblowers make delicate glass bulbs. Machinery assists the bulb manufacture. A ... See full summary »
Director: Joris Ivens
Votes: 332
69. Intimate Interviews: James Cagney (1931)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Dorothy West, an interviewer for the New York-based filmed interview series "Intimate Interviews" calls up rising screen star James Cagney and asks for an interview. He agrees and she comes... See full summary »
Director: Grace Elliott | Stars: James Cagney, Dorothy West
Votes: 22
70. La destrucción de Oaxaca (1931)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Footage of the aftermath of the January 14 1931 Earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Votes: 202
71. Butch Minds the Baby (1979)
31 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A hoodlum named Harry the Horse tries to convince Butch the safecracker to take a job. Butch, long retired from crime, agrees to take the job, but his wife has entrusted him with their ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Webb | Stars: Zachary Peirce, Jerry O'Shea, Ivan Cotton, Harry Gaunt
Votes: 21
72. Believe It or Not #7 (1931)
Not Rated | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Robert L. Ripley, Dan Edwards, Albert J. Smith
Votes: 30
73. Believe It or Not #6 (1931)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Ripley shows unusual athletic feats, a boy born with "clock" eyes, and a blind French monk who invented navigation laws.
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 29
74. Believe It or Not #8 (1931)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Ripley shows a chair of growing trees, the narrowest street in the world, a city of wine cask dwellers and a bungalow of 144 rooms.
Director: Arthur Hurley | Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 19
75. Moryaki zashchishchayut Rodiny (1931)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Vladimir Korolevitch | Stars: Nataliya Alifanova, Arthur Q. Bryan, Aleksandr Duletov, Nikolai Gladkov
76. In Old Cheyenne (1931)
Passed | 60 min | Western
A remake of 1930's "Phantom of the Desert", in which a crooked foreman and the ranch hands are rustling horses, and laying the blame on a wild stallion that roams the surrounding hills.In ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver, Jay Hunt, Harry Woods
Votes: 42
77. Tian zi di yi hao (1964)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, War
During the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, a woman falls in love with a young man, but ends up marrying his traitorous uncle. Meanwhile, Secret Agent 001, keeping his identity unknown, leads the Taiwanese resistance.
Director: Ying Chang | Stars: Hung Pai, Ching Liu, Chun-Hsiung Ko, Tsing Tien
Votes: 14
78. Land of the Maharajahs (1931)
49 min | Documentary
Land of the Maharajas: Sadhus and many camels Brings you to the famous white city of Udaipur with its magnificent palaces and gardens situated on islands in many lakes that gave it the name... See full summary »
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
79. Some Opinions on Hoover Board's Dry Law Report (1931)
2 min | Short, News
Stars: Alfred E. Smith, Hiram Bingham III, John James Blaine, Fiorello LaGuardia
Votes: 14
80. The Single Sin (1931)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kay Johnson, Bert Lytell, Paul Hurst, Matthew Betz
81. The First Official Thanksgiving (2016 TV Special)
28 min | Documentary, Short, History
The First Official Thanksgiving tells the story of what some historians call the first "official, English-speaking" Thanksgiving held in the Americas.
Director: Paul Tait Roberts | Stars: Tim Timberlake, Alec Wittschiebe, Ryan Griffin, Dennis Strawderman
82. Java the Fragrant Isle (1931)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Director: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 6
84. An Unprecedented Campaign (1931)
71 min | Documentary
Made during the rapid industrialization and collectivization of Stalin's Five-Year Plan. Kaufman countered the poverty of the villages with the geometrical rhythm of mechanized factories; ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Kaufman
Votes: 22
85. Général Ishiwara - L'homme qui déclencha la guerre (2012 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
From 1889 to 1949, General Ishiwara's military, ideological and political career took in the key moments of Japanese History, in a most spectacular way: the forced opening to the West, Hiroshima, the China war and Pearl Harbour.
Director: Paul Jenkins | Stars: Luce Mouchel, Frédéric Pellegeay, Ikuhiko Hata, Yôichi Higuchi
Votes: 26
86. Australian Wines (1931)
3 min | Documentary, Short
A short black and white silent film 'poster film' produced by the Empire Marketing Board to promote Australian Wine.
Director: Paul Rotha
Votes: 26
87. Piscatorial Pleasures (1931)
10 min | Short, Documentary
Director: Harold Auten | Star: Pete Smith
90. Last But Not Leased (1931)
Passed | 8 min | Short, Comedy
Billy Wayne, a prospective groom, is given a bachelor's party by his friends who play many mean tricks on him. Then Billy and his bride-to-be, Thelma White, go house-hunting and are shown a... See full summary »
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Billy Wayne, Thelma White, John Patrick, Vivian Wilson
92. Round About Hollywood (1931)
Not Rated | 7 min | Documentary, Short
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank Fay, Carl Laemmle, Bessie Love, Sally O'Neil
Votes: 27
94. Untitled 1931 Oklahoma/Mexico Tragedy
Crime, Drama, History | Announced
Three students, driving home to Mexico City from their University in Oklahoma, are pulled over by plain clothes officers. In a case of mistaken identity, two students are killed, one of whom was the Nephew of the President of Mexico.
Director: Juan Pablo Reinoso
95. Adventures in Africa No. 1: Into the Unknown (1931)
18 min | Documentary, Short
The gripping film of Father Wynant D. Hubbard's safari shot in Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa showing wild life, native tribal customs and a fight between a lion and a hyena.
Director: Wynant D. Hubbard | Stars: Wynant D. Hubbard, Mrs. Wynant D. Hubbard
96. Pearls and Devil-Fish (1931)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about pearl divers in the South Seas and the dangers they face from huge, dangerous Devil-Fish.
Director: Harold Auten | Star: Pete Smith
97. The Season's Greetings (1931)
Passed | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
This Vitaphone short served as a season-and-holiday plug and a promo for Vitaphone's one-and-two-reel series shorts. Opening scene is a family home where Penrod and his sister are opening ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Billy Hayes, Ray Collins, Lucille Sears, Betty Sholar
98. Svetlo proniká tmou (1931)
4 min | Documentary, Short
This short experimental film focuses on a kinetic sculpture by Zdenek Pesánek.
Directors: Frantisek Pilát, Otakar Vávra
Votes: 137