List of British films of 1931

A list of British films released in 1931.

1931

A-L

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
77 Park Lane	Albert de Courville	Dennis Neilson-Terry, Betty Stockfeld	Crime	[1]
Alibi	Leslie S. Hiscott	Austin Trevor, Elizabeth Allan	Drama	[2]
Almost a Divorce	Jack Raymond, Arthur Varney	Marjorie Binner, Sydney Howard, Kay Hammond	Comedy	[3]
Aroma of the South Seas	W. P. Kellino	Reginald Gardiner, Wyn Richmond, Wallace Lupino	Comedy	[4]
The Beggar Student	John Harvel, Victor Hanbury	Margaret Halstan, Shirley Duke, Frederick Lloyd	Musical	[5]
The Bells	Oscar Werndorff, Harcourt Templeman	Donald Calthrop, Jane Welsh	Drama	[6]
Black Coffee	Leslie S. Hiscott	Austin Trevor, Elizabeth Allan, Richard Cooper	Crime	[7]
Bracelets	Sewell Collins	Bert Coote, Stella Arbinina	Drama	[8]
Brown Sugar	Leslie S. Hiscott	Constance Carpenter, Francis Lister, Chili Bouchier	Drama	[9]
Bull Rushes	W. P. Kellino	Reginald Gardiner, Dorrie Deane, Wallace Lupino	Comedy	[10]
Cape Forlorn	E. A. Dupont	Fay Compton, Frank Harvey, Ian Hunter, Donald Calthrop	Drama	[11]
Captivation	John Harvel	Betty Stockfeld, Conway Tearle	Romantic comedy	[12]
Carnival	Herbert Wilcox	Matheson Lang, Chili Bouchier, Joseph Schildkraut, Kay Hammond	Drama	[13]
The Chance of a Night Time	Herbert Wilcox, Ralph Lynn	Ralph Lynn, Winnifred Shotter, Sunday Wilshin, Kenneth Kove	Comedy	[14]
Chin Chin Chinaman	Guy Newall	Leon M. Lion, Elizabeth Allan	Romance/crime/drama	[15]
City of Song	Carmine Gallone	Jan Kiepura, Betty Stockfeld	Musical	[16]
Contraband Love	Sidney Morgan	C. Aubrey Smith, Haddon Mason, Rosalinde Fuller	Romantic drama	[17]
Dangerous Seas	Edward Dryhurst	Sandy Irving, Julie Suedo, Gerald Rawlinson	Drama	[18]
Deadlock	George King	Stewart Rome, Marjorie Hume, Esmond Knight	Thriller	[19]
Doctor Josser K.C.	Norman Lee	Ernie Lotinga, Molly Lamont, Binnie Barnes	Comedy	[20]
Down River	Peter Godfrey	Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter, Harold Huth	Crime	[21]
Dreyfus	F.W. Kraemer	Cedric Hardwicke, George Merritt, Garry Marsh	Drama	[22]
East Lynne on the Western Front	George Pearson	Herbert Mundin, Alf Goddard	Comedy	[23]
The Eternal Feminine	Arthur Varney-Serrao	Terence De Marney, Guy Newall, Jill Esmond	Romantic comedy	[24]
Fascination	Miles Mander	Madeleine Carroll, Carl Harbord	Drama	[25]
The Flying Fool	Walter Summers	Henry Kendall, Benita Hume	Thriller	[26]
A Gentleman of Paris	Sinclair Hill	Arthur Wontner, Vanda Gréville	Crime	[27]
The Ghost Train	Walter Forde	Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge	Comedy/mystery	Adapted from Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train[28]
Glamour	Seymour Hicks, Harry Hughes	Seymour Hicks, Ellaline Terriss, Margot Grahame	Romantic drama	[29]
The Great Gay Road	Sinclair Hill	Stewart Rome, Frank Stanmore	Drama	[30]
Guilt	Reginald Fogwell	James Carew, Anne Grey, Harold Huth	Romance	[31]
The Happy Ending	Millard Webb	Benita Hume, George Barraud	Drama
Harry Lauder Songs	George Pearson		Short
Her Reputation	Sidney Morgan	Iris Hoey, Frank Cellier	Dramedy	[32]
Hindle Wakes	Victor Saville	Belle Chrystall, John Stuart	Drama	[33]
Hot Heir	W. P. Kellino	Charles Austin, Bobbie Comber	Comedy	[34]
The House of Unrest	Leslie Howard Gordon	Dorothy Boyd, Malcolm Keen	Thriller	[35]
The House Opposite	Walter Summers	Henry Kendall, Frank Stanmore	Crime	[36]
How He Lied to Her Husband	Cecil Lewis	Edmund Gwenn, Vera Lennox	Short	[37]
Immediate Possession	Arthur Varney-Serrao	Herbert Mundin, Dorothy Bartlam	Comedy	[38]
In a Lotus Garden	Fred Paul	Roy Galloway, Jocelyn Yeo	Musical comedy	[39]
Inquest	G. B. Samuelson	Campbell Gullan, Mary Glynne	Crime	[40]
Let's Love and Laugh	Richard Eichberg	Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus	Comedy	[41]
The Love Habit	Harry Lachman	Seymour Hicks, Margot Grahame	Comedy	[42]
Love Lies	Lupino Lane	Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd	Comedy	[20]
The Love Race	Lupino Lane	Stanley Lupino, Jack Hobbs, Dorothy Boyd	Comedy	[43]
The Loves of Ariane	Paul Czinner	Elisabeth Bergner, Percy Marmont	Drama	[44]
The Lyons Mail	Arthur Maude	John Martin Harvey, Norah Baring	Mystery	[45]

M-Z

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Madame Guillotine	Reginald Fogwell	Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne	Historical romance	[46]
The Man at Six	Harry Hughes	Anne Grey, Lester Matthews	Crime
Many Waters	Milton Rosmer	Lillian Hall-Davis, Arthur Margetson	Romance	[47]
Mary	Alfred Hitchcock	Alfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa	Mystery/thriller	The German-language version of Hitchcock's Murder!
M'Blimey	J. Elder Wills	Bernard Ansell, Kenneth Kove	Short	[48]
Michael and Mary	Victor Saville	Herbert Marshall, Edna Best	Drama	[49]
Morita	Fred Paul	Daphne Lennard, Jean Romaine	Musical Short	[50]
My Old China	W. P. Kellino	Reginald Gardiner, Clifford Heatherley, Constance Carpenter, Gibb McLaughlin	Comedy	[51]
Never Trouble Trouble	Lupino Lane	Lupino Lane, Renee Clama	Comedy	[52]
A Night in Montmartre	Leslie S. Hiscott	Hugh Williams, Heather Angel, Austin Trevor	Mystery
No Lady	Lupino Lane	Lupino Lane, Sari Maritza	Comedy	[53]
The Officers' Mess	Manning Haynes	Richard Cooper, Elsa Lanchester	Comedy	[54]
The Old Man	H. Manning Haynes	Maisie Gay, Anne Grey	Mystery	[55]
Old Soldiers Never Die	Monty Banks	Leslie Fuller, Max Nesbitt	Comedy	[56]
The Other Mrs. Phipps	Julius Hagen	Sydney Fairbrother, Richard Cooper, Jane Welsh	Comedy short	[57]
Other People's Sins	Sinclair Hill	Horace Hodges, Stewart Rome	Crime	[58]
The Other Woman	G.B. Samuelson	Isobel Elsom, David Hawthorne	Drama	[59]
Out of the Blue	Gene Gerrard	Gene Gerrard, Jessie Matthews	Comedy	[20]
The Outsider	Harry Lachman	Joan Barry, Norman McKinnel	Drama	[60]
Plunder	Tom Walls	Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter	Comedy	[61]
P.C. Josser	Milton Rosmer	Ernie Lotinga, Robert Douglas	Comedy
Poor Old Bill	Monty Banks	Leslie Fuller, Iris Ashley	Comedy	[62]
Potiphar's Wife	Maurice Elvey	Nora Swinburne, Laurence Olivier	Drama	[63]
The Ringer	Walter Forde	Patrick Curwen, Esmond Knight	Crime	[25]
Rodney Steps In	Guy Newall	Richard Cooper, Elizabeth Allan	Comedy	[64]
Romany Love	Fred Paul	Esmond Knight, Florence McHugh	Musical	[65]
The Rosary	Guy Newall	Margot Grahame, Elizabeth Allan	Drama	[66]
Rynox	Michael Powell	Stewart Rome, John Longden	Crime	[67]
The Shadow Between	Norman Walker	Godfrey Tearle, Kathleen O'Regan	Romance/drama
Shadows	Alexander Esway	Jacqueline Logan, Bernard Nedell	Crime	[68]
The Skin Game	Alfred Hitchcock	Edmund Gwenn, Helen Haye	Drama	[69]
The Sleeping Cardinal	Leslie S. Hiscott	Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming	Mystery drama	[70]
The Speckled Band	Jack Raymond	Raymond Massey, Lyn Harding	Mystery drama	[71]
Splinters in the Navy	Walter Forde	Sydney Howard, Alf Goddard, Helena Pickard	Comedy	[72]
The Sport of Kings	Victor Saville	Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker	Comedy	[73]
Stepping Stones	Geoffrey Benstead	Jade Hales, George Bellamy	Musical	[74]
Stranglehold	Henry Edwards	Isobel Elsom, Garry Marsh	Drama	[25]
The Stronger Sex	Gareth Gundrey	Colin Clive, Adrianne Allen	Drama	[75]
Tell England	Anthony Asquith	Fay Compton, Tony Bruce	World War I drama	[76]
Third Time Lucky	Walter Forde	Bobby Howes, Dorothy Boyd	Comedy	[77]
Tilly of Bloomsbury	Jack Raymond	Sydney Howard, Phyllis Konstam	Comedy	[78]
To Oblige a Lady	H. Manning Haynes	Masie Gay, Warwick Ward	Comedy	[79]
Two Crowded Hours	Michael Powell	Jerry Verno	Drama	[80]
Uneasy Virtue	Norman Walker	Fay Compton, Edmund Breon	Comedy	[81]
Up for the Cup	Jack Raymond	Sydney Howard, Joan Wyndham	Comedy	[82]
What a Night!	Monty Banks	Leslie Fuller, Molly Lamont	Comedy	[83]
Who Killed Doc Robin?	W. P. Kellino	Clifford Heatherley, Dorrie Deane	Comedy	[84]
The Wife's Family	Monty Banks	Gene Gerrard, Jimmy Godden	Comedy	[85]
The Woman Between	Miles Mander	Owen Nares, Adrianne Allen	Romance	[86]
The Written Law	Reginald Fogwell	Madeleine Carroll, Percy Marmont	Drama	[87]
The Wrong Mr. Perkins	Arthur Varney	Herbert Mundin, Sonia Bellamy	Comedy	[88]

See also

• 1931 in British music
• 1931 in British television
• 1931 in film
• 1931 in the United Kingdom

References

1. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 422. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
2. "Alibi". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
3. Anthony Slide (2015). A Special Relationship: Britain Comes to Hollywood and Hollywood Comes to Britain. University Press of Mississippi/Association of American University Presses. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-62846-087-2.
4. "Aroma of the South Seas". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
5. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 697. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
6. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 813. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
7. "Black Coffee". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
8. "Bracelets". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
9. "Brown Sugar". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
10. "Bull Rushes". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
11. "Cape Forlorn". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
12. "Captivation". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
13. "Carnival". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
14. "The Chance of a Night Time". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
15. "Chin Chin Chinaman". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
16. "City of Song". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
17. "Contraband Love". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
18. "Dangerous Seas". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
19. Alan Burton, Steve Chibnall (2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. The Scarecrow Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-8108-6794-9.
20. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 1967. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
21. "Down River". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
22. "Dreyfus". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
23. "East Lynne on the Western Front". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
24. "The Eternal Feminine". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
25. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 1967. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
26. "The Flying Fool". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
27. "A Gentleman of Paris". British Film Institute. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
28. "The Ghost Train". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
29. "Glamour". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
30. "The Great Gay Road". Park Circus. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
31. "Guilt". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
32. "Her Reputation". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
33. "Hindle Wakes". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
34. "Hot Heir". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
35. "The House of Unrest". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
36. "The House Opposite". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
37. "How He Lied to Her Husband". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
38. "Immediate Possession". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
39. "I a Lotus Garden". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
40. "Inquest". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
41. "Let's Love and Laugh". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
42. "The Love Habit". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
43. "The Love Race". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
44. "The Loves of Ariane". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
45. "The Lyons Mail". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
46. "Madame Guillotine". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
47. "Many Waters". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
48. https://www.tracktvlinks.com/watch-m%27blimey-1931
49. "Michael and Mary". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
50. "Morita". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
51. "My Old China". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
52. "Never Trouble Trouble". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
53. "No Lady". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
54. "The Officers' Mess". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
55. "The Old Man". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
56. "Old Soldiers Never Die". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
57. "The Other Mrs. Phipps". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
58. "Other People's Sins". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
59. "The Other Woman". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
60. "The Outsider". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
61. "Plunder". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
62. "Poor Old Bill". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
63. "Potiphar's Wife". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
64. "Rodney Steps In". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
65. "Romany Love". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
66. "The Rosary". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
67. "Rynox". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
68. "Shadows". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
69. "The Skin Game". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
70. "The Sleeping Cardinal". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
71. "The Speckled Band". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
72. Brian McFarlane, Anthony Slide, ed. (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 1988. ISBN 978-07190-9139-1.
73. "The Sport of Kings". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
74. "Stepping Stones". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
75. "The Stronger Sex". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
76. "Tell England". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
77. "Third Time Lucky". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
78. "Tilly of Bloomsbury". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
79. "To Oblige a Lady". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
80. "Two Crowded Hours". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
81. "Uneasy Virtue". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
82. "Up for the Cup". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
83. "What a Night!". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
84. "Who Killed Doc Robin?". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
85. "The Wife's Family". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
86. "The Woman Between". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
87. "The Written Law". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
88. "The Wrong Mr. Perkins". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

External links

• British films of 1931 at IMDb