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Betty Co-ed

Betty Co-ed

1931 • 7 min • United States of America
A young dog calls on Betty but fraternity hazers kidnap him. With a Bouncing Ball, Rudy Vallee sings the title tune.
Sealed Lips

Sealed Lips

1931 • 17 min • United States of America
The Shadow's third movie short, an adaptation from a Donald Van Riper story, "Dying Lips," which appeared in an issue of Detective Story Magazine.
The Light Penetrates the Dark

The Light Penetrates the Dark

1931 • 4 min • Czechoslovakia
Zdenek Pešánek created the first public kinetic sculpture, for the power station in Prague. This short experimental film focuses on a kinetic sculpture by Zdenek Pešánek. For a period of eight years it issued beams of light from the outside wall of a transformer station at Prague’s power utility before its destruction in 1939. Though genuine, these shots seem abstract to us. They are a rhythmically assembled ode to the light-creating devices and phenomena of electricity. Light arcs, coils, bulbs and various luminous elements support the alternation of positive and negative film images, creating an impressive universe of light and shade. In the 1920s, Pešánek had obtained financial support for his work with electric kinetic light art. In the 1930s, he was the first sculptor to use neon lights. He built several kinetic light pianos, and published a book titled “Kinetismus” in 1941. —http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org
Red Fork Range

Red Fork Range

1931 • 59 min • United States of America
It's time for the stagecoach race to win the mail contract and the only entries are Reden and Farrell. Reden's men kidnap Farrell's daughter and then force him to withdraw. Wally rescues Ruth, buys out Farrel, and enters the race himself. But Reden has his men planted along the course to make sure Wally doesn't win.
Pigs Will Be Pigs

Pigs Will Be Pigs

1931 • 58 min • Soviet Union
At the "Pupky" station, an opportunity occurs: two illegal passengers - guinea pigs - have to be disembarked from one of the trains, since animals cannot be transported in a general carriage. The head of the station Pryvychkin tries to help the animals, but the situation is beyond his control. The audit committee sets out to investigate the unpleasant incident... This witty satirical comedy, in which bureaucracy, bourgeoisie and provincialism are mocked, continued the development of the domestic comedy genre in Ukrainian Soviet cinema.
Tree Saps

Tree Saps

1931 • 7 min • United States of America
A series of blackout gags organized around a lumber camp.
The Milkman

The Milkman

1931 • 7 min • United States of America
Toby the Pup is a milkman and a partyman in this silly cartoon with everything you need from the '30s animation.
Teacher's Pest

Teacher's Pest

1931 • 7 min • United States of America
Elementary school-aged Bimbo is late to school, where he presents a note signed my father to his leonine bespectacled teacher.
Wrestling Swordfish

Wrestling Swordfish

1931 • 8 min • United States of America
Wrestling Swordfish is a 1931 American short adventure film produced by Mack Sennett. In 1932, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (Novelty) at the 5th Academy Awards.
Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage

1931 • 58 min • United States of America
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter. He immediately gets caught up in the ranch's struggle against rustlers. Trailing a rustled herd of horses leads him to the rustler's hideout and the missing daughter.
Bosko's Fox Hunt

Bosko's Fox Hunt

1931 • 6 min • United States of America
Bosko joins a wacky fox hunt. But if the hunt worries anyone, it isn't the fox.
Momotaro's Sky Adventure

Momotaro's Sky Adventure

1931 • 10 min • Japan
Very early animated short from Japan featuring a cast of anthropomorphic animals.
The Castaway

The Castaway

1931 • 7 min • United States of America
Mickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a piano that washed ashore, and begins playing it. The animals come around; a gorilla, after playing a 4-hands piece with his feet, destroys the piano. Mickey runs away and accidentally wakes a lion. The lion chases Mickey to a stream, where he jumps onto a rock that turns out to be right next to a crocodile.
Night Raids

Night Raids

1931 • 59 min • Soviet Union
A peasant visits the DneproGES construction. Agitprop film about industrialisation and Dnieper Hydroelectric Station construction.
Two Crowded Hours

Two Crowded Hours

1931 • 43 min • United Kingdom
A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him there. The detective gives chase with the help of a London cabbie who has aspirations of becoming a policeman himself.
Chinatown After Dark

Chinatown After Dark

1931 • 59 min • United States of America
The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.
Anybody's Blonde

Anybody's Blonde

1931 • 59 min
When a boxer is murdered a newspaper reporter tries to frame the boxer's sister, a nightclub owner, for the crime.
Freighters of Destiny

Freighters of Destiny

1931 • 57 min • United States of America
A young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.
The Cow's Husband

The Cow's Husband

1931 • 8 min • United States of America
Bimbo as a bullfighter.
Harlequin

Harlequin

1931 • 25 min • Germany
A love story set to a baroque score, HARLEQUIN is a delicate black-and-white ballet rendered through exquisitely detailed silhouettes.
The Nail in the Boot

The Nail in the Boot

1931 • 53 min • Soviet Union
Banned in the Soviet Union for its "negative" content and never released, Kalatozov was forced to retreat from filmmaking for seven years because of this film. The film sets out to illustrate the old adage, "For want of a nail, the battle was lost," showing how the inferior quality of something so trivial as a nail in a soldier's boot leads inexorably to the capture of an armored train. Kalatozov had intended to demonstrate the crucial and universal importance of efficiency in Soviet industry, but the government decided that his fable gave a negative impression of the Red Army's capabilities.
The Mystery of Marriage

The Mystery of Marriage

1931 • 32 min • United Kingdom
The courtship rituals of animals and plants are compared to those of contemporary society, with educational and frequently humorous results.
Philips-Radio

Philips-Radio

1931 • 36 min • Netherlands
A poetic industrial short that follows a radio from molten glass to finished set: glassblowers shape valves, conveyors and assembly lines build chassis, cabinets, and speakers, engineers test and prototype—ending on a playful stop-motion “dance” of loudspeakers.
Who's Who in the Zoo

Who's Who in the Zoo

1931 • 9 min
Billy takes a trip to the the zoo with his wife and two sons. He is proud to show his knowledge about wild animals to his older son, who is preparing for an exam.