All Films

Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep

1931 • 6 min • United States of America

Fleischer Studios giving "Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep" the 'Screen Song' bouncing ball treatment.

Sundown Trail

1931 • 56 min • United States of America

Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she does not, everything goes to Buck, who is the manager. She does not like Buck, so she makes a deal with the wrong people for cattle and then the outlaws go to the ranch to get the $10,000 from her. But Buck is on the job.

Old Soldiers Never Die

1931 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A comedy film directed by Monty Banks.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1931 • 7 min • United States of America

Fleischer Studios giving "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" the bouncing ball 'Screen Song' treatment.

Rynox

1931 • 47 min • United Kingdom

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night....

The Erl King

1931 • 46 min • France

A young man races to save his son's life, but death – incarnated in the child's imagination as the titular Erl King – calls unceasingly.

The Bum Bandit

1931 • 6 min • United States of America

Masked bandit Bimbo holds up a train carrying someone tougher… Betty Boop (with dog's ears), played by a different, deeper-voiced actress.

I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

1931 • 35 min • Germany

Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his prayer.

A Day in the Life of Chameko

1931 • 7 min • Japan

Based on a hit song by child star Hideko Hirai from 1929, this gem -- a real historical curiosity -- provides glimpses of 1930s popular culture through introducing the typical life of a bright, energetic young girl. It contains an early product placement (for Lion Toothpaste), educational content and newsreel footage of Japan’s first woman Olympic medalist, Kinue Hitomi.

Bill and Coo

1931 • 37 min • United Kingdom

'Strong man dreams of bungalow honeymoon with revue star.' (British Film Catalogue)

Hurry Doctor!

1931 • 8 min • United States of America

Already running late to see his girl, Bimbo the dog finds that his car is seriously ill. Bimbo calls the doctor, who rushes over in his jalopy and revives the sick car with a dose of Texaco Motor Oil.

The Two Barks Brothers

1931 • 17 min • United States of America

In this Dogville Comedy short, twin brothers are separated at birth when one is stolen by gypsies. One becomes a district attorney, the other a drifter. Thirty years later, circumstances bring them back together.

The Gigolo Racket

1931 • 20 min

As a publicity stunt, a musical comedy star announces her engagement to a young man she believes is a gigolo, with whom she eventually falls in love.

Words & Music

1931 • 21 min • United States of America

Singer Ruth Eton is looking for some new songs to use in her act. Don Hopkins is a songwriter who wants to break into the business, but knows it is difficult to get music publishers to consider new talent. Don sees Ruth having dinner at a night club and asks for her help.

Surf and Seaweed

1931 • 13 min • United States of America

Shoreline images: first small breakers and the swirls they leave, then water running up the shore on a sandy beech, then water hitting pebbles and rocks. The second half is a close look at a sluggish eddy of seaweed, moving to and fro on the surface, like sodden twigs. The ocean's tide creates patterns of small surges and circles. The music of the soundtrack is more dramatic than the more gentle movements of the seaweed. Final closeups show the bulbs and leaves of the plants, then the tide takes over.

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'

1931 • 11 min • United States of America

Bobby Jones gives a truant salesman some driving tips while his angry boss looks on.

Mickey's Stampede

1931 • 18 min • United States of America

A sound remake of "Mickey's Eleven", in which the gang play yet another game of football against Stinky Davis.

The lady from Chicago

1931 • 21 min • United States of America

This movie is the Spanish language version of THE PIP FROM PITTSBURG

Her First Egg

1931 • 10 min • United States of America

Farmer Alfalfa's hen lays her first egg, only to have it stolen by a flock of vultures.

Hasty Marriage

1931 • 21 min • United States of America

It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she prefers into getting Charley into the house for dinner. In the later two segments, in which Charley must get married within minutes to get a job, and then tries to go on a picnic with his new family, are both also packed with laughs and timed with an almost musical brilliance.

The Prague Castle

1931 • 11 min • Czechoslovakia

In 1932 Hammid bought a handheld camera Bell-Howell and made his second film, Na Pražském hradě [Prague Castle], in close collaboration with the composer of the sound track, striving for an organic intertwining of image and music.

Movie Mad

1931 • 7 min • United States of America

FLIP THE FROG, who is basically a walking, talking, white glove, bow- tie & short-pants wearing little black frog. In this outing, Flip is introduced to us as he is reading up on how to become a movie director, which essentially comes down to dressing up like Charlie Chaplin!

Summer by the Sea

1931 • 12 min • Belgium

A lyrical promotion of Belgium’s North Sea coast that alternates teeming promenades and playful beach games with elegant seafront vistas; shot by John Fernhout and set to Marcel Poot’s score, with commentary by Éric de Haulleville.

The Family Shoe

1931 • 7 min • United States of America

This is about the little old lady who lived in a shoe and had so many kids she's didn't know what to do....or something like that. One day, one of her kids - Jack - says "I know what to do," and takes off with a sack of beans. Well, to make a long story short, we wind up seeing "Jack And The Beanstalk" and mom winds up a rich woman in the end. The show goes from a beat-old boot to a glittery high heel shoe!