Thursday, June 30, 2022

April 1932 (Tarzan the Ape Man)

Across the World With Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson (see: Jungle Hell)
The Airmail Mystery (serial) (USA - 1932 - 12 chapters - bw)
Amateur Daddy (USA - 1932 - bw)
Are You Listening? (USA - 1932 - bw)
At the Circus (Ger - bw) [unidentified] [KW] ¹

The Bad Companions (UK - 1932 - bw)
Beauty and the Boss (USA - 1932 - bw)
Betrayal (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Big Timer (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Broken Wing (USA - 1932 - bw)
Brother Alfred (UK - 1932 - bw)
-But the Flesh is Weak (USA - 1932 - bw)

Careless Lady (USA - 1932 - bw)
Carnival Boat (USA - 1932 - bw)
Chinatown After Dark (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Crowd Roars (USA - 1932 - bw)

Destry Rides Again (USA - 1932 - bw)
Double Dealing (UK - 1932 - bw)

The Famous Ferguson Case (USA - 1932 - bw)
The First Mrs. Fraser (UK - 1932 - bw)

The Galloping Ghost (serial) (USA - 1931 - 12 chapters - bw)
Galloping Thru (USA - 1931 - bw)
Ghost City (USA - 1932 - bw)
Girl Crazy (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Hatchet Man (see: Honourable Mr. Wong, The)
The Heart of New York (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Honourable Mr. Wong (The Hatchet Man) (USA - 1932 - bw)
Hotel Continental (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Innocents of Chicago /USA: Why Saps Leave Home (UK - 1932 - bw)
It's Tough to Be Famous (USA - 1932 - bw)

Jungle Hell (Across the World With Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson) (USA - 1930 - bw) [KW] ²

Lady With a Past (see: Reputation)
Land of Wanted Men (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Law of the Sea (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Lightning Warrior (serial) (USA - 1931 - 12 chapters - bw)
Lily Christine (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Lost Squadron (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Man Who Played God (see: Silent Voice, The)
Monte Carlo Madness (Ger - 1932 - bw)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (USA - 1932 - bw)

Panama Flo (USA - 1932 - bw)
Play Girl (USA - 1932 - bw)
Prestige (USA - 1931 - bw)
A Private Scandal (USA - 1931 - bw)
Probation (see: Second Chances)

Reputation (Lady With a Past) (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Saddle Buster (USA - 1932 - bw)
Scandal for Sale (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Sea Ghost (USA - 1931 - bw)
Second Chances (Probation) (USA - 1932 - bw)
Shanghai Express (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Silent Voice (The Man Who Played God) (USA - 1932 - bw)
Sin's Pay Day (USA - 1932 - bw)
Spirit of the West (USA - 1932 - bw)
Stowaway (USA - 1932 - bw)
Strangers in Love (USA - 1932 - bw)

Tarzan the Ape Man (USA - 1932 - bw)
Tin Gods (UK - 1932 - bw)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (USA - 1932 - bw)
Two Kinds of Women (USA - 1932 - bw)

Why Saps Leave Home (see: Innocents of Chicago, The)
The Wiser Sex (USA - 1932 - bw)
A Woman Commands (USA - 1932 - bw)

¹ Possibly Im Zirkus Busch (1931).

² Subsequently released in serial format in the US.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Apr 1932. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 5 Mar 2023.


March 1932 (Comradeship)

After Tomorrow (USA - 1932 - bw)
Air Eagles (USA - 1931 - bw)
Aren't We All? (UK - 1932 - bw)
Arrowsmith (USA - 1931 - bw)
Arsène Lupin (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Battle of Life (Моряки защищают родину) /USA: Killing to Live (USSR - 1931 - bw) [KW]
The Beast of the City (USA - 1932 - bw)
Behind the Mask (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Callbox Mystery (UK - 1932 - bw)
Castle Sinister (UK - 1932 - bw)
Cheaters at Play (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Chinese Puzzle (UK - 1932 - bw)
C.O.D. (UK - 1932 - bw)
Come Into My Parlour (UK - 1932 - bw)
Comradeship (Kameradschaft) (Ger/Fr - 1931 - bw)
Crime at the Canal (see: Water Gipsies, The)
Criminal at Large (see: Frightened Lady, The)
The Crooked Lady (UK - 1932 - bw)

Determination (The Final Edition) (USA - 1932 - bw)
Devil on Deck (USA - 1932 - bw)
Devil's Lottery (USA - 1932 - bw)
Disorderly Conduct (USA - 1932 - bw)
Dragnet Patrol (see: Love Redeemed)

The Expert (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Fighting Fool (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Fighting Marshal (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Final Edition (see: Determination)
The Final Reckoning (UK - 1932 - bw)
Fireman, Save My Child (USA - 1932 - bw)
Forgotten Women (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Frightened Lady /USA: Criminal at Large (UK - 1932 - bw)

A Game of Chance (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Gay Caballero (USA - 1932 - bw)
Good Night Vienna /USA: Magic Night (UK - 1932 - bw)
Goona Goona: An Authentic Melodrama of the Isle of Bali (see: Kriss)

Hell on Earth (see: War is Hell)
Help Yourself (UK - 1932 - bw)
Hotel Splendide (UK - 1932 - bw)
The House Opposite (UK - 1932 - bw)

The Impatient Maiden (USA - 1932 - bw)
In a Monastery Garden (UK - 1932 - bw)

Josser Joins the Navy (UK - 1932 - bw)

Kameradschaft [see: Comradeship]
Killing to Live (see: Battle of Life, The)
Kriss (Goona Goona: An Authentic Melodrama of the Isle of Bali) (USA - 1932)

Life Goes On (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Local Bad Man (USA - 1932 - bw)
Love Redeemed (Dragnet Patrol) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Lovers Courageous (USA - 1932 - bw)
A Lucky Sweep (UK - 1932 - bw)

Magic Night (see: Good Night Vienna)
The Marriage Bond (UK - 1932 - bw)
Mata Hari (USA - 1931 - bw)

Nadira (see: Outcaste)
The New Hotel (UK - 1932 - bw)
A Night Like This (UK - 1932 - bw)
Nine Till Six (UK - 1932 - bw)

Once Bitten (UK - 1932 - bw)
One Man Law (USA - 1931 - bw)
Outcaste (Nadira) (India - 1931 - bw) (silent)

The Passionate Plumber (USA - 1932 - bw)
Polly of the Circus (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Reckoning (USA - 1932 - bw)
Ridin' for Justice (USA - 1932 - bw)

The Samaritan (Soul of the Slums) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Self Made Lady (UK - 1932 - bw)
She Wanted a Millionaire (USA - 1932 - bw)
Soul of the Slums (see: Samaritan, The)
South of the Rio Grande (USA - 1932 - bw)
Sporting Chance (USA - 1931 - bw)
Steady Company (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Strangler (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Struggle (USA - 1931 - bw)

Texas Cyclone (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Thoroughbred (UK - 1932 - bw)
Threads (UK - 1932 - bw)
Three Wise Girls (USA - 1932 - bw)
Two White Arms /USA: Wives Beware (UK - 1932 - bw)

War is Hell (Niemendsland) /USA: Hell on Earth (Ger - 1931 - bw)
The Water Gipsies /USA: Crime at the Canal (UK - 1932 - bw)
Wayward (USA - 1932 - bw)
Wives Beware (see: Two White Arms)
Women Who Play (UK - 1932 - bw)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Mar 1932. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 20 Feb 2023.


Wednesday, June 29, 2022

February 1932 (A nous la liberté)

A nous la liberté (Fr - 1931 - bw)

Business and Pleasure (USA - 1932 - bw)

Charlie Chan's Chance (USA - 1932 - bw)

Dance Pretty Lady (UK - 1931 - bw)
The Dove (Girl of the Rio) (USA - 1932 - bw)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (USA - 1932 - bw)

Ebb Tide (UK - 1932 - bw)

Forbidden (USA - 1932 - bw)

Girl of the Rio (see: Dove, The)

In Line of Duty (USA - 1931 - bw)

Ladies of the Jury (USA - 1932 - bw)
Law and Order (USA - 1932 - bw)
Lloyd of the C.I.D. /USA: Detective Lloyd (serial) (UK/USA - 1931 - 12 chapters - bw) ¹
Lord Babs (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Lost Lady (Safe in Hell) (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Menace (USA - 1932 - bw)
Men of Chance (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Missing Rembrandt /USA: Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Rembrandt (UK - 1932 - bw)
Mounted Fury (USA - 1931 - bw)
Murder at Covent Garden (UK - 1932 - bw)

No One Man (USA - 1932 - bw)

Partners (USA - 1932 - bw)

Safe in Hell (see: Lost Lady, The)
Sally of the Subway (USA - 1932 - bw)
Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Rembrandt (see: Missing Rembrandt, The)
The Silent Witness (USA - 1932 - bw)
Stepping Sisters (USA - 1932 - bw)
Strictly Business (UK - 1931 - bw)

The Third String (UK - 1932 - bw)
Tonight or Never (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Woman From Monte Carlo (USA - 1932 - bw)

¹ Condensed feature version: The Green Spot Mystery (1932).

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Feb 1932. Theatrical release dates may differ.


January 1932 (Frankenstein)



Above Rubies (UK - 1932 - bw)
Anybody's Blonde (see: When Blonde Meets Blonde)

The Big Shot (see: Optimist, The)
The Blue Danube (UK - 1932 - bw)

The Cheat (USA - 1931 - bw)
Collision (UK - 1932 - bw)
Condemned to Death (UK - 1932 - bw)

Dance Team (USA - 1932 - bw)
Delicious (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Devil Plays (see: Murdock Affair, The)
Drums of Doom (see: Westfront 1918)

Emma (USA - 1932 - bw)

The False Idol (The False Madonna) (USA - 1931 - bw)
The False Madonna (see: False Idol, The)
Flying High (see: Happy Landing)
Frail Women /USA: Souls for Sale (UK - 1932 - bw)
Frankenstein (USA - 1931 - bw)

Gentleman for a Day (Union Depot) (USA - 1932 - bw)
God's Country and the Man (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Greater Love (Rider of the Plains) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Happy Landing (Flying High) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Hell Divers (USA - 1931 - bw)
High Pressure (USA - 1932 - bw)
His Woman (USA - 1931 - bw)
A House Divided (USA - 1931 - bw)
Husband's Holiday (USA - 1931 - bw)

Ladies of the Big House (USA - 1931 - bw)
Law of the Rio Grande (see: Wanted Men)

Maker of Men (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Man From Death Valley (USA - 1931 - bw)
Money for Nothing (UK - 1932 - bw)
Murder on the Second Floor (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Murdock Affair (The Devil Plays) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Nice Women (USA - 1931 - bw)
Night Raid (see: soir de rafle, Un)

Old Greatheart (Way Back Home) (USA - 1931 - bw)
On Safari (UK - 1932 - bw) [KW]
The Optimist (The Big Shot) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Our Farmer Prince (UK - 1932 - bw)

Peach-O-Reno (USA - 1931 - bw)
Playing the Game (Touchdown!) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Private Lives (USA - 1931 - bw)

Racing Youth (USA - 1932 - bw)
The Rainbow Trail (USA - 1932 - bw)
Reserved for Ladies (see: Service for Ladies)
Rider of the Plains (see: Greater Love, The)

The Secret Witness (USA - 1931 - bw)
Service for Ladies /USA: Reserved for Ladies (UK - 1932 - bw)
The Sky Spider (USA - 1931 - bw)
Smart Woman (USA - 1931 - bw)
Un soir de rafle /USA: Night Raid (Fr - 1931 - bw)
A Son of the Plains (see: Vultures of the Law)
Sooky (USA - 1931 - bw)
Souls for Sale (see: Frail Women)
Suicide Fleet (USA - 1931 - bw)
Surrender (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Temperance Fete (UK - 1932 - bw)
This Reckless Age (USA - 1932 - bw)
Tonight's the Night: Pass It On (UK - 1931 - bw)
Touchdown! (see: Playing the Game)

Under Eighteen (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Unexpected Father (USA - 1932 - bw)
Union Depot (see: Gentleman for a Day)

Vultures of the Law (A Son of the Plains) (USA - 1932 - bw)

Wanted Men (Law of the Rio Grande) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Way Back Home (see: Old Greatheart)
Westfront 1918 (Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie) /USA: Drums of Doom (Ger - 1930 - bw)
West of Broadway (USA - 1931 - bw)
When Blonde Meets Blonde (Anybody's Blonde) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Jan 1932. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 23 Jul 2024.


Tuesday, June 28, 2022

December 1931 (The Champ)

• Across the World (UK - 1931 - bw) [BBFC]
The Age for Love (USA - 1931 - bw)
Alias - The Bad Man (USA - 1931 - bw)
Arizona Terror (USA - 1931 - bw)
• Around the World in 80 Minutes (Around the World With Douglas Fairbanks) (USA - 1931 - bw) [BBFC]
• Around the World With Douglas Fairbanks (see: Around the World in 80 Minutes)

The Beggar Student (UK - 1931 - bw)
Beloved Bachelor (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Big Attraction (Die Große Attraktion) (Ger - 1931 - bw) ¹

Cavalier of the West (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Champ (USA - 1931 - bw)
Congress Dances (Der Kongress tanzt) (Ger - 1931 - bw)
Convicted (USA - 1931 - bw)
Corsair (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Deadline (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Deceiver (USA - 1931 - bw)

East of Shanghai (see: Rich and Strange)

Fanny Foley Herself (see: Top of the Bill)

The Gay Buckaroo (USA - 1931 - bw)
A Gentleman of Paris (UK - 1931 - bw)
The Guilty Generation (USA - 1931 - bw)

Her Highness Commands (Princesse, à vos ordres!) (Ger - 1931 - bw)
Her Majesty Love (USA - 1931 - bw)
His Wife's Lover (זיין ווייבס ליובאווניק) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Inquest (UK - 1931 - bw)
Is There Justice? (USA - 1931 - bw)

Livingstone (UK - 1925 - bw) (silent) ²
The Love Race (UK - 1931 - bw)
The Lullaby (The Sin of Madelon Claudet) (USA - 1931 - bw)

A Man of Mayfair (UK - 1931 - bw)
Men in Her Life (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Miracle Woman (USA - 1931 - bw)
Mischief (UK - 1931 - bw)

Neck and Neck (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Office Girl (see: Sunshine Susie)
The Old Man (UK - 1931 - bw)
Once a Lady (USA - 1931 - bw)
The One Way Trail (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Other Mrs. Phipps (UK - 1931 - bw)
Over the Hill (USA - 1931 - bw)

Platinum Blonde (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Rasp (UK - 1931 - bw)
Rich and Strange /USA: East of Shanghai (UK - 1931 - bw)
Rich Man's Folly (USA - 1931 - bw)
Riders of the Cactus (USA - 1931 - bw)

Secret Service (USA - 1931 - bw)
Shotgun Pass (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (see: Lullaby, The)
So This is Arizona (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Star Reporter (UK - 1931 - bw)
Strictly Dishonorable (USA - 1931 - bw)
Sunshine Susie /USA: The Office Girl (UK - 1931 - bw)

Taxi! (USA - 1931 - bw)
Top of the Bill (Fanny Foley Herself) (USA - 1931)
Two Way Street (UK - 1931 - bw)

X Marks the Spot (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Yellow Passport (The Yellow Ticket) (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Yellow Ticket (see: Yellow Passport, The)

¹ Condensed short version: Tauber Recital (1932).

² Originally trade-shown in Feb 1925. Condensed talkie version: Stanley (1933).

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Dec 1931. Theatrical release dates may differ.

Updated 23 Jul 2024.


November 1931 (The Rise of Helga)

24 Hours (see: Hours Between, The)

Alice in Wonderland (USA - 1931 - bw)

Battling With Buffalo Bill (serial) (USA - 1931 - 12 chapters - bw)
Bill's Legacy (UK - 1931 - bw)
The Blonde Reporter (Sob Sister) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Carmen (UK - 1931 - bw)
Carnival /USA: Venetian Nights (UK - 1931 - bw)
Caught (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Cisco Kid (USA - 1931 - bw)
Code of the West (USA - 1929 - bw) (silent) ¹
Compromised (see: We Three)
Consolation Marriage (see: Married in Haste)
Covered Wagon Trails (USA - 1930 - bw) (music score)
The Cuban Love Song (USA - 1931 - bw)

Dr. Josser, K.C. (UK - 1931 - bw)
Dugan of the Badlands (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Fighting Terror (USA - 1929 - bw) (music score)
Five Star Final (USA - 1931 - bw)
Freighters of Destiny (USA - 1931 - bw)
Friends and Lovers (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Gay Diplomat (USA - 1931 - bw)
Gipsy Blood [see: Carmen]
Grief Street (see: Stage Whispers)

Heartbreak (USA - 1931 - bw)
Heaven on Earth (USA - 1930 - bw)
Homicide Squad (see: Lost Men)
Honor of the Family (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Hours Between (24 Hours) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Ladies' Man (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Last Round-Up (USA - 1929 - bw) (music score)
Local Boy Makes Good (USA - 1931 - bw)
Looking for Trouble (The Tip-Off) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Lost Men (Homicide Squad) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Many Waters (UK - 1931 - bw)
Married in Haste (Consolation Marriage) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Men Like These /USA: Trapped in a Submarine (UK - 1931 - bw)
The Montana Kid (USA - 1931 - bw)
Mother and Son (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Mystery Train (USA - 1931 - bw)

The Oklahoma Kid (USA - 1929 - bw) (music score)
O'Malley Rides Alone (USA - 1930 - bw) (music score)
Out of the Blue (UK - 1931 - bw)

The Parting of the Trails (USA - 1930 - bw) (music score)
Partners of the Trail (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Perfect Lady (UK - 1931 - bw)
Personal Maid (USA - 1931 - bw)

Riders of the Rio Grande (USA - 1929 - bw) (music score)
The Rise of Helga (Susan Lenox [Her Fall and Rise]) (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Runaround (see: Waiting for the Bride)
Rynox (UK - 1931 - bw)

Scareheads (see: Speed Reporter, The)
Secrets of a Secretary (USA - 1931 - bw)
Sob Sister (see: Blonde Reporter, The)
The Speed Reporter (Scareheads) (USA - 1931 - bw)
The Spirit of Notre Dame (see: Vigour of Youth)
Splinters in the Navy (UK - 1931 - bw)
Stage Whispers (Grief Street) (USA - 1931 - bw)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (see: Rise of Helga, The)

The Tip-Off (see: Looking for Trouble)
Trapped in a Submarine (see: Men Like These)

Ubangi (Belg - 1931 - bw) [KW]

The Vanishing Legion (serial) (USA - 1931 - 12 chapters - bw)
Venetian Nights (see: Carnival)
Vigour of Youth (The Spirit of Notre Dame) (USA - 1931 - bw)

Waiting for the Bride (The Runaround) (USA - 1931)
We Three (Compromised) (USA - 1931 - bw)

¹ Apparently silent, though a review in The Bioscope noted that a music score had been 'added' to the UK print. Whether this audio element was present in the original version (like a number of other films registered at the same time), or whether it was exclusive to the British release, is unclear.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first registered with the UK Board of Trade in Nov 1931. Theatrical release dates may differ.


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