List of British films of 1931

A list of British films released in 1931. By this point the British film industry had completed the conversion from silent to sound films. Prominent British production companies included British International Pictures and Gainsborough Pictures. The requirements of the 1927 Film Act led a number of American companies to produce or distribute films in Britain, including a growing number of quota quickies.

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
77 Park Lane Albert de Courville Dennis Neilson-Terry, Betty Stockfeld, Malcolm Keen Crime [1]
Alibi Leslie S. Hiscott Austin Trevor, Elizabeth Allan, Franklin Dyall Drama [2]
Almost a Divorce Jack Raymond, Arthur Varney Margery Binner, Sydney Howard, Kay Hammond Comedy [3]
The Beggar Student Victor Hanbury, John Harvel Margaret Halstan, Frederick Lloyd, Jerry Verno Musical [4]
The Bells Oscar Werndorff, Harcourt Templeman Donald Calthrop, Jane Welsh, Edward Sinclair Drama [5]
Bill's Legacy Harry Revier Leslie Fuller, Mary Clare, Syd Courtenay Comedy
Black Coffee Leslie S. Hiscott Austin Trevor, Elizabeth Allan, Richard Cooper Crime [6]
Bracelets Sewell Collins Bert Coote, Joyce Kennedy, Stella Arbenina Drama [7]
Brown Sugar Leslie S. Hiscott Constance Carpenter, Francis Lister, Chili Bouchier Drama [8]
Cape Forlorn E. A. Dupont Fay Compton, Frank Harvey, Ian Hunter, Donald Calthrop Drama [9]
Captivation John Harvel Betty Stockfeld, Conway Tearle, Violet Vanbrugh Romantic comedy [10]
Carmen Cecil Lewis Marguerite Namara, Lester Matthews, Mary Clare Musical
Carnival Herbert Wilcox Matheson Lang, Chili Bouchier, Joseph Schildkraut, Kay Hammond Drama [11]
The Chance of a Night Time Herbert Wilcox, Ralph Lynn Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Sunday Wilshin Comedy [12]
Chin Chin Chinaman Guy Newall Leon M. Lion, Elizabeth Allan, George Curzon Romantic drama [13]
City of Song Carmine Gallone Jan Kiepura, Betty Stockfeld, Heather Angel Musical [14]
Contraband Love Sidney Morgan C. Aubrey Smith, Haddon Mason, Rosalinde Fuller Romantic drama [15]
Creeping Shadows John Orton Franklin Dyall, Margot Grahame, Jeanne Stuart Crime
Dance Pretty Lady Anthony Asquith Ann Casson, Carl Harbord, Moore Marriott Drama
Dangerous Seas Edward Dryhurst Julie Suedo, Gerald Rawlinson, Wallace Bosco Drama [16]
Deadlock George King Stewart Rome, Marjorie Hume, Esmond Knight Thriller [17]
Doctor Josser K.C. Norman Lee Ernie Lotinga, Molly Lamont, Binnie Barnes Comedy [18]
Down River Peter Godfrey Charles Laughton, Jane Baxter, Harold Huth Crime [19]
Dreyfus Milton Rosmer Cedric Hardwicke, George Merritt, Garry Marsh Drama [20]
East Lynne on the Western Front George Pearson Herbert Mundin, Alf Goddard, Mark Daly Comedy [21]
The Eternal Feminine Arthur Varney Terence De Marney, Guy Newall, Jill Esmond Romantic comedy [22]
Fascination Miles Mander Madeleine Carroll, Carl Harbord, Kay Hammond Drama [23]
The Flying Fool Walter Summers Henry Kendall, Benita Hume, Wallace Geoffrey Thriller [24]
A Gentleman of Paris Sinclair Hill Arthur Wontner, Vanda Gréville, Hugh Williams Crime [25]
The Ghost Train Walter Forde Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Ann Todd Comedy/mystery Adapted from Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train[26]
The Girl in the Night Henry Edwards Henry Edwards, Dorothy Boyd, Sam Livesey Crime
Glamour Seymour Hicks, Harry Hughes Seymour Hicks, Ellaline Terriss, Margot Grahame Romantic drama [27]
The Great Gay Road Sinclair Hill Stewart Rome, Frank Stanmore, Pat Paterson Drama [28]
Guilt Reginald Fogwell James Carew, Anne Grey, Harold Huth Romance [29]
The Happy Ending Millard Webb Benita Hume, George Barraud, Anne Grey Drama
Her Reputation Sidney Morgan Iris Hoey, Frank Cellier, Lillian Hall-Davis Comedy drama [30]
Hindle Wakes Victor Saville Belle Chrystall, John Stuart, Norman McKinnel Drama [31]
Hobson's Choice Thomas Bentley James Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank Pettingell Comedy
The House of Unrest Leslie Howard Gordon Dorothy Boyd, Malcolm Keen, Leslie Perrins Thriller [32]
The House Opposite Walter Summers Henry Kendall, Frank Stanmore, Arthur Macrae Crime [33]
In a Lotus Garden Fred Paul H. Agar Lyons, Roy Galloway, Jocelyn Yeo Musical comedy [34]
Inquest G. B. Samuelson Campbell Gullan, Mary Glynne, Sidney Morgan Crime [35]
Jealousy G.B. Samuelson Lilian Oldland, Malcolm Keen, Harold French Drama
Let's Love and Laugh Richard Eichberg Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, Frank Stanmore Comedy [36]
The Love Habit Harry Lachman Seymour Hicks, Margot Grahame, Edmund Breon Comedy [37]
Love Lies Lupino Lane Stanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd, Binnie Barnes Comedy [18]
The Love Race Lupino Lane Stanley Lupino, Jack Hobbs, Dorothy Boyd Comedy [38]
The Loves of Ariane Paul Czinner Elisabeth Bergner, Percy Marmont, Warwick Ward Drama [39]
The Lyons Mail Arthur Maude John Martin Harvey, Norah Baring Ben Webster Mystery [40]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Madame Guillotine Reginald Fogwell Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Henry Hewitt Historical romance [41]
The Man at Six Harry Hughes Anne Grey, Lester Matthews, Gerald Rawlinson Crime
The Man They Couldn't Arrest T. Hayes Hunter Hugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker, Garry Marsh Crime
Many Waters Milton Rosmer Lillian Hall-Davis, Arthur Margetson, Elizabeth Allan Romance [42]
Mary Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Abel, Olga Chekhova, Paul Graetz Mystery The German-language version of Hitchcock's Murder!
Michael and Mary Victor Saville Herbert Marshall, Edna Best, Elizabeth Allan Drama [43]
Mischief Jack Raymond Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Jeanne Stuart Comedy
Never Trouble Trouble Lupino Lane Lupino Lane, Renee Clama, Jack Hobbs Comedy [44]
A Night in Montmartre Leslie S. Hiscott Hugh Williams, Heather Angel, Austin Trevor Mystery
No Lady Lupino Lane Lupino Lane, Sari Maritza, Renee Clama Comedy [45]
The Officers' Mess Manning Haynes Richard Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Harold French Comedy [46]
The Old Man H. Manning Haynes Maisie Gay, Anne Grey, Lester Matthews Mystery [47]
Old Soldiers Never Die Monty Banks Leslie Fuller, Molly Lamont, Alf Goddard Comedy [48]
Other People's Sins Sinclair Hill Horace Hodges, Anne Grey, Stewart Rome Crime [49]
The Other Woman G.B. Samuelson Isobel Elsom, David Hawthorne, Eva Moore Drama [50]
Out of the Blue Gene Gerrard Gene Gerrard, Jessie Matthews, Kay Hammond Comedy [18]
The Outsider Harry Lachman Joan Barry, Norman McKinnel, Harold Huth Drama [51]
P.C. Josser Milton Rosmer Ernie Lotinga, Robert Douglas, Garry Marsh Comedy
The Perfect Lady Milton Rosmer Moira Lynd, Henry Wilcoxon, Reginald Gardiner Comedy
Plunder Tom Walls Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Robertson Hare Comedy [52]
Poor Old Bill Monty Banks Leslie Fuller, Iris Ashley, Syd Courtenay Comedy [53]
Potiphar's Wife Maurice Elvey Nora Swinburne, Laurence Olivier, Norman McKinnel Drama [54]
Rich and Strange Alfred Hitchcock Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont Comedy
The Ringer Walter Forde Patrick Curwen, Esmond Knight, Carol Goodner Crime [23]
Romany Love Fred Paul Esmond Knight, Roy Travers, Florence McHugh Musical [55]
The Rosary Guy Newall Margot Grahame, Elizabeth Allan, Leslie Perrins Drama [56]
Rynox Michael Powell Stewart Rome, John Longden, Dorothy Boyd Crime [57]
A Safe Affair Herbert Wynne Franklin Dyall, Connie Emerald, Douglas Jefferies Crime
Sally in Our Alley Maurice Elvey Gracie Fields, Ian Hunter, Florence Desmond Drama
The Shadow Between Norman Walker Godfrey Tearle, Kathleen O'Regan, Ann Casson Romance/drama
Shadows Alexander Esway Jacqueline Logan, Bernard Nedell, Gordon Harker Crime [58]
The Skin Game Alfred Hitchcock Edmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, Jill Esmond Drama [59]
The Sleeping Cardinal Leslie S. Hiscott Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Jane Welsh Mystery drama [60]
The Speckled Band Jack Raymond Raymond Massey, Lyn Harding, Angela Baddeley Mystery drama [61]
Splinters in the Navy Walter Forde Sydney Howard, Alf Goddard, Helena Pickard Comedy [62]
The Sport of Kings Victor Saville Leslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker Comedy [63]
Stranglehold Henry Edwards Isobel Elsom, Garry Marsh, Derrick De Marney Drama [23]
Strictly Business Jacqueline Logan Betty Amann, Carl Harbord, Molly Lamont Comedy
The Stronger Sex Gareth Gundrey Colin Clive, Adrianne Allen, Gordon Harker Drama [64]
Sunshine Susie Victor Saville Renate Müller, Jack Hulbert, Owen Nares Comedy
Tell England Anthony Asquith Fay Compton, Carl Harbord, Dennis Hoey World War I drama [65]
Third Time Lucky Walter Forde Bobby Howes, Dorothy Boyd, Gordon Harker Comedy [66]
Tilly of Bloomsbury Jack Raymond Sydney Howard, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman Comedy [67]
To Oblige a Lady H. Manning Haynes Maisie Gay, Warwick Ward, Lilian Oldland Comedy [68]
Two Crowded Hours Michael Powell John Longden, Jane Welsh, Jerry Verno Drama [69]
Uneasy Virtue Norman Walker Fay Compton, Edmund Breon, Margot Grahame Comedy [70]
Up for the Cup Jack Raymond Sydney Howard, Joan Wyndham, Sam Livesey Comedy [71]
What a Night! Monty Banks Leslie Fuller, Molly Lamont, Charles Paton Comedy [72]
The Wickham Mystery G.B. Samuelson Eve Gray, John Longden, Lester Matthews Mystery
The Wife's Family Monty Banks Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, Molly Lamont Comedy [73]
The Woman Between Miles Mander Owen Nares, Adrianne Allen, David Hawthorne Romance [74]
The Written Law Reginald Fogwell Madeleine Carroll, Percy Marmont, Henry Hewitt Drama [75]

Short films

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Aroma of the South Seas W. P. Kellino Reginald Gardiner, Wyn Richmond, Wallace Lupino Comedy [76]
Bill and Coo John Orton Billy Merson, Herman Darewski, Hal Gordon Comedy
Bull Rushes W. P. Kellino Reginald Gardiner, Dorrie Deane, Wallace Lupino Comedy [77]
Harry Lauder Songs George Pearson Short
Hot Heir W. P. Kellino Charles Austin, Bobbie Comber Comedy [78]
How He Lied to Her Husband Cecil Lewis Edmund Gwenn, Vera Lennox Short [79]
Immediate Possession Arthur Varney-Serrao Herbert Mundin, Dorothy Bartlam Comedy [80]
M'Blimey J. Elder Wills Bernard Ansell, Kenneth Kove Short [81]
Morita Fred Paul Daphne Lennard, Jean Romaine Musical Short [82]
My Old China W. P. Kellino Reginald Gardiner, Clifford Heatherley, Constance Carpenter, Gibb McLaughlin Comedy [83]
The Other Mrs. Phipps Julius Hagen Sydney Fairbrother, Richard Cooper, Jane Welsh Comedy short [84]
Rodney Steps In Guy Newall Richard Cooper, Elizabeth Allan Comedy [85]
Stepping Stones Geoffrey Benstead Jade Hales, George Bellamy Musical [86]
Who Killed Doc Robin? W. P. Kellino Clifford Heatherley, Dorrie Deane Comedy [87]
The Wrong Mr. Perkins Arthur Varney Herbert Mundin, Sonia Bellamy Comedy [88]

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References

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  7. ^ "Bracelets". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Brown Sugar". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Cape Forlorn". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Captivation". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  12. ^ "The Chance of a Night Time". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Chin Chin Chinaman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  14. ^ "City of Song". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Contraband Love". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  20. ^ "Dreyfus". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  21. ^ "East Lynne on the Western Front". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  22. ^ "The Eternal Feminine". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  25. ^ "A Gentleman of Paris". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  26. ^ "The Ghost Train". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  27. ^ "Glamour". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  28. ^ "The Great Gay Road". Park Circus. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  29. ^ "Guilt". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  30. ^ "Her Reputation". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  31. ^ "Hindle Wakes". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  32. ^ "The House of Unrest". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  33. ^ "The House Opposite". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  34. ^ "I a Lotus Garden". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  35. ^ "Inquest". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  36. ^ "Let's Love and Laugh". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  37. ^ "The Love Habit". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  38. ^ "The Love Race". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  39. ^ "The Loves of Ariane". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  40. ^ "The Lyons Mail". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  41. ^ "Madame Guillotine". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  42. ^ "Many Waters". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  43. ^ "Michael and Mary". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  44. ^ "Never Trouble Trouble". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  45. ^ "No Lady". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  46. ^ "The Officers' Mess". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  47. ^ "The Old Man". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  48. ^ "Old Soldiers Never Die". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  49. ^ "Other People's Sins". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  50. ^ "The Other Woman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  51. ^ "The Outsider". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  52. ^ "Plunder". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  53. ^ "Poor Old Bill". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  54. ^ "Potiphar's Wife". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  55. ^ "Romany Love". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  56. ^ "The Rosary". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  64. ^ "The Stronger Sex". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  65. ^ "Tell England". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  66. ^ "Third Time Lucky". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  67. ^ "Tilly of Bloomsbury". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  68. ^ "To Oblige a Lady". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  69. ^ "Two Crowded Hours". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  70. ^ "Uneasy Virtue". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  71. ^ "Up for the Cup". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  72. ^ "What a Night!". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  73. ^ "The Wife's Family". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  74. ^ "The Woman Between". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  75. ^ "The Written Law". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  76. ^ "Aroma of the South Seas". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  77. ^ "Bull Rushes". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  78. ^ "Hot Heir". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  83. ^ "My Old China". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  84. ^ "The Other Mrs. Phipps". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  85. ^ "Rodney Steps In". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  86. ^ "Stepping Stones". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  87. ^ "Who Killed Doc Robin?". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  88. ^ "The Wrong Mr. Perkins". Bfi. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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