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The Man Who Came Back (1931) on 11 january 1931
, 1h14Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, William Holden, Kenneth MacKenna, Mary Forbes, William Holden
Rating54%
Le millionnaire new-yorkais Thomas Randolph coupe les vivres à son fils Stephen, lorsque celui-ci est encore une fois compromis dans un scandale. Envoyé à San Francisco, Stephen refuse alors de travailler dans la compagnie maritime de son père et s'aguiche d'une chanteuse de cabaret, Angie. Son père l'envoie alors en Chine où, plusieurs mois après, il tombe sur Angie dans une fumerie d'opium. Ils reprennent alors leur relation. Un an plus tard, Stephen et Angie vivent désormais à Hawaï, où ils reçoivent la visite du Capitaine Trevelyan. Mais toutes ces rencontres sont-elles dues uniquement au hasard ?
The Naughty Flirt (1931) on 11 january 1931
, 56minutesDirected by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Alice White, Myrna Loy, Paul Page, Robert Agnew, George Irving, Lloyd Ingraham
Rating57%
Attorney Alan Ward (Paul Page) is fed up with the reckless behavior of spoiled heiress Kay Elliott (Alice White) – the daughter of the head of his law firm – who is in love with him. Stung by his rejection, she eventually tells him to "Go jump in the lake." Seeing a chance to make up the money they lost in the stock market crash, a fortune-hunting brother and sister, Jack and Linda Gregory (Douglas Gilmore and Myrna Loy), get Kay to agree to marry Jack. At the altar, she announces that she still loves Alan, and he comes to his senses and realizes he loves her too.
Anna Christie (1930) on 5 january 1931
, 1h25Directed by Jacques Feyder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Theo Shall, Salka Viertel, Herman Bing, Leo White
Rating68%
Chris Christofferson (Hans Junkermann), the alcoholic skipper of a coal barge in New York, receives a letter from his estranged twenty-year-old daughter Anna "Christie" Christofferson (Greta Garbo). She tells him that she'll be leaving Minnesota to stay with him. Chris had left Anna 15 years ago to be raised by relatives who live on a farm in the countryside of St. Paul. Chris has never visited his daughter in St. Paul and consequently has not seen her for the past 15 years.
The Birthday Party (1931) on 6 january 1931
, 7minutesDirected by Burton Gillett
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Rating60%
C'est l'anniversaire de Mickey. Tous ses amis, dont Clarabelle Cow et Horace Horsecollar se sont réunis chez Minnie pour lui faire une surprise.
The Bachelor Father (1931) on 10 january 1931
, 1h30Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, David Torrence
Rating63%
Ageing English bachelor Sir Basil Winterton (C. Aubrey Smith) suddenly has his hands full when his three grown (illegitimate) children return. Tony (Marion Davies) is a sharp tongued New Yorker, Maria is an aspiring opera singer and Ray Milland is the son.