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Ghost Parade
Ghost Parade (1931) on 23 may 1931
, 18minutes
Directed by Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harry Gribbon, Andy Clyde, Marjorie Beebe, Charles Gemora
Rating45% 2.270862.270862.270862.270862.27086
A disparate group of characters are menaced in a haunted house.
Svengali
Svengali (1931) on 22 may 1931
, 1h21
Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Bramwell Fletcher, Carmel Myers, Luis Alberni
Rating67% 3.391733.391733.391733.391733.39173
The ending of the novel is changed in this film to a highly dramatic one by having Trilby die after Svengali is stricken with a fatal heart attack, instead of dying of a mysterious illness a few days later. She faints after he collapses in the stage box, but Svengali revives long enough to gasp, "Oh God, grant me in death what you denied me in life—the woman I love". Trilby regains consciousness, smiles happily, utters "Svengali!", then dies, followed by Svengali, who dies smiling. In the film Billee survives.
Le Million
Le Million (1931) on 20 may 1931
, 1h21
Directed by René Clair
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert, Paul Ollivier, Raymond Cordy, Louis Pré fils
Rating73% 3.693233.693233.693233.693233.69323
While being hounded by creditors, a debt-ridden artist discovers he has just won a lottery worth a million Dutch florins. Realizing that he has left the ticket in the pocket of his jacket, he attempts to retrieve it but discovers that his fiancée Beatrice has given away the jacket to a criminal in order to elude the police. He and his rival race to retrace the jacket which has passed to a brigand nicknamed "Grandpa Tulip" and then to a tenor singing "Les Bohémiens" at the opera theater that night.
The China Plate
The China Plate (1931) on 22 may 1931
, 7minutes
Directed by Wilfred Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films based on mythology, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Walt Disney
Rating62% 3.1436053.1436053.1436053.1436053.143605
The short is based on the Willow pattern legend, with some major differences, including a dragon. There is an oriental scene, the Willow pattern on a china plate, that comes to life, telling the story of two young lovers who are disturbed. First, by an overweight Emperor who is the girl's father and chases after them because the boy disturbed his rest. Then a fire-breathing dragon that eats the emperor.
The Back Page
The Back Page (1931) on 24 may 1931
, 20minutes
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors George Chandler, Wheeler Oakman, Roscoe Arbuckle, George MacFarlane

A young woman looking for a job as editor in a newspaper, comes to a little newspaper run by an old man.
Trader Horn
Trader Horn (1931) on 23 may 1931
, 2h2
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Harry Carey, Edwina Booth, Duncan Renaldo, Olive Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Marjorie Rambeau
Rating60% 3.047173.047173.047173.047173.04717
Le film évoque s'inspire de la vie d'Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn, qui a réellement existé, mais en lui prêtant parfois des aventures fictives. Horn découvre notamment une reine de la jungle appelée la "déesse blanche" qui n'est autre que la fille d'un missionnaire perdue dans la jungle.
Dumb Patrol
Dumb Patrol (1931) on 19 may 1931
, 7minutes
Directed by Rudolf Ising, Hugh Harman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Rochelle Hudson
Rating54% 2.7230552.7230552.7230552.7230552.723055
La guerre fait rage. Alors que Bosko prépare son avion, il se fait attaquer par un pilote ennemi [..]