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1931 romantic drama films
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The list 1931 romantic drama films includes
The Miracle Woman, Maedchen in Uniform, Illicit, Dishonored and The Lady Refuses.
The list consists of 38 members.
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The Miracle Woman
1931 film
Overview: The Miracle Woman is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, and Sam Hardy. Based on the play Bless You Sister by John Meehan and Robert ...
Release date: 20 July 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Frank CapraProducer: Frank Capra, Harry CohnWriter: Jo Swerling, John MeehanAfter an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind ...
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Maedchen in Uniform
1931 film
Overview: Mädchen in Uniform ("Girls in Uniform") is a 1931 German romantic drama film based on the play Gestern und heute (Yesterday and Today) by Christa Winsloe and directed by Leontine Sagan with artistic d ...Release date: 27 November 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Leontine Sagan, Carl FroelichProducer: Carl Froelich, Friedrich PflughauptWriter: Christa Winsloe, Friedrich DammannGerman film in which a sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers... 0
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Illicit
1931 film
Overview: Illicit is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez, and Natalie Moorhead. Based on a play by Edith Fitzgerald and Robert ...
Release date: 14 February 1931Genre: Romance, DramaDirector: Archie MayoCast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez, Natalie Moorhead, Charles Butterworth, Joan BlondellProducer: Darryl F. ZanuckWriter: Edith Fitzgerald, Robert RiskinA young couple lives together out of wedlock, but they find that they're ahead of their time. 0
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Friends and Lovers
1931 film
Overview: Friends and Lovers is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film released by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim ...Release date: 3 October 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Victor SchertzingerCast: Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim, Hugh Herbert, Frederick KerrProducer: William LeBaronWriter: Maurice Dekobra, Wallace SmithBritish Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito... 0
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Dishonored
1931 film
Overview: Dishonored is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic spy film directed and edited by Josef von Sternberg, who also co-wrote the film with Daniel N. Rubin. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures ...
Release date: 5 March 1931Genre: Drama, War, Music, ActionDirector: Josef von SternbergCast: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland, Lew Cody, Barry NortonWriter: Daniel Nathan Rubin, Josef von SternbergThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians. 0
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The Lady Refuses
1931 film
Overview: The Lady Refuses is a 1931 American pre-Code melodrama film, directed by George Archainbaud, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on an original story by Guy Bolton and Robert Milton. It stars Betty ...
Release date: 8 March 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: George ArchainbaudProducer: William LeBaron, Bertram MillhauserWriter: Robert Milton, Guy BoltonA wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young girl to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger... 0
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Son of India
1931 film
Overview: Son of India is a 1931 American pre-Code romance film directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Ramón Novarro and Madge Evans. The film is based on the 1882 novel Mr. Isaacs written by Francis Marion Crawford ...Release date: 1 August 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Jacques FeyderWriter: Francis Marion Crawford, Ernest VajdaKarim, the only son of a wealthy diamond merchant in India survives a vicious attack by bandits that leaves his father dead... 0
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Doctors' Wives
1931 film
Overview: Doctors' Wives is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film made by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Frank Borzage. The film stars Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Maurine ...
Release date: 15 March 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Frank BorzageProducer: John W. Considine Jr.Writer: Henry Lieferant, Sylvia Lieferant 0
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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
1931 film
Overview: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas, sometimes simply called Tabu , is a 1931 American synchronized sound film directed by F. W. Murnau. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized ...Release date: 1 August 1931Genre: Drama, Romance, AdventureDirector: F.W. MurnauProducer: David Flaherty, Robert J. FlahertyWriter: F.W. Murnau, Robert J. FlahertyIn one island of Bora Bora lagoon, a young fisherman, Matahi, is in love with Reri. But she is chosen to be the holy maid and therefore becomes "tabu" ... 0
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East of Shanghai
1931 film
Overview: Rich and Strange, released in the United States as East of Shanghai, is a 1931 British romance film directed by Alfred Hitchcock during his time in the British film industry. The film was adapted by H ...Release date: 10 December 1931Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy, ThrillerDirector: Alfred HitchcockProducer: Dale Collins, Alfred HitchcockBelieving that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point. 0
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Devotion
1931 film
Overview: Devotion is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Ann Harding and Leslie Howard based on the 1930 Pamela Wynne novel A Little Flat in the Temple. Its plot involves a woman who disguises ...Release date: 25 September 1931Genre: Drama, Comedy, RomanceDirector: Robert MiltonProducer: Harry Joe Brown, Charles R. RogersWriter: Pamela Wynne, Horace JacksonThe poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) "dutiful" daughter in a London society family falls for a barrister... 0
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Body and Soul
1931 film
Overview: Body and Soul (1931) is an American Pre-Code action drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Charles Farrell, Elissa Landi, Humphrey Bogart, and Myrna Loy. The story, adapted from the stage play ... 0
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The Unholy Garden
1931 film
Overview: The Unholy Garden is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman and Fay Wray. It was based on a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.Release date: 28 October 1931Genre: Romance, DramaDirector: George FitzmauriceProducer: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthurAt a hotel in the middle of the Sahara Desert, an old man and his beautiful daughter try to keep the... 0
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My Past
1931 film
Overview: My Past is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Bebe Daniels. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and was also known under the alternative title The Ex-Mistress ...
Release date: 14 May 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Roy Del RuthWriter: Charles Kenyon, Grace Perkins 0
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Behind Office Doors
1931 film
Overview: Behind Office Doors is a 1931 pre-Code American drama film directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Carey Wilson and J. Walter Ruben, based on Alan Schultz's 1929 novel, Private Secretary. It ...
Release date: 15 March 1931Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Melville W. BrownProducer: Henry Hobart, William LeBaronWriter: Alan Schultz, Carey WilsonMary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to ... 0
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Ariane
1931 film
Overview: Ariane is a 1931 German drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster and Annemarie Steinsieck. It is an adaptation of the 1920 French novel Ariane, jeune fille russe ... 0
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24 Hours
1931 film
Overview: 24 Hours is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins and Regis Toomey. It was based on the novel Twenty-Four Hours by ...Release date: 3 October 1931Genre: Drama, Action, AdventureDirector: Marion GeringWriter: Louis Bromfield, Will D. LengleA nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime. 0
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Under 18
1931 film
Overview: Under Eighteen is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Marian Marsh, Anita Page, Regis Toomey and Warren William. It is based on the short story "Sky Life" ... 0
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The Criminal Code
1931 film
Overview: The Criminal Code is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by ...
Release date: 3 January 1931Genre: Crime, Drama, RomanceDirector: Howard HawksCast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Jennings, Mary DoranProducer: Harry Cohn, Frank FouceWriter: Martin Flavin, Fred Niblo Jr.After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated ... 0
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Ten Cents a Dance
1931 film
Overview: Ten Cents a Dance is a 1931 American pre-Code romance-drama film directed by Lionel Barrymore and starring Barbara Stanwyck as a married taxi dancer who falls in love with one of her customers. The film ...
Release date: 20 February 1931Genre: DramaDirector: Lionel Barrymore, Edward BuzzellCast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Phyllis CraneProducer: Harry Cohn, Frank FouceWriter: Jo Swerling, Dorothy HowellMen pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and plans to quit dancing. Before she does, she meets a handsome and ... 0
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