Comedy Movies
Night Nurse (1931)
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small…
Baby’s Laxative (1931)
Party Husband (1931)
Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern marriage” whose openness threatens to bring about its premature end. Fellow Ziegfield alum Mary Doran plays…
Everything’s Rosie (1931)
A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.
Dumb Patrol (1931)
During the Great War, Bosko and a fearsome beast are in a dogfight. Bosko loses, but that’s only the first battle.
Skippy (1931)
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky’s pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
Shipmates (1931)
A sailor falls in love with the admiral’s daughter but finds they can’t marry because of his lowly rank.
Indiscreet (1931)
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
Cracked Nuts (1931)
To impress his fiancee’s aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by…
God’s Gift to Women (1931)
A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.
Stepping Out (1931)
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
The Front Page (1931)
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when…
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Famous actress Norma Shearer’s jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Parlor Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets married first. Angelica, in turn, finds every man she…
Chickens Come Home (1931)
Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
Sit Tight (1931)
Winnie Lightner is the head of a health clinic and has Joe E. Brown as one of her employees. Brown is a wrestler named JoJo and he is forced to…
City Lights (1931)
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl’s benefactor and suitor.
The Darktown Revue (1931)
With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins…
Tonight or Never (1931)
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
Reducing (1931)
Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.
Hook Line and Sinker (1930)
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out…
The Devil to Pay! (1930)
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time…
Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)
El Malo, notorious Mexican bandit, forces the Mayor of Sierra Blanca, Seth Landport, to open the safe and turn over to him 2,000 pesos, which the bandit gives a promissory…
Another Fine Mess (1930)
Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
Min and Bill (1930)
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.
The Bat Whispers (1930)
Infamous burglar “The Bat” commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the criminal as well. Meanwhile,…
Fast and Loose (1930)
A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.
Gypped in Egypt (1930)
Waffles the Cat and Don Dog find themselves at the mercy of animate skeletons inside an Egyptian tomb.
Feet First (1930)
An ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss’ daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding his true circumstances, in…
Maybe It’s Love (1930)
A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy…
Soup to Nuts (1930)
Mr. Schmidt’s costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt’s niece Louise, but she’ll have…
Whoopee! (1930)
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he’s…
Madam Satan (1930)
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
Two soldiers go absent without leave in Paris during World War I.
Love in the Rough (1930)
When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
Doughboys (1930)
Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she’ll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he’s hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army….
Monte Carlo (1930)
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.