1931 Short Movies

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)

Directed by William C. McGann - With Wallace Beery, Buster Keaton, Edward G. Robinson, Laurel and Hardy, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, ...

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One Good Turn(1931)

| 20min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 15 votes)

Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.

Directed by James W. Horne - With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Carr, Jimmy Finlayson, Billy Gilbert, Gordon Douglas, ...

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Laughing Gravy(1930)

| 20min | Comedy

3.6/5 (with 22 votes)

Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.

Directed by James W. Horne - With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Charles Dorety, Harry Bernard

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Flunky, Work Hard!(1931)

29min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

A short concerning an impoverished insurance salesman and his scrappy son, whose fisticuffs with the other boys of their village put his father’s livelihood in jeopardy.

Directed by Mikio Naruse

On the Loose(1931)

20min | Comedy

3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.

Directed by Hal Roach - With ZaSu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Billy Gilbert, Charlie Hall, Claud Allister, Gordon Douglas, ...

Little Daddy(1931)

20min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Big Ears(1931)

20min | Comedy

2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Wheezer pretends to be sick in order to get his parents to stop fighting.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Dogs Is Dogs(1931)

21min | Comedy

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Love Business(1931)

20min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands(1931)

20min

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short Subject (Comedy), but was disqualified.

Directed by Bryan Foy - With Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Mary Carr, Owen Moore, Ford Sterling, ...

Idle Roomers(1931)

| 9min | Comedy

Idle Roomers is a 1931 Comedy short.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle

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Helping Grandma(1931)

21min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Shiver My Timbers(1931)

20min | Kids & Family, Comedy

3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan - With Billy Gilbert, June Marlowe

A Bronx Morning(1931)

11min | Documentary

3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

Arrival in the Bronx is shown with a view from an elevated train as it enters the city. Then follows a montage of sights from the Bronx. Many typical neighborhood activities are shown, along with scenes from many local businesses.

Directed by Jay Leyda

The Lure of Hollywood(1931)

| 20min | Comedy

Two aspiring actresses encounter mishaps during a shoot.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle

Bargain Day(1931)

20min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan - With Tiny Sandford

The Back Page(1931)

| 20min | Comedy

The Back Page is a 1931 Comedy short.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Roscoe Arbuckle

Honeymoon Trio(1931)

| 10min | Comedy

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

This Educational Comedies one-reeler is all about Walter Catlett in his obnoxious mode as he somehow imposes himself completely on Al St. John and Dorothy Granger as they go on their honeymoon. Dorothy never seems to notice anything odd about this situation -- which renders it all the funnier -- while Al St. John builds up quite a head of steam in what amounts to a ten-minute slow burn, worthy of Edgar Kennedy at his best.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Walter Catlett, Dorothy Granger, Al St. John

One More Chance(1931)

20min | Music, Comedy

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Bing Bangs (Crosby) is a salesman for "Magic" washing machines and his demonstration of the machine at the beginning of the film results in disaster. Crosby later gains a transfer from Hoboken to California and he drives his wife Ethel and her Uncle Joe (who dislikes Bing) in an open car on the journey having many adventures en route. Uncle Joe presses Ethel to divorce Bing and marry a more desirable suitor called Percy Howard. Ethel, Joe and Percy are dining in a California night club when the announcer refers to the sponsor, the Magic Washing Machine Company and introduces their singer. It is Crosby and he sings "Just One More Chance" and he and Ethel reunite.

Directed by Mack Sennett - With Bing Crosby

Up Pops the Duke(1931)

| 20min | Comedy

Up Pops the Duke is a 1931 Comedy short.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With George Chandler

The Darktown Revue(1931)

18min | Comedy, Music

1.6/5 (with 2 votes)

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 with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon David playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davus was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Michaeux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.

Directed by Oscar Micheaux - With Tim Moore

That's My Line(1931)

| 20min | Comedy

The first in RKO Pathe's series of "Traveling Salesman Comedies" has Louis John Bartels traveling to Mexico to sell his line of underwear. He garners the attention of a fair senorita which does not set well with the chief of a gang of bandits, and Bartels is soon seeking the USA/Mexico borderline.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Al Thompson, Gino Corrado, Glen Cavender, Paul Hurst

Take 'em and Shake 'em(1931)

| 18min | Comedy

Take 'em and Shake 'em is a 1931 Comedy short.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With June MacCloy, Marion Shilling, Gertrude Short, Charles Judels, Arthur Hoyt

Smart Work(1931)

| 10min | Comedy

Billy Dooley is a suspicious husband who, as a private detective, takes a job from a woman who thinks her husband is running around with another woman. The latter is actually Billy's wife, who is buying a car from the man as a present for Billy. But Billy doesn't know that.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Addie McPhail

Ex-Plumber(1931)

| 21min | Comedy

Ex-Plumber is a 1931 Comedy short.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Lloyd Hamilton

I have something to tell you(1930)

21min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A man who claims to be the lover of a married woman goes to find the husband and reveals to him that the lady is giving her favors to a third thief. Now the lover got the wrong floor and apartment.

Directed by Marc Allégret - With Fernandel, Paulette Dubost, Pierre Darteuil

Three Hollywood Girls(1931)

| 20min | Comedy

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Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Lane Sisters

Marriage Rows(1931)

| 19min | Comedy

Marriage Rows is a 1931 Comedy short.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Lloyd Hamilton

Once a Hero(1931)

| 19min | Comedy

A 1931 Comedy short.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Emerson Treacy

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1931 Short Movies

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Beau Hunks(1931)

The Stolen Jools(1931)

One Good Turn(1931)

Laughing Gravy(1930)

Flunky, Work Hard!(1931)

On the Loose(1931)

Little Daddy(1931)

Big Ears(1931)

Dogs Is Dogs(1931)

Love Business(1931)

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands(1931)

Idle Roomers(1931)

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Helping Grandma(1931)

Shiver My Timbers(1931)

A Bronx Morning(1931)

The Lure of Hollywood(1931)

Bargain Day(1931)

The Back Page(1931)

Honeymoon Trio(1931)

One More Chance(1931)

Up Pops the Duke(1931)

The Darktown Revue(1931)

That's My Line(1931)

Take 'em and Shake 'em(1931)

Smart Work(1931)

Ex-Plumber(1931)

I have something to tell you(1930)

Three Hollywood Girls(1931)

Marriage Rows(1931)

Once a Hero(1931)

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