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1931 Frankenstein Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller N/R, 70 Minutes
Director: James Whale More Info
Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Lionel Belmore, Michael Mark, Pauline Moore, Francis Ford Boris Karloff plays Frankenstein's monster in this "father of horror films." It is the story of Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) who digs up new graves in search of body parts for his experiments in the creation of human life. Frankenstein does succeed, but the life he creates has a violent and murderous brain. When Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth (Mae Clarke) arrives at his laboratory with Victor (John Boles) and Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan), they find an eerie scene and a totally changed Frankenstein obsessed with the creation of his monster. |
1931 La Chienne Foreign / Thriller N/R, 95 Minutes
Director: Jean Renoir More Info
Starring: Michel Simon, Janie Mareze, Georges Flamant, Magdeleine Berubet, Roger Gaillard, Jean Gehret, Alexandre Rignault, Lucien Mancini, Romain Bouquet, Max Dalban Painfully shy Maurice Legrand (Michel Simon) paints pictures as an escape from his miserable home life with his nagging wife, Adele (Magdeleine Berubet). One night, he meets Lulu (Janie Mareze) and becomes her lover, but Lulu is really a manipulative prostitute working for her pimp, Dede (Georges Flamant). Together, Lulu and Dede contrive to sell Maurice's paintings for their own financial benefit. Finally, Maurice lashes out and kills Lulu. Police question him but believe he does not fit the pattern of a murderer. In an intriguing twist, it is Dede who is charged with, and convicted of, Lulu's murder. |
1931 M Foreign / Drama / Thriller N/R, 99 Minutes
Director: Fritz Lang More Info
Starring: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens, Theodor Loos, Theo Lingen, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Franz Stein, Friedrich Gnab, Fritz Odemar In Peter Lorre's first film role, he plays a child killer who is being hunted by both police and the underworld. A chilling Fritz Lang masterpiece. |
1931 Marius Action / Drama / Thriller N/R, 125 Minutes
Director: Alexander Korda More Info
Starring: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe, Paul Dullac, Alexandre Mihalesco, Robert Vattier, Edouard Delmont, Milly Mathis In this the first of Marcel Pagnol's trilogy–"Fanny" (1932) and "Cesar" (1936) would follow–the story begins in Marseilles in the late 1920s. Marius (Pierre Fresnay) and Fanny (Orane Demazis) are in love, but Marius delays marriage because he longs to go to sea. Fanny, at long last, understands his desire and grants him his wish. |
1931 Night Nurse Drama / Mystery / Thriller N/R, 73 Minutes
Director: William A. Wellman More Info
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon, Charles Winninger, Clark Gable, Edward J. Nugent, Blanche Friderici, Walter McGrail, Ralf Harolde, Vera Lewis Student nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) learns of a plot to starve her young patients Nanny (Marcia Mae Jones) and Desney (Betty Jane Graham) who are heirs to a large inheritance. The family chauffeur Nick (Clark Gable) plans to marry the children's mother (Charlotte Merriam), and he wants to take control of the inheritance. Now it is up to Lora's nurse friend B. Maloney (Joan Blondell) and bootlegging boyfriend Mortie (Ben Lyon) to come to Laura's aid and save the children. |
1931 The Phantom Mystery / Thriller / Comedy N/R, 62 Minutes
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1932 Doctor X Horror / Thriller N/R, 77 Minutes
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1932 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Drama / Horror / Thriller N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Rouben Mamoulian More Info
Starring: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton, Douglas Walton, Sam Harris, Tempe Pigott, Eric Wilton Fredric March won the Oscar for his performance in this, the first, sound production of the famous tale by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll (March) experiments with good and evil and drinks a potion after which his dark side emerges as the evil Mr. Hyde whose lecherous appetite is unrestrained. Dr. Jekyll is unable to restrain Mr. Hyde, and tragedy ensues. |
1932 Freaks Horror / Thriller N/R, 64 Minutes
Director: Tod Browning More Info
Starring: Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor, Edward Brophy, Matt McHugh, Rose Dione, Harry Earles, Daisy and Violet Hilton This is producer Irving Thalberg's classic film about circus sideshow "freaks." "Little person" Hans (Harry Earles) marries trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova), but Cleopatra is planning to kill him, collect his money, and run off with strongman Hercules (Henry Victor). However, there is a code of honor among circus freaks, and they are keeping an eye on Cleopatra. The freaks uncover Cleopatra's scheme after she poisons Hans, and they transform her into a Feathered Hen. This insightful horror film forces the viewer to rethink preconceived ideas about those who are "different." |
1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu Horror / Thriller N/R, 68 Minutes
Director: Charles Brabin More Info
Starring: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, David Torrence, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Lawrence Grant, Herbert Bunston Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) plots to obtain the mask of Genghis Khan, which will give him the necessary means to rule the world. Falling into his torture chamber are Terrence Granville (Charles Starrett) and Sheila (Karen Morley), but Scotland Yard's Investigator Nayland Smith (Lewis Stone) enters the picture and saves both the hapless couple and the world from the influence of Fu Manchu. |
1932 The Monster Walks Horror / Thriller N/R, 63 Minutes
Director: Frank R. Strayer More Info
Starring: Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Sheldon Lewis, Mischa Auer, Martha Mattox, Sidney Bracey, Willie Best Ruth (Vera Reynolds) inherits an estate from her scientist father who also left her an ape used in his experiments. Ruth and Ted (Rex Lease) arrive at the estate to claim the inheritance. But, nasty Uncle Robert (Sheldon Lewis) wants the estate for himself. So, he plots to have the mentally challenged son (Mischa Auer) of his housekeeper (Martha Mattox) and the ape take care of Ruth. But things go wrong in this "Old Dark House" tale. |
1932 The Most Dangerous Game Thriller N/R, 63 Minutes
Director: Irving Pichel More Info
Starring: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Leslie Banks, Noble Johnson, Steve Clemente, Hale Hamilton, William B. Davidson, Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian, James Flavin Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks) lives in his castle on his remote island while awaiting boats that often wreck on the island. When one unfortunate ship wrecks, the count greets the three boaters graciously. But it soon becomes clear that he loves to hunt humans. Let the sports begin! This is the first (and best) filming of this often-told story, which was remade as "A Game of Death" and "Run for the Sun." Producer Ernest B. Schoedsack, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and others in this movie were filming "King Kong" at the same time. |
1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue Horror / Thriller N/R, 75 Minutes
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1932 Number Seventeen Comedy / Thriller N/R, 65 Minutes
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1932 The Old Dark House Horror / Drama / Thriller N/R, 70 Minutes
Director: James Whale More Info
Starring: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Elspeth Dudgeon, Eva Moore, Brember Wills Coming in from the cold was not necessarily good for a group of travelers–Philip and Margaret Waverton (Raymond Massey and Gloria Stuart) and their friend Penderel (Melvyn Douglas)–who seek shelter in a spooky old house. After banging on the door, they are coldly greeted by butler Morgan (Boris Karloff) and the Fenn family–Horace (Ernest Thesiger) and his deaf sister Rebecca (Eva Moore). Wind-blown travelers Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton) and chorus girl Gladys (Lilian Bond) also seek refuge at the house. Matters deteriorate when Morgan gets drunk and releases psychotic pyromaniac Saul Fenn (Brember Wills) who tries to kill Penderel and set the house on fire. |
1932 Tangled Destinies Mystery / Thriller N/R, 64 Minutes
Director: Frank R. Strayer More Info
Starring: Lloyd Whitlock, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Sidney Bracey, Gene Morgan, Ethel Wales, Syd Saylor, Monaei Lindley, James B. Leong After a forced landing in the desert, passengers and crew of a plane bound for Los Angeles find refuge in an old house. Then the lights go out, one passenger is murdered, and his bag of diamonds is missing. An insurance investigator (Sidney Bracey) has his work cut out for him to identify the killer before more murders and mayhem ensue. |
1932 Thirteen Women Horror / Thriller N/R, 73 Minutes
Director: George Archainbaud More Info
Starring: Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez, Myrna Loy, Jill Esmond, Florence Eldridge, Kay Johnson, Mary Duncan, C. Henry Gordon, Peg Entwistle, Harriet Hagman Years after her alienation from a group of sorority sisters, a woman (Myrna Loy) is determined to seek revenge for their callous racial biases. |
1932 White Zombie Horror / Thriller / Romance N/R, 73 Minutes
Director: Victor Halperin More Info
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer, John Harron, Clarence Muse, Brandon Hurst, George Burr Macannan, Frederick Peters, Annette Stone Monsieur Charles Beaumont (Robert Frazer) is the wealthy owner of an island, and he uses zombies led by "Murder" Legendre (Bela Lugosi) to control his world. Charles convinces Madeleine (Madge Bellamy) and Neil (John Harron) to get married on his plantation. Then, Charles gets Legendre to turn Madeleine into a zombie. Using Madeleine as a hold over Charles, Legendre refuses to release her soul. A grieving Neil, with help from missionary Dr. Bruner (Joseph Cawthorn), searches for and rescues Madeleine from a Living Death. |
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1933 The Ghoul Horror / Thriller N/R, 73 Minutes
Director: T. Hayes Hunter More Info
Starring: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Dorothy Hyson, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Bushell, Kathleen Harrison, Harold Huth, D.A. Clarke-Smith, George Relph An eccentric Egyptologist, Professor Morlant (Boris Karloff), was buried with a jewel that guaranteed immortality. After his grave is robbed, Morlant's corpse rises from the crypt during the next full moon. He sets out after the robbers, and murders ensue before Morlant retrieves the jewel and then returns to his crypt with it. |
1933 The Invisible Man Sci-Fi / Horror / Drama / Thriller N/R, 71 Minutes
Director: James Whale More Info
Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Una O'Connor, Henry Travers, William Harrigan, Holmes Herbert, E.E. Clive, Dudley Digges, Walter Brennan, John Carradine H.G. Wells wrote the story, which was then adapted to film in this excellent, early-era movie that marks the film debut of Claude Rains. The plot involves a scientist (Rains) who invents an invisibility serum with one bad side effect: using it causes the person to go insane, and he does. |
1933 Island of Lost Souls Horror / Thriller N/R, 70 Minutes
Director: Erle C. Kenton More Info
Starring: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Randolph Scott, Tetsu Komai, Alan Ladd Adapted from the H.G. Wells story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau," this film is about a mad scientist who turns wild animals into monster humans. Better than the more recent versions, despite its age. That's young Alan Ladd and Randolph Scott as ape-men. |
1933 King Kong Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Thriller N/R, 100 Minutes
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1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum Horror / Thriller N/R, 78 Minutes
Director: Michael Curtiz More Info
Starring: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh, Allen Vincent, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gavin Gordon, Edwin Maxwell, Holmes Herbert, DeWitt Jennings Following his hideous disfigurement in a fire at his London wax museum, the owner relocates to America where he opens a new museum. This time his figures are his own murder victims encased in wax. This is the first horror film not set in the usual old, gloomy manse and was remade with Vincent Price in the lead as "House of Wax." |
1933 Night of Terror Horror / Thriller N/R, 60 Minutes
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1933 The Son of Kong Horror / Thriller N/R, 69 Minutes
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack More Info
Starring: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston, Victor(2) Wong, Ed Brady, Lee Kohlmar, Clarence Wilson, Kathrin Clare Ward, Noble Johnson In this follow-on to the highly successful "King Kong," explorer Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) returns to the place where he found Kong. He also had to get away from the hassles of the aftermath of Kong's "visit" to New York City. Upon his return, he finds Kong's son who befriends the party after they save his life. Together, they fight the many beasts in the area. Lighthearted and comedic but cheaply made, and it shows. |
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Full listing of Thriller movies from the 1930's | 39 Steps, The (1935)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Black Cat (1934)
Black Gold (1936)
Black Room (1935)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
Charlie Chan in London (1934)
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Condemned to Live (1935)
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
Devil-Doll (1936)
Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
Doctor X (1932)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Exile Express (1939)
Frankenstein (1931)
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Freaks (1932)
General Died at Dawn, The (1936)
Ghoul, The (1933)
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1939)
Invisible Man (1933)
Invisible Ray (1936)
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
King Kong (1933)
La Chienne (1931)
Lost Jungle, The (1934)
M (1931)
Mad Love (1935)
Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Marius (1931)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Marked Woman (1937)
Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Missing Girls (1936)
Monster Walks (1932)
Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Murder in the Museum (1934)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Night Must Fall (1937)
Night Nurse (1931)
Night of Terror (1933)
Number Seventeen (1932)
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Old Dark House, The (1932)
Phantom (1931)
Q Planes (1939)
Raven (1935)
Rebellion (1936)
Return of Dr. X (1939)
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Roaring Twenties (1939)
Sabotage (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Son of Kong (1933)
Study in Scarlet, A (1933)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
Tangled Destinies (1932)
Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Thirteen Women (1932)
Three Musketeers (1933)
Torture Ship (1939)
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, The (1935)
Vampire Bat, The (1933)
Walking Dead, The (1936)
Werewolf of London (1935)
White Zombie (1932)
Young and Innocent (1937)
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