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The History of Cinema: 1931 |
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25/3 - |
The Nippon Gekkyo, a 4,000 seat cinema with three screens and giant organs, opens in Tokyo. [ADD] | |||
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Madamu to nyobo (The Neighbour’s Wife), Heinosuke Gosho’s comedy starring Atsushi Watanabe and Kinuyo Tanaka is released. It is Japan’s first all-sound feature. [ADD] | |||
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| – Onyte ir Jonelis (Annie and Johnny), directed by Vladas Stipaitis and Jurgis Linartis is released. It is the country’s first full-length feature film and is produced by the Akis production company. [ADD] | ||||
| Macedonia | ||||
| – The Office of Hygiene in Skopje produces a number of public information films. Cinematographer Stevan Mishkovic makes Malaria, Sun and Air, Infection Wins, Among the Future House Hosts, and Earthquake on the South, about an earthquake in Valandovo. [ADD] | ||||
| – The magazine Juzhni Pregled publishes film reviews written by Professor Petar Mitropan, Josip Kulundzic and others. [ADD] | ||||
| Mexico | ||||
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| – Santa, Mexico’s first sound film, is released. It is directed by actor Antonio Moreno. [ADD] | ||||
| Norway | ||||
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| – Tancred Ibsen’s Den store barnedåpen, Norway’s first sound film, is released. [ADD] | ||||
| Portugal | ||||
| 21/9 - | 23-year-old Manoel de Oliveira’s first film, Duoro, Faina Fluvial (Working on the Duoro River) is released to critical acclaim. [ADD] | |||
| Slovenia | ||||
| – V kraljestvu Zlatorog (In the Kingdom of the Goldhorn), Slovenia’s first fiction film, is released. [ADD] | ||||
| South Africa | ||||
| – The Entertainments Censorship Act is passed. [ADD] | ||||
| Sweden | ||||
| 14/9 - | Gustaf Molander’s En Natt (One Night), starring Karin Swanstrom, Ingert Bjuggren and Gerda Lundeqvist premieres in Stockholm. [ADD] | |||
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| – The Helios Production Company is formed and releases writer-director Ismail Anzour’s That sama’a Dimashq (Under Damascus Skies). The film is silent, and is not successful in the face of competition from foreign sound films. [ADD] | ||||
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| 5/1 - | Prostoy Sluchay (Life is Beautiful), Vselevod Pudovkin’s first sound film, receives a mixed response from audiences due to its use of slow motion and extravagant scenario. [ADD] | |||
| – Soviet film stock factories begin production, and are producing the Soviet Union’s entire requirements within 12 months. [ADD] | ||||
| Yugoslavia | ||||
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The Film distribution Law comes into effect. This requires that at least 5% of all films shown in cinemas must be ‘cultural films’ (domestic features and documentaries). This percentage is to increase to 7% and then 15% by 1933. [ADD] | |||
| – Mihajlo Popovic’s Sa verom u Boga is released. Popovic is a cameraman and owner of MAP Film, who produce the 42 minute short. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key Films of 1931 |
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| Philippines | ||||
| Lihim ni Bathala (God’s Secret) (Teodoro Virrey) [ADD] | ||||
| Romania | ||||
| Aur (Jean Mihail) [ADD] | ||||
| USSR | ||||
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| Odna (Grigori Kosintzev, Leonid Trauberg) [ADD] | ||||
| Zlatye gory (Sergei Yutkevitch) [ADD] | ||||
| Putovka v zhizn (Nikolai Ekk) [ADD] | ||||
| The History of Cinema: 1931 | ||||
| Argentina - Italy | ||||
| France | ||||
| Gt Britain | ||||
| USA January - June | ||||
| USA July - December | ||||
