1932 in film
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This is a list of films that were released in 1932.
Events
- Cary Grant's film career begins
- Katharine Hepburn's film career begins
- Shirley Temple's film career begins
- Disney releases Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor
- Santa, first sound film made in Mexico, released
- The term "Tollywood" is first used to describe the cinema of West Bengal, based at Tollygunge
Top grossing films
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shanghai Express | Paramount | Marlene Dietrich |
| 2. | Grand Hotel | MGM | Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore |
| 3. | A Farewell to Arms | Paramount | Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes |
| 4. | Red Dust | MGM | Jean Harlow and Clark Gable |
| 5. | The Champ | MGM | Wallace Beery |
| 6. | Trouble in Paradise | Paramount | Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis and Herbert Marshall |
| 7. | Love Me Tonight | Paramount | Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 8. | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Paramount | Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins |
| 9. | Red-Headed Woman | MGM | Jean Harlow |
| 10. | Scarface | United Artists | Paul Muni |
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Grand Hotel - MGM
Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are no 'Best Actor' or 'Best Actress' awards for 1932 films. The 1931-32 awards went to 1931 films.
1932 film releases
U.S.A. unless stated
January–March
- January 1932
- 2 January
- 14 January
- 15 January
- 19 January
- 22 January
- 23 January
- February 1932
- 2 February
- 13 February
- 18 February
- 20 February
- 21 February
- March 1932
- 1 March
- 6 March
- 22 March
- 24 March
- 25 March
- 30 March
April–June
- April 1932
- 9 April
- 12 April
- 17 April
- 18 April
- May 1932
- 6 May
- 7 May
- 14 May
- Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (Germany)
- 20 May
- 21 May
- 28 May
- June 1932
- 2 June
- 3 June
- 8 June
- 25 June
July–September
- July 1932
- 8 July
- 18 July
- 28 July
- August 1932
- 4 August
- 6 August
- 10 August
- 12 August
- 13 August
- 17 August
- 18 August
- 19 August
- 20 August
- September 1932
- 10 September
- 13 September
- 16 September
- 17 September
- 22 September
- 24 September
- 30 September
October–December
- October 1932
- 8 October
- 12 October
- 14 October
- 15 October
- 20 October
- 21 October
- 22 October
- 25 October
- 28 October
- 29 October
- 30 October
- November 1932
- 2 November
- 3 November
- 4 November
- 7 November
- 10 November
- 11 November
- 24 November
- 30 November
- December 1932
- 2 December
- 3 December
- 8 December
- 16 December
- 22 December
- 23 December
- 24 December
- 28 December
- 30 December
Notable films released in 1932
U.S.A. unless stated
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis
- The Age of Consent, directed by Gregory La Cava
- Air Mail, directed by John Ford
- American Madness, directed by Frank Capra, starring Walter Huston
- The Animal Kingdom, starring Leslie Howard, Ann Harding and Myrna Loy
- Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter (Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec), directed by Martin Frič - (Czechoslovakia)
- As You Desire Me, starring Greta Garbo
- L'Atlantide, directed by G.W. Pabst, starring Brigitte Helm - (Germany/France)
- Attorney for the Defense, starring Edmund Lowe and Evelyn Brent
- Back Street, starring Irene Dunne and John Boles
- The Bartered Bride (Die verkaufte Braut), directed by Max Ophüls - (Germany)
- The Beast of the City, starring Walter Huston, Jean Harlow and Wallace Ford
- The Big Broadcast, starring Bing Crosby
- Big City Blues, starring Eric Linden and Joan Blondell
- The Big Stampede, starring John Wayne
- A Bill of Divorcement, starring John Barrymore, Billie Burke and Katharine Hepburn in her film debut
- Bird of Paradise, starring Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea and Lon Chaney, Jr.
- Das blaue Licht (The Blue Light), starring and directed by Leni Riefenstahl - (Germany)
- Blonde Venus, directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant
- Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Michel Simon - (France)
- Broken Lullaby, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Lionel Barrymore
- Business and Pleasure, starring Will Rogers
- Cabin in the Cotton, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Richard Barthelmess and Bette Davis
- Call Her Savage, starring Clara Bow
- Charlie Chan's Chance, starring Warner Oland and H.B. Warner
- Cruiser Emden, directed by Louis Ralph - (Germany)
- Dance Pretty Lady, directed by Anthony Asquith (Britain)
- Dancers in the Dark, starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack Oakie
- The Dark Horse, starring Warren William and Bette Davis
- The Dentist, a W. C. Fields short produced by Mack Sennett
- Destry Rides Again, starring Tom Mix
- Devil and the Deep, starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton and Cary Grant
- Downstairs, starring John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce and Hedda Hopper
- Emma, starring Marie Dressler
- F.P.1 (F.P.1 antwortet nicht) - (Germany)
- Faithless, starring Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery
- Fanny, directed by Marc Allegret, starring Raimu - (France)
- A Farewell to Arms, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes
- Fast Life, starring William Haines and Madge Evans
- Flowers and Trees, a Walt Disney animated short
- Forbidden, directed by Frank Capra, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Freaks, directed by Tod Browning
- Goodnight, Vienna, directed by Herbert Wilcox, starring Jack Buchanan and Anna Neagle - (GB)
- Grand Hotel, starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore
- Happy Ever After (Ein blonder Traum), starring Lilian Harvey and Jack Hulbert - (Germany)
- Horse Feathers, starring the Marx Brothers with Thelma Todd
- Hotel Splendide, directed by Michael Powell - (GB)
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Paul Muni
- I Was Born, But... (Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
- If I Had a Million, an anthology comedy film with an all-star cast including W.C. Fields, May Robson, George Raft, Charles Laughton and Gary Cooper
- Impatient Maiden, starring Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke
- Island of Lost Souls, an adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen and Bela Lugosi
- Ivan - directed by Alexander Dovzhenko - (U.S.S.R.)
- Jack's the Boy directed by Walter Forde, starring Jack Hulbert - (GB)
- Jewel Robbery, starring William Powell and Kay Francis
- Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (To Whom Does the World Belong?) - (Germany)
- The Last Mile, starring Preston Foster
- Law and Order, starring Walter Huston and Harry Carey
- The Local Bad Man, starring Hoot Gibson
- Love Me Tonight, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald (as Jeanette Mac Donald)
- The Lucky Number, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Gordon Harker - (GB)
- The Man Who Played God (aka The Silent Voice), starring George Arliss and Bette Davis
- Merrily We Go to Hell, directed by Dorothy Arzner, starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney
- The Midshipmaid, starring Jessie Matthews - (GB)
- Million Dollar Legs, starring Jack Oakie and W. C. Fields
- The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks and Robert Armstrong, involving much of the same cast and crew of the following year's King Kong.
- The Mouthpiece, starring Warren William
- Movie Crazy, a comedy starring Harold Lloyd
- The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff
- Murders in the Rue Morgue, starring Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox and Leon Ames
- Night After Night, starring George Raft and Mae West in her film debut
- Night at the Crossroads (La Nuit du carrefour), directed by Jean Renoir - (France)
- Odds 777 - (Denmark)
- The Old Dark House, directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Ernest Thesiger and Raymond Massey
- One Hour with You, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles
- One Way Passage, directed by Tay Garnett, starring William Powell and Kay Francis
- Pack Up Your Troubles, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Payment Deferred, starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan
- Rain, starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston
- Rasputin and the Empress, starring John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore
- Rasputin, Demon with Women (Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen), starring Conrad Veidt - (Germany)
- Razzia in Sankt Pauli (Raid in St. Pauli) - (Germany)
- Red Dust, directed by Victor Fleming, starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable
- Red-Headed Woman, starring Jean Harlow
- Rome Express, directed by Walter Forde, starring Conrad Veidt and Esther Ralston - (GB)
- Santa - (Mexico)
- Scarface, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft and Boris Karloff
- Scarlet Dawn, directed by William Dieterle, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Nancy Carroll
- Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland
- Sherlock Holmes
- The Sign of the Cross, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fredric March and Claudette Colbert
- A Simple Case (Prostoy sloochay) - (U.S.S.R.)
- Smilin' Through, starring Norma Shearer
- Spring Shower (Tavaszi zápor) - (Hungary/France)
- Tarzan the Ape Man, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
- Taxi!, starring James Cagney and Loretta Young
- They Just Had to Get Married, starring Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts
- Three Modern Women, directed by Bu Wancang, starring Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan – (China)
- Three on a Match, starring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis
- Tiger Shark, starring Edward G. Robinson
- Trouble in Paradise, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis and Herbert Marshall
- Two Seconds, starring Edward G. Robinson
- Unheimliche Geschichten remake w/ sound of the 1919 film - (Germany)
- The Undertaker (Funebrák), directed by Karel Lamač - (Czechoslovakia)
- Union Depot, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Blondell
- Vampyr, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - (Germany/France)
- Virtue, starring Carole Lombard and Pat O'Brien
- What Price Hollywood?, directed by George Cukor, starring Constance Bennett
- What Scoundrels Men Are! (Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!), starring Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
- White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi
- Wooden Crosses (Les croix de bois), directed by Raymond Bernard - (France)
- Young America, starring Spencer Tracy
Serials
- The Airmail Mystery
- Detective Lloyd
- The Devil Horse
- Heroes of the West
- The Hurricane Express, starring John Wayne
- The Jungle Mystery
- The Last Frontier
- The Last of the Mohicans
- The Lost Special
- The Shadow of the Eagle, starring John Wayne
Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917–1941)
- Our Gang (1922–1944)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
- Shirley Temple (1932–1946)
Animated short film series
- Flowers and Trees (1933)
- Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1933)
- Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
- Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
- Silly Symphonies
- The Bird Store
- The Bears and the Bees
- Just Dogs
- Flowers and Trees
- King Neptune
- Bugs in Love
- Babes in the Woods
- Santa's Workshop
- Screen Songs (1929–1938)
- Talkartoons (1929-1932)
- Minnie the Moocher (featuring Betty Boop)
- Sink or Swim S.O.S (featuring Betty Boop)
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Flip the Frog (1930–1933)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Scrappy (1931–1941)
- Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) (1931–1933)
- Betty Boop (1932-1939)
- Stopping the Show
- Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
- Betty Boop, M.D.
- Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
- Betty Boop's Ups and Down
- Betty Boop for President
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
- Betty Boop's Museum
- Pooch the Pup (1932-1933)
Births
- January 3 - Dabney Coleman, actor
- January 4 - Carlos Saura, director
- January 22 - Piper Laurie, actress
- February 6 - François Truffaut, French film director (died 1984)
- February 13 - Susan Oliver, actress, (died 1990)
- February 14 - Alexander Kluge, German director
- February 18 – Miloš Forman, director
- February 23 - Majel Barrett, actress (died 2008)
- February 27 - Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (died 2011)
- March 31 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director (died 2013)
- April 1 - Debbie Reynolds, singer, actress, dancer
- April 4
- Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet director (died 1986)
- Anthony Perkins, actor (died 1992)
- April 10
- Delphine Seyrig, French actress (died 1990)
- Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (died 2015)
- April 27 - Anouk Aimée, French actress
- June 6 - Anne Claire Poirier, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- June 18 - David Herriot, Irish actor (died 2000)
- June 22 - Prunella Scales English actress
- August 2 - Peter O'Toole, Anglo-Irish actor (died 2013)
- September 29 - Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, producer (died 2004)
- October 13 - Dušan Makavejev, Serbian director
- October 20 - William Christopher, actor
- November 10 - Roy Scheider, actor (died 2008)
- November 13 - Richard Mulligan, actor (died 2000)
- November 15 - Petula Clark, British actress, film composer
- November 22 - Robert Vaughn, actor
- December 7 - Ellen Burstyn, actress
Deaths
- February 15 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American stage star made silent films
- June 30 - Bruno Kastner, German actor
- July 17 - Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor
- August 1 - James R. Quirk, American editor and publisher of Photoplay magazine
- August 10 - Rin Tin Tin, canine actor
- September 1 - Guy Oliver, American actor
- September 16 - Peg Entwistle, British-born American actress
- November 27 - Evelyn Preer, American actress, singer
Film debuts
- Ingrid Bergman - Landskamp
- Robert Donat - Over Night
- Cary Grant - This Is the Night
- Katharine Hepburn - A Bill of Divorcement
- Alan Ladd - Tom Brown of Culver
- John Mills - Midshipmaid Gob
- David Niven - There Goes the Bride
- Dick Powell - Blessed Event
- Kate Smith - The Big Broadcast
- Jacques Tati - Oscar, champion de tennis
- Shirley Temple - Runt Page
- Mae West - Night After Night
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