1932 in film

... 1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928 ...

... 1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942 ...

In television: 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935

In radio: 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935

Years in film

1870s
1880s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s 2020

This is a list of films that were released in 1932.

Events

Ingrid Bergman's film career begins
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	Worldwide Gross
1.	Shanghai Express	Paramount Pictures	$3,700,000
2.	Grand Hotel	MGM	$2,594,000
3.	Emma	MGM	$2,000,000
4.	Movie Crazy	Harold Lloyd Corporation	$1,439,000
5.	As You Desire Me	MGM	$1,363,000
6.	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Paramount Pictures	$1,250,000
7.	Strange Interlude	MGM	$1,240,000
8.	Red Dust	MGM	$1,223,000
9.	Arsène Lupin	MGM	$1,110,000
10.	Scarface	United Artists	$600,000

Academy Awards

Film poster of Grand Hotel

The best Picture of 5th Academy Awards: 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
  - Emma
- 14 January
  - Union Depot
- 15 January
  - Forbidden
  - The Local Bad Man
- 19 January
  - Broken Lullaby
- 22 January
  - Charlie Chan's Chance
- 23 January
  - Taxi!
February 1932
- 2 February
  - Shanghai Express
- 13 February
  - The Beast of the City
- 18 February
  - Law and Order
- 20 February
  - Freaks
  - The Man Who Played God
- 21 February
  - Murders in the Rue Morgue
March 1932
- 1 March
  - Impatient Maiden
- 6 March
  - Business and Pleasure
- 22 March
  - One Hour with You
- 24 March
  - Das blaue Licht (Germany)
- 25 March
  - Tarzan the Ape Man
- 30 March
  - Santa (Mexico)

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)
A Blonde Dream, starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Willi Forst - (Germany)
Blonde Venus, directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant
Blondie of the Follies, directed by Edmund Goulding; starring Marion Davies, Billie Dove, and Robert Montgomery
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
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
Polly of the Circus, directed by Alfred Santell; starring Marion Davies and Clark Gable
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)
Raid in St. Pauli (Raid in St. Pauli) - (Germany)
Red Dust, directed by Victor Fleming, starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable
The Red-Haired Alibi, starring Merna Kennedy Theodore Von Eltz Grant Withers and Shirley Temple
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 - (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 Shadow of the Eagle poster.

Ordered by release date:

January 4: Detective Lloyd, 12 chapters (216 min)
February 1: The Shadow of the Eagle, 12 chapters (218 minutes)
March 28: The Airmail Mystery, 12 chapters (225 min)
May 17: The Last of the Mohicans, 12 chapters (231 minutes)
June 20: Heroes of the West, 12 chapters (225 min)
August 1: The Hurricane Express, 12 chapters (227 min)
September 5: The Last Frontier, 12 chapters (213 minutes)
September 12: The Jungle Mystery, 12 chapters (240 min)
November 1: The Devil Horse, 12 chapters (216 min)
December 5: The Lost Special, 12 chapters (240 minutes)

Short film series

Lobby card for the 1932 Laurel and Hardy short film Any Old Port!.

Ordered by release date:

Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
Our Gang (1922-1944) The series was officially called both Our Gang and Hal Roach's Rascals until 1932, when Our Gang became the sole title of the series.
Shirley Temple (1932–1946)

Animated short film series

Ordered by release date of the film series. This list only includes shorts released in 1932:

Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1933)
Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
- 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)
- Sweet Jennie Lee (January 9)
- Show Me the Way to Go Home (January 30)
- When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (February 19)
- Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (March 4)
- Just One More Chance (April 1)
- Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (April 22)
- Shine On Harvest Moon (May 6)
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart (May 20)
- I Ain't Got Nobody (June 17)
- You Try Somebody Else (July 29)
- Rudy Vallee Melodies (August 5)
- Down Among the Sugar Cane (August 26)
- Just a Gigolo (September 9)
- School Days (September 30)
- Romantic Melodies (October 21)
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South (November 11)
- Sing a Song (December 2)
- Time on My Hands (December 23)
Talkartoons (1929-1932)
- Minnie the Moocher (featuring Betty Boop)
- Sink or Swim S.O.S (featuring Betty Boop)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Bosko's Store
- Bosko and Honey
- Bosko the Lumberjack
- Bosko and Bruno
- Bosko's Party
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)

Screenshot from a scene in The Butcher Boy.

- The Athlete (August 29)^[1]^[2]
- The Butcher Boy (September 26)^[1]^[3]
- The Crowd Snores (October 24)^[1]^[4]
- The Under Dog (November 7)^[1]^[5]
- Cats and Dogs (December 5)^[1]^[6]
Flowers and Trees (1933)

Births

January 3 - Dabney Coleman, actor
January 4
- Carlos Saura, director
- Richard Stahl, actor (died 2006)
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 (died 2016)
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 (died 2016)
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 (died 2016)
December 7 - Ellen Burstyn, actress

Deaths

February 15 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American stage star made silent films (born 1865)
June 30 - Bruno Kastner, German actor (born 1890)
July 17 - Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor (born 1862)
August 1 - James R. Quirk, American editor and publisher of Photoplay magazine (born 1884)
August 10 - Rin Tin Tin, canine actor (born 1918)
September 1 - Guy Oliver, American actor (born 1878)
September 16 - Peg Entwistle, British-born American actress (born 1908)
November 27 - Evelyn Preer, American actress, singer (born 1896)

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

References

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