Video: 'Grand Hotel' trailer
(Tuesday, April 12, 1932) — Grand Hotel , a film about guests at a posh Berlin hotel who struggle through scandal and heartache, premiered tonight at the Astor in New York. Continue reading ‘Grand Hotel ‘ premieres in New York 80 years ago today (1932)
(Thursday, March 31, 1932) — Scarface, a film about gang warfare and police intervention when rival gangs fight over control of a city, premiered today in the U.S.
Directed by Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson, the film stars Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, Vince Barnett, Edwin Maxwell, and Boris Karloff.
Video: 'One Hour With You' clip
(Tuesday, March 22, 1932) — One Hour with You, a musical comedy about a married couple who find themselves attracted to other people, premiered today in the U.S.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch (“with the assistance of” George Cukor), the film stars Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles.
In 1932, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (click here to watch the complete film).
(Tuesday, March 14, 1932) — Photography pioneer George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak Co., died by his own hand with a single gunshot to the heart today at age 77 in Rochester, New York. Eastman, in intense pain caused by a degenerative disorder affecting his spine, left a note which read, “To my friends: my work is done. Why wait?”
Video: Short history of Ivar Kreuger (in Swedish; death at 4:12)
(Saturday, March 12, 1932) — The so-called “Swedish Match King,” Ivar Kreuger, 52, was found shot dead today in his Paris apartment, an apparent suicide, leaving behind a financial empire that turned out to be worthless.
'Shanghai Express' clip
(Tuesday, February 2, 1932) — A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey in Shanghai Express, which opened today in New York City.
Directed by Josef von Sternberg, the film stars Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, and Warner Oland (click here to watch the entire film).
Video: Cardinals win 1931 World Series
(Saturday, October 10, 1931) — The St. Louis Cardinals won the 1931 World Series today, beating the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2 at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis in the seventh and deciding game.
(Saturday, September 19, 1931) — Monkey Business, the third Marx Brothers’ comedy film, opened today in the U.S. The story takes place in large part on an ocean liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
(watch Gandhi's arrival in London @ 1:12 into embedded video)
(Saturday, September 12, 1931) — Mahatma Gandhi, the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement, arrived in London this afternoon in a chilling and drenching rain, determined to do his best at the second Round Table Conference for the “dumb and semi-starved millions” of India.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2hDKOhS7KM
(Thursday, April 23, 1931) — The Public Enemy, a film about a young hoodlum who rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, opens in the U.S.
