Cartoons released in 1931

224 cartoons ← 1930 1932 →

  1. Her First Egg

    July 26, 1931 No. 3115 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  2. Radio Rhythm

    July 27, 1931 No. 3111 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    A piano player gets zapped by a Twilight Zone-style radio set.

  3. The Cat's Out

    July 28, 1931 No. CS-20 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    A Cat- being a cat, makes trouble for the birds. But in his dreams later that night, the birds come back for their revenge.

  4. Say A Little Prayer For Me

    July 1931 (estimated) Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Featuring The Singing Organist (Live-Action)

  5. The Tree's Knees

    July 1931 (estimated) No. 4725 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    Bosko sets out to cut down a tree, and you just know that he'll have problems when the tree begins to beg for its life. Bosko's lumbering intentions take a turn toward conservation as trees…

  6. Betty Co-Ed

    August 1, 1931 No. FL3121 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Betty Co-Ed is wooed by a dweebish frat boy. Rudy Vallee sings an unflattering song about her. No one is spared in this look at college life. In fact, one scene has graduates coming out in…

  7. Wot A Night

    August 1, 1931 No. VB-3116 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    It's so cold and rainy that even a car is sneezing and a train must paddle its way down the tracks! You're just as likely to find frogs riding in taxis as passengers. So begins this romp in…

  8. Big Game

    August 3, 1931 No. VB-3117 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  9. Svengarlic

    August 3, 1931 No. 3108 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    A devious musician takes Krazy's girlfriend to sing on stage.

  10. Jazz Mad

    August 9, 1931 No. 3116 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  11. The Little Pest

    August 15, 1931 No. 3109 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Featuring Scrappy, Margie, Yippie, Oopie, Vonsey

  12. Love In A Pond

    August 17, 1931 No. VB-3118 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  13. Blue Rhythm

    August 18, 1931 No. CM-16 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey plays the orchestra leader in this takeoff of Ted Lewis.

  14. Egyptian Melodies

    August 21, 1931 No. 3113 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    When a curious spider makes his way into the tomb of an ancient Egyptian, he discovers the strange wall paintings (and Mummies) have come to life for him.

  15. Bimbo's Express

    August 22, 1931 No. FL3122 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Bimbo and his hippo-looking assistant move Betty Boop using a horse-drawn van. Bimbo knocks on the door asking to come in. Betty says, "I can't open the door now, I'm in my nightie." Bimbo…

  16. Canadian Capers

    August 23, 1931 No. 3117 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Farmer Al Falfa

  17. Movie Mad

    August 29, 1931 Theatrical Series Celebrity Productions, Inc.

    Flip is excited over a book, "How to be a Movie Actor," so he crashes the gate of a Hollywood film studio. He soon has the bulldog studio guard at the gate throwing him out over and over ag…

  18. Mr. Gallagher And Mr. Shean

    August 29, 1931 No. FL3123 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

  19. Fly Hi

    August 31, 1931 No. VB-3119 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  20. Kentucky Belles

    September 2, 1931 No. 3112 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    About a horse race.

  21. Polar Pals

    September 5, 1931 No. VB-3120 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    Tom and Jerry go to the North Pole. Tom gets frozen into a block of ice. They play the piano for a bunch of dancing animals.

  22. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!

    September 5, 1931 No. 4825 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    Foxy dreams about being a trolley conductor on a trolley car to yesteryear running wild down the tracks to Memory Lane.

  23. Jesse And James

    September 6, 1931 No. 3118 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  24. Hot Feet

    September 14, 1931 No. 3113 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

  25. The Family Shoe

    September 14, 1931 No. VB-3121 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    A combination of two fables. The Old Lady lives in a run-down old shoe with all her children. Her son Jack climbs a giant beanstalk grown from magic beans and returns home with riches. They…

  26. Weenie Roast

    September 14, 1931 No. 3110 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Krazy and his girlfriend spend a day at the beach and end up in a wild roller-coaster ride. See the dancing weenies!

  27. Sunday Clothes

    September 15, 1931 No. 3111 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    Poor Scrappy is hounded by punks determined to destroy (or, at least, soil) his Sunday best.

  28. Peludópolis

    September 16, 1931 Theatrical Estudios Cristiani

    Political satire in which is shown the pirates led by El Peludo (President Hipólito Yrigoyen) addressing the ship of state and forces evict Pelado (former President Marcelo Torcuato de Alve…

  29. Bosko Shipwrecked!

    September 19, 1931 No. 4666 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    The title tells all in this adventure as Bosko finds himself on a ship at sea during a furious storm. However, his troubles are only beginning when he lands on an island populated by feroci…

  30. You're Driving Me Crazy

    September 19, 1931 No. FL3124 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Jungle animals sing and dance to a jazzy soundtrack.

  31. The Champ

    September 20, 1931 No. 3119 Theatrical Series TerryToon Cartoons

    Featuring Farmer Al Falfa

  32. The Village Specialist

    September 21, 1931 Theatrical Series Celebrity Productions, Inc.

    Flip the plumber makes a "two-holer" seat for his outhouse, which turns out to be his office/phone booth. He's called to an emergency at the house of an excited lady. Flip seems overmatched…

  33. Fishin' Around

    September 25, 1931 No. CM-17 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Despite fishing in a posted "No Fishing" area, Mickey and Pluto just can't catch a bite. The fish even taunt them. Fun turns to frolic and danger when the game warden shows up to put an end…

  34. Jail Birds

    September 26, 1931 Theatrical Series Celebrity Productions, Inc.

    Flip is a jail warden who has to deal with an escaped convict. Working with his horse, who seems almost as intelligent as he is, it has some amazing moments. Look in the background for two…

  35. Minding The Baby

    September 26, 1931 No. FL3125 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Bimbo's mom has a spat with her husband and has an affair with the ice man (their ice box is electric). Bimbo is tasked with babysitting his evil little brother while his mom goes shopping.…

  36. Fairyland Follies

    September 28, 1931 No. VB-3122 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  37. Lady, Play Your Mandolin!

    September 1931 (estimated) No. 4645 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    Customers in a south-of-the-border saloon are whooping it up and singing the title tune, while an ape waiter is serving everyone liquor. Meanwhile, Foxy is riding along on his horse while w…

  38. The Clock Store

    September 30, 1931 No. 3115 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    A lone lamplighter walks down the street lighting the streetlamps as he goes. He stops outside a clock store where, inside, the products perform their various alarms and dances. A fight bre…

  39. When Your Lover Has Gone

    September 1931 (estimated) Theatrical Series Leon Schlesinger Studios

    Featuring The Singing Organist (Live-Action)

  40. Sora No Momotarô

    October 1, 1931 Theatrical Yokohama Cinema Shokai

    Momotaro has been requested to fight off the Wild Eagle enemy which has suddenly appeared. He takes to the skies in his airplane, accompanied by a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant, and heads f…

  41. One More Time

    October 3, 1931 No. 4851 Theatrical Series A Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Production, Vitaphone Pictures

    A crime wave in the city? Not while our hero is on patrol. Cops and robbers to a hot tune.

  42. Around The World

    October 4, 1931 No. 3120 Theatrical TerryToon Cartoons

  43. Little Annie Rooney

    October 10, 1931 No. FL3126 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Based on the 1890 popular song, not the comic strip launched by King Features Syndicate in 1927 or the unrelated 1925 silent movie (with Mary Pickford in the title role). The cartoon ends w…

  44. The Barnyard Broadcast

    October 10, 1931 No. CM-18 Theatrical Series Walt Disney Studios

    Mickey and the gang make a wild radio show broadcast on station ICU.

  45. Trouble

    October 10, 1931 No. VB-3123 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

    Tom and Jerry are back as lawyers who specialize in "accident cases." "We haven't had a case in a month," laments Tom. Jerry cheers him up by reminding him that "accidents are bound to happ…

  46. Horse Cops

    October 12, 1931 No. VB-3124 Theatrical Series Van Beuren Studios

  47. The Hunter

    October 12, 1931 No. 3114 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    Featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

  48. Bars And Stripes

    October 15, 1931 No. MPAA: 1613 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    After a bad music session, Krazy loses his cool and tosses all the musical instruments out the window. Then the musical instruments declare a major war on Krazy, with Krazy getting bombarde…

  49. The Dog Snatcher

    October 15, 1931 No. 3112 Theatrical Series Columbia Pictures Corporation

    The adventures of a young boy and his dog. Vonsey and Oopie are the two bullies on the block who sometime give the two problems.

  50. In The Shade Of The Old Apple Sauce

    October 16, 1931 No. FL3127 Theatrical Series Fleischer Studios

    Featuring Bimbo, Koko the Clown