This is a list of Canadian films which were released in the 1930s.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
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1931 | |||||
Among the Igloo Dewellers | Documentary | [1] | |||
The Viking | Drama | Technically not a Canadian film, The Viking is a forgotten Hollywood potboiler that nevertheless contains remarkable early footage of the life and hardships of Newfoundland seal hunters. | |||
1933 | |||||
The Crimson Paradise (US title Fighting Playboy) | Nick Stuart, Lucile Browne | Drama shot in Vancouver | The first Canadian sound feature film; made with U.S. financing.[2] | ||
Damaged Lives | Diane Sinclair, Lyman Williams | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | ||
1935 | |||||
Lest We Forget | Short | Made by the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, the precursor to the National Film Board of Canada.[3] | |||
Rhapsody in Two Languages | Short | [4] | |||
Secrets of Chinatown | Nick Stuart, Lucile Brown | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | ||
1936 | |||||
From Nine to Nine | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
House in Order | John Pratt, Mildred Mitchell | Short drama | The film was sponsored by Shell Oil to promote its product. | ||
The King's Plate (released in the US as Thoroughbred) | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Lucky Corrigan (a/k/a Fury and the Woman) | Melodrama | Made with U.S. financing[5] | |||
Lucky Fugitives | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Secret Patrol | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Tugboat Princess | Walter C. Kelly, Valerie Hobson | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | ||
Undercover | Drama | Made with U.S. financing[6] | |||
1937 | |||||
En pays neuf | Documentary | [7] | |||
The Kinsmen | Short | From the Canadian Cameo series produced by Associated Screen News of Canada from Montreal.[8] | |||
Murder Is News | John Gallaude. Iris Meredith | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | ||
Patrol to the Northwest Passage | Documentary | [9] | |||
Stampede | Western | Made with U.S. financing | |||
What Price Vengeance | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Woman against the World | Melodrama | Made with U.S. financing[10] | |||
1938 | |||||
Convicted | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
Death Goes North | Drama | Made with U.S. financing[11] | |||
Across the Border (also known as Special Inspector) | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||
1939 | |||||
The Case of Charlie Gordon | Short | [12] |