List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1930–1939) explained

The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released in the 1930s.

1930

Release date	Title	Notes
January 3, 1930	The Bishop Murder Case
January 24, 1930	The Woman Racket
January 31, 1930	They Learned About Women	Technicolor sequences
January 31, 1930	The Ship from Shanghai
February 2, 1930	Not So Dumb
February 21, 1930	Anna Christie
February 23, 1930	Chasing Rainbows	Technicolor sequences
February 28, 1930	Lord Byron of Broadway	Technicolor sequences
February 28, 1930	A Lady to Love
March 15, 1930	The Girl Said No
March 20, 1930	Montana Moon
March 22, 1930	Free and Easy
April 12, 1930	This Mad World
April 19, 1930	The Divorcee	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
April 26, 1930	Children of Pleasure	Technicolor sequences
May 2, 1930	Redemption
May 3, 1930	Strictly Unconventional
May 10, 1930	Caught Short	A Cosmopolitan production
May 10, 1930	The Rogue Song
May 17, 1930	In Gay Madrid
May 24, 1930	The Lady of Scandal
May 30, 1930	The Florodora Girl	A Marion Davies production
June 14, 1930	The Big House	A Cosmopolitan production Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
June 21, 1930	One Embarrassing Night	US distribution; a Herbert Wilcox production for the British & Dominions Film Corporation
June 28, 1930	The Sins of the Children	A Cosmopolitan production
July 5, 1930	The Sea Bat
July 7, 1930	Estrellados	Spanish-language version of Free and Easy
July 12, 1930	The Unholy Three
July 19, 1930	Our Blushing Brides
August 2, 1930	Way Out West
August 9, 1930	Let Us Be Gay
August 16, 1930	Call of the Flesh	Technicolor sequences
August 23, 1930	Good News	Multicolor sequences
August 26, 1930	Romance
August 30, 1930	Doughboys
September 6, 1930	Love in the Rough
September 20, 1930	Madam Satan	Multicolor sequences
September 27, 1930	Men of the North
October 10, 1930	Olimpia	Spanish-language version of His Glorious Night
October 11, 1930	Those Three French Girls	A Cosmopolitan production
October 18, 1930	Billy the Kid
November 1, 1930	Way for a Sailor
November 8, 1930	A Lady's Morals
November 14, 1930	El presidio	Spanish-language version of The Big House
November 15, 1930	Remote Control
November 22, 1930	War Nurse
November 29, 1930	Min and Bill
December 6, 1930	Passion Flower
December 18, 1930	Wu Li Chang	Spanish-language version of Mr. Wu
December 28, 1930	New Moon
December 30, 1930	Paid

1931

Release date	Title	Notes
January 3, 1931	Reducing
January 5, 1931	Anna Christie	German-language version
January 10, 1931	The Bachelor Father
January 16, 1931	Monsieur Le Fox	Spanish-language version of Men of the North
January 23, 1931	De frente, marchen	Spanish-language version of Doughboys
January 24, 1931	The Great Meadow
January 31, 1931	Inspiration
February 7, 1931	Dance, Fools, Dance
February 7, 1931	The Easiest Way
February 21, 1931	Si l'empereur savait ça	French-language version of His Glorious Night
February 21, 1931	The Prodigal
February 28, 1931	Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
March 7, 1931	Gentleman's Fate
March 13, 1931	La fruta amarga	Spanish-language version of Min and Bill
March 14, 1931	Men Call It Love
March 27, 1931	En cada puerto un amor	Spanish-language version of Way for a Sailor
March 28, 1931	A Tailor Made Man
April 3, 1931	La mujer X	Spanish-language version of Madame X
April 4, 1931	Strangers May Kiss
April 11, 1931	Stepping Out
April 11, 1931	It's a Wise Child
April 18, 1931	The Secret Six	A George Hill-Cosmopolitan production
April 25, 1931	Shipmates
May 2, 1931	Daybreak
May 16, 1931	Never the Twain Shall Meet
May 23, 1931	Trader Horn	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
May 30, 1931	Laughing Sinners
June 6, 1931	Just a Gigolo
June 13, 1931	Five and Ten
June 20, 1931	A Free Soul	Academy Award for Best Actor Lionel Barrymore Remade in 1953 as The Girl Who Had Everything
June 26, 1931	El proceso de Mary Dugan	Spanish-language version of The Trial of Mary Dugan
July 4, 1931	The Man in Possession
July 17, 1931	Su última noche	Spanish-language remake of The Gay Deceiver
July 18, 1931	The Great Lover
July 25, 1931	Politics
August 1, 1931	Son of India
August 8, 1931	Sporting Blood
August 15, 1931	Pardon Us	A Hal Roach Feature
August 22, 1931	Guilty Hands
August 29, 1931	This Modern Age
September 5, 1931	The Squaw Man
September 12, 1931	The Phantom of Paris
September 26, 1931	Sidewalks of New York
October 2, 1931	Cheri-Bibi	Spanish-language version of The Phantom of Paris
October 3, 1931	New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
October 10, 1931	Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
October 24, 1931	The Sin of Madelon Claudet
November 7, 1931	The Guardsman
November 9, 1931	The Champ	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
November 14, 1931	Flying High
November 21, 1931	Possessed
November 28, 1931	West of Broadway
December 5, 1931	The Cuban Love Song
December 12, 1931	Private Lives
December 26, 1931	Mata Hari

1932

Release date	Title	Notes
January 2, 1932	Emma
January 16, 1932	Hell Divers
January 23, 1932	Lovers Courageous
February 6, 1932	The Passionate Plumber
February 13, 1932	The Beast of the City
February 20, 1932	Freaks
February 27, 1932	Polly of the Circus
March 5, 1932	Arsène Lupin
March 25, 1932	Tarzan the Ape Man
March 26, 1932	The Wet Parade
April 9, 1932	But the Flesh Is Weak
April 24, 1932	Are You Listening
April 30, 1932	When a Feller Needs a Friend
May 14, 1932	Huddle
May 14, 1932	Letty Lynton
May 28, 1932	As You Desire Me
June 4, 1932	New Morals for Old
June 4, 1932	Night Court
June 25, 1932	Red-Headed Woman
July 2, 1932	Unashamed
July 9, 1932	The Washington Masquerade
July 16, 1932	Skyscraper Souls
August 6, 1932	Downstairs
August 13, 1932	Speak Easily
August 27, 1932	Divorce in the Family
September 1, 1932	Blondie of the Follies
September 11, 1932	Grand Hotel	Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
September 17, 1932	Pack Up Your Troubles	Presented by Hal Roach (A Hal Roach Comedy)
September 24, 1932	Smilin’ Through	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
October 1, 1932	Kongo
October 15, 1932	Faithless
October 22, 1932	Red Dust
November 5, 1932	The Mask of Fu Manchu	A Cosmopolitan production
November 7, 1932	Payment Deferred
November 18, 1932	Prosperity
December 8, 1932	Flesh
December 16, 1932	Fast Life
December 23, 1932	The Son-Daughter
December 23, 1932	Rasputin and the Empress
December 30, 1932	Strange Interlude

1933

Release date	Title	Notes
January 20, 1933	The Outsider	US distribution; presented in the UK by Eric Hakim
January 21, 1933	Whistling in the Dark
February 3, 1933	The Secret of Madame Blanche
February 10, 1933	What! No Beer?
February 17, 1933	Men Must Fight
February 24, 1933	Clear All Wires!
March 10, 1933	Fast Workers
March 31, 1933	Gabriel Over the White House	A Cosmopolitan production
April 14, 1933	Today We Live
April 14, 1933	The White Sister
April 28, 1933	Looking Forward
May 5, 1933	The Devil's Brother
May 12, 1933	The Barbarian
May 19, 1933	Made on Broadway
May 26, 1933	Peg o' My Heart	A Cosmopolitan production
June 2, 1933	The Nuisance
June 9, 1933	Hell Below
June 16, 1933	Reunion in Vienna
June 23, 1933	When Ladies Meet	A Cosmopolitan production
June 30, 1933	Midnight Mary
July 7, 1933	Hold Your Man
July 14, 1933	Storm at Daybreak
July 28, 1933	Another Language
July 28, 1933	The Stranger's Return
August 4, 1933	Tugboat Annie
August 25, 1933	Turn Back the Clock
August 29, 1933	Dinner at Eight
September 1, 1933	Beauty for Sale
September 8, 1933	Penthouse
September 15, 1933	Broadway to Hollywood
September 22, 1933	The Solitaire Man
September 29, 1933	Stage Mother
October 6, 1933	Night Flight
October 13, 1933	Bombshell
October 20, 1933	Meet the Baron
October 27, 1933	Day of Reckoning
November 3, 1933	The Chief
November 10, 1933	The Prizefighter and the Lady
November 14, 1933	Eskimo
November 17, 1933	Christopher Bean
November 24, 1933	Dancing Lady
December 1, 1933	Should Ladies Behave
December 8, 1933	The Women in His Life
December 22, 1933	Going Hollywood
December 26, 1933	Queen Christina
December 29, 1933	Sons of the Desert	A Hal Roach Comedy

1934

Release date	Title	Notes
January 5, 1934	Fugitive Lovers
January 26, 1934	You Can't Buy Everything	A Cosmopolitan production
February 2, 1934	This Side of Heaven
February 16, 1934	The Cat and the Fiddle
February 23, 1934	The Mystery of Mr. X
March 9, 1934	The Show-Off
March 16, 1934	Lazy River
March 30, 1934	Riptide
April 6, 1934	Men in White	A Cosmopolitan production
April 10, 1934	Viva Villa!	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
April 13, 1934	Laughing Boy
April 16, 1934	Tarzan and His Mate
May 4, 1934	Manhattan Melodrama	A Cosmopolitan production
May 9, 1934	Sadie McKee
May 25, 1934	The Thin Man	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
June 1, 1934	Hollywood Party
June 8, 1934	Operator 13	A Cosmopolitan production
June 29, 1934	Murder in the Private Car
July 13, 1934	Stamboul Quest
July 27, 1934	Paris Interlude
August 3, 1934	The Girl from Missouri
August 10, 1934	Straight Is the Way
August 17, 1934	Treasure Island
August 24, 1934	Hide-Out
September 1, 1934	Chained
September 7, 1934	Have a Heart
September 14, 1934	Death on the Diamond
September 21, 1934	The Barretts of Wimpole Street	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture Remade in 1956
September 28, 1934	Outcast Lady
October 5, 1934	Student Tour
October 19, 1934	What Every Woman Knows
November 2, 1934	The Merry Widow
November 9, 1934	Evelyn Prentice	A Cosmopolitan production
November 23, 1934	The Painted Veil
November 30, 1934	Babes in Toyland	A Hal Roach production; owned by MGM itself via Orion Pictures since 1997
December 7, 1934	A Wicked Woman
December 14, 1934	The Gay Bride
December 21, 1934	The Band Plays On
December 22, 1934	Sequoia
December 23, 1934	Forsaking All Others	A W. S. Van Dyke production

1935

Release date	Title	Notes
January 4, 1935	Biography of a Bachelor Girl
January 11, 1935	The Night Is Young
January 19, 1935	David Copperfield	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
January 25, 1935	Society Doctor
February 8, 1935	The Winning Ticket
February 15, 1935	Shadow of Doubt
February 22, 1935	After Office Hours
March 1, 1935
March 3, 1935	One New York Night
March 8, 1935	Times Square Lady
March 15, 1935	The Casino Murder Case
March 22, 1935	Naughty Marietta	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
March 23, 1935	West Point of the Air
April 12, 1935	Baby Face Harrington
April 19, 1935	Reckless
April 26, 1935	Mark of the Vampire
May 3, 1935	Vagabond Lady	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
May 10, 1935	Age of Indiscretion
May 17, 1935	The Flame Within
May 27, 1935	Murder in the Fleet
May 31, 1935	Public Hero No. 1
June 14, 1935	No More Ladies
June 28, 1935	Calm Yourself
July 6, 1935	Escapade
July 12, 1935	Mad Love
July 12, 1935	The Murder Man
August 2, 1935	Woman Wanted
August 9, 1935	China Seas
August 9, 1935	Pursuit
August 23, 1935	Bonnie Scotland	Presented by Hal Roach
August 30, 1935	Anna Karenina
August 30, 1935	Here Comes the Band
September 13, 1935	The Bishop Misbehaves
September 18, 1935	Broadway Melody of 1936	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
September 27, 1935	O'Shaughnessy's Boy
October 4, 1935	I Live My Life
October 11, 1935	It's in the Air
October 23, 1935	Rendezvous
November 8, 1935	Mutiny on the Bounty	Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture Remade in 1962
November 15, 1935	A Night at the Opera
November 22, 1935	The Perfect Gentleman
December 6, 1935	Ah, Wilderness!
December 6, 1935	Kind Lady
December 18, 1935	Whipsaw
December 20, 1935	Last of the Pagans
December 27, 1935	A Tale of Two Cities	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture

1936

Release date	Title	Notes
January 3, 1936	Riffraff
January 10, 1936	Three Live Ghosts
January 17, 1936	Exclusive Story
January 24, 1936	Tough Guy
February 1, 1936	Rose Marie
February 14, 1936	The Bohemian Girl	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
February 15, 1936	The Voice of Bugle Ann
February 21, 1936	The Garden Murder Case
February 28, 1936	Wife vs. Secretary
March 6, 1936	Three Godfathers
March 17, 1936	Robin Hood of El Dorado
March 20, 1936	Petticoat Fever
March 27, 1936	Moonlight Murder
April 4, 1936	The Unguarded Hour
April 8, 1936	The Great Ziegfeld	Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
April 10, 1936	Small Town Girl
April 24, 1936	Absolute Quiet
May 8, 1936	Speed
May 9, 1936	Neighborhood House	A Hal Roach Comedy - produced as a feature but released as a 2-reel short.
May 15, 1936	The Three Wise Guys
May 22, 1936	Trouble for Two
May 29, 1936	Fury	Fritz Lang's first American film
June 19, 1936	We Went to College
June 26, 1936	San Francisco	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
July 10, 1936	The Devil-Doll
July 20, 1936	Suzy
July 31, 1936	Women Are Trouble
August 7, 1936	His Brother's Wife
August 14, 1936	Piccadilly Jim
August 20, 1936	Romeo and Juliet	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
August 21, 1936	Kelly the Second	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
August 28, 1936	The Gorgeous Hussy	A Clarence Brown production
September 11, 1936	Sworn Enemy
September 18, 1936	The Devil Is a Sissy
September 25, 1936	Old Hutch
October 2, 1936	The Longest Night
October 9, 1936	Libeled Lady	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
October 16, 1936	All American Chump
October 23, 1936	Mr. Cinderella	Presented by Hal Roach Studios
October 30, 1936	Our Relations	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
November 6, 1936	Tarzan Escapes
November 13, 1936	Mad Holiday
November 20, 1936	Love on the Run
November 27, 1936	Born to Dance
December 11, 1936	General Spanky	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
December 12, 1936	Camille
December 18, 1936	Sinner Take All
December 25, 1936	After the Thin Man

1937

Release date	Title	Notes
January 8, 1937	Under Cover of Night
January 22, 1937	Dangerous Number
January 26, 1937	April Blossoms/April Romance	US distribution only; produced in the UK by Alliance Films
January 29, 1937	The Good Earth	Presented by The Theatre Guild Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
January 29, 1937	Man of the People
February 5, 1937	Mama Steps Out
February 19, 1937	The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
February 26, 1937	Espionage
March 12, 1937	A Family Affair	1st entry in the Andy Hardy film series
March 19, 1937	Personal Property
March 26, 1937	Maytime
April 2, 1937	Song of the City
April 9, 1937	Aldebaran	US distribution; produced in Italy by Manenti Film
April 16, 1937	Way Out West	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy, presented by Hal Roach Studios
April 23, 1937	The Good Old Soak
April 23, 1937	Nobody's Baby	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
April 30, 1937	Night Must Fall
May 7, 1937	They Gave Him a Gun
May 7, 1937	The Thirteenth Chair
May 11, 1937	Captains Courageous	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
May 21, 1937	Pick a Star	A Hal Roach comedy
June 4, 1937	Parnell
June 11, 1937	A Day at the Races
June 18, 1937	Married Before Breakfast
July 2, 1937	The Emperor's Candlesticks
July 9, 1937	Between Two Women
July 16, 1937	Topper	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
July 23, 1937	Saratoga
July 30, 1937	London by Night
August 20, 1937	Broadway Melody of 1938
August 27, 1937	Bad Guy
September 1, 1937	The Firefly
September 3, 1937	Big City
September 10, 1937	The Women Men Marry
September 17, 1937	My Dear Miss Aldrich
October 1, 1937	Madame X
October 15, 1937	The Bride Wore Red
October 15, 1937	Double Wedding
October 22, 1937	Conquest
October 29, 1937	Live, Love and Learn
November 12, 1937	The Last Gangster
November 19, 1937	Navy Blue and Gold
December 3, 1937	Beg, Borrow or Steal
December 3, 1937	Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
December 10, 1937	You're Only Young Once	2nd entry in the Andy Hardy film series
December 14, 1937	Mannequin	A Frank Borzage production
December 24, 1937	Rosalie
December 31, 1937	The Bad Man of Brimstone

1938

Release date	Title	Notes
January 7, 1938	Man-Proof
January 14, 1938	Love Is a Headache
February 4, 1938	Everybody Sing
February 11, 1938	Of Human Hearts
February 15, 1938	Paradise for Three
February 18, 1938	A Yank at Oxford	Made by MGM-British
February 25, 1938	Arsène Lupin Returns
March 4, 1938	Merrily We Live	Presented by Hal Roach (A Hal Roach Feature Comedy)
March 12, 1938	The First Hundred Years
March 18, 1938	The Girl of the Golden West
March 26, 1938	Judge Hardy's Children	3rd entry in the Andy Hardy film series
April 22, 1938	Test Pilot	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
May 13, 1938	Hold That Kiss
May 19, 1938	Yellow Jack
May 20, 1938	Swiss Miss	Presented by Hal Roach Studios
June 2, 1938	Three Comrades
June 10, 1938	The Toy Wife
June 17, 1938	Lord Jeff
June 24, 1938	Woman Against Woman
July 1, 1938	Port of Seven Seas
July 5, 1938	Fast Company
July 8, 1938	Marie Antoinette
July 15, 1938	The Shopworn Angel
July 22, 1938	Love Finds Andy Hardy	4th entry in the Andy Hardy film series
July 29, 1938	The Chaser
August 5, 1938	The Crowd Roars
August 12, 1938	Rich Man, Poor Girl
August 19, 1938	Block-Heads	A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
September 2, 1938	Three Loves Has Nancy
September 9, 1938	Boys Town	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
September 16, 1938	Too Hot to Handle
September 30, 1938	Vacation from Love
October 7, 1938	Stablemates
October 14, 1938	Young Dr. Kildare	1st entry in the Dr. Kildare film series
October 18, 1938	Listen, Darling
October 29, 1938	The Citadel	made by MGM-British Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
November 4, 1938	The Great Waltz
November 11, 1938	Spring Madness
November 18, 1938	The Shining Hour
November 25, 1938	Out West with the Hardys
December 2, 1938	Flirting with Fate	Distribution only; produced by David Loew Productions
December 8, 1938	Pygmalion	US distribution; produced in the UK by Gabriel Pascal Productions Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
December 9, 1938	Dramatic School
December 16, 1938	A Christmas Carol
December 22, 1938	Sweethearts	MGM's first three-strip Technicolor film; first feature film appearance of Tanner the Lion
December 23, 1938	The Girl Downstairs

1939

Release date	Title	Notes
January 6, 1939	Stand Up and Fight
January 13, 1939	Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
January 27, 1939	Idiot's Delight
January 27, 1939	Four Girls in White
February 3, 1939	Honolulu
February 10, 1939	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Remade in 1960
February 17, 1939	Fast and Loose
February 24, 1939	Let Freedom Ring
March 10, 1939	The Ice Follies of 1939
March 17, 1939	Within the Law
March 21, 1939	Society Lawyer
March 24, 1939	Sergeant Madden
April 7, 1939	Broadway Serenade
April 14, 1939	The Kid from Texas
April 21, 1939	The Hardys Ride High	6th entry in the Andy Hardy film series
April 28, 1939	Calling Dr. Kildare	2nd entry in the Dr. Kildare film series
May 5, 1939	Lucky Night
May 12, 1939	Tell No Tales
May 15, 1939	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Made by MGM-British Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture Remade as musical in 1969
May 19, 1939	It's a Wonderful World
May 26, 1939	Bridal Suite
June 9, 1939	6,000 Enemies
June 15, 1939	Land of Liberty	Distribution only; produced by Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America A compilation film for the Golden Gate International Exposition and the 1939 New York World's Fair
June 16, 1939	Tarzan Finds a Son!
June 22, 1939	Maisie
June 30, 1939	Stronger Than Desire
July 6, 1939	On Borrowed Time
July 21, 1939	Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever	7th entry in the Andy Hardy film series
August 4, 1939	They All Come Out
August 10, 1939	Miracles for Sale
August 11, 1939	Lady of the Tropics
August 15, 1939	The Wizard of Oz	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989
August 18, 1939	These Glamour Girls
August 29, 1939	Ask a Policeman	US distribution only; made in the UK by Gainsborough Pictures
September 1, 1939	The Women
September 8, 1939	Blackmail
September 15, 1939	Thunder Afloat
September 29, 1939	Dancing Co-Ed
October 6, 1939	Fast and Furious
October 13, 1939	Babes in Arms
October 20, 1939	At the Circus
October 27, 1939	Bad Little Angel
November 9, 1939	Ninotchka	Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture Remade as musical in 1957
November 17, 1939	Another Thin Man	3rd entry in the Thin Man film series
November 24, 1939	The Secret of Dr. Kildare	3rd entry in the Dr. Kildare film series
December 1, 1939	Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
December 8, 1939	Henry Goes Arizona
December 13, 1939	Nick Carter, Master Detective
December 15, 1939	Balalaika
December 19, 1939	Gone with the Wind	Co-produced by Selznick International Pictures Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989
December 19, 1939	Remember?
December 22, 1939	Judge Hardy and Son

See also

• Lists of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films