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
Best Picture: 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.
U.S.A. unless stated
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)
April 1932
9 April
Scarface
12 April
Grand Hotel
17 April
Young America
18 April
Night After Night (France)
May 1932
6 May
Vampyr
7 May
The Mouthpiece
14 May
Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (Germany)
20 May
Cruiser Emden
Raid in St. Pauli
21 May
Attorney for the Defense
28 May
As You Desire Me
Two Seconds
June 1932
2 June
What Price Hollywood?
3 June
I Was Born, But... (Japan)
8 June
L'Atlantide (Germany/France)
The Dark Horse
25 June
Red-Headed Woman
July 1932
8 July
Million Dollar Legs
18 July
Hotel Splendide
28 July
White Zombie
August 1932
4 August
American Madness
6 August
Downstairs
10 August
Horse Feathers
12 August
Devil and the Deep
Movie Crazy
13 August
Jewel Robbery
17 August
The Last Mile
18 August
The Bartered Bride (Germany)
Love Me Tonight
19 August
The Age of Consent
20 August
Crooner
September 1932
10 September
Big City Blues
13 September
Bird of Paradise
16 September
Blonde Venus
The Most Dangerous Game
17 September
Pack Up Your Troubles
22 September
Tiger Shark
24 September
Smilin' Through
30 September
A Bill of Divorcement
October 1932
8 October
The Big Stampede
12 October
Rain
14 October
The Big Broadcast
15 October
Cabin in the Cotton
Faithless
20 October
The Old Dark House
21 October
Trouble in Paradise
22 October
Red Dust
25 October
Virtue
28 October
Fanny (France)
29 October
Three on a Match
30 October
Night After Night
November 1932
2 November
Scarlet Dawn
3 November
Air Mail
4 November
Odds 777
Spring Shower (Hungary/France)
7 November
Payment Deferred
10 November
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
11 November
Boudu Saved from Drowning
24 November
Call Her Savage
30 November
The Sign of the Cross
December 1932
2 December
If I Had a Million
3 December
A Simple Case
8 December
A Farewell to Arms
16 December
Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter (Czechoslovakia)
Fast Life
22 December
The Mummy
They Just Had to Get Married
23 December
Rasputin and the Empress
24 December
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
28 December
The Animal Kingdom
30 December
Back Street
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
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)
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)
Ordered by release date:
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)
Talkartoons (1929-1932)
Minnie the Moocher (featuring Betty Boop)
Sink or Swim S.O.S (featuring Betty Boop)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
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)
Flowers and Trees (1933)
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
February 15 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American stage star made silent films
June 30 - Bruno Kastner, German actor
July 17 - Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor
August 1 - James R. Quirk, American editor and publisher of Photoplay magazine
August 10 - Rin Tin Tin, canine actor
September 1 - Guy Oliver, American actor
September 16 - Peg Entwistle, British-born American actress
November 27 - Evelyn Preer, American actress, singer
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
