1932 in film
Events
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.
Movies Released
Movies released in 1932 include:
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis
- American Madness, starring Walter Huston, directed by Frank Capra
- As You Desire Me, starring Greta Garbo
- Back Street, starring Irene Dunne and John Boles
- 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
- Bird of Paradise, starring Dolores del Rio and Joel McCrea
- Das Blaue Licht, starring and directed by Leni Riefenstahl
- Blonde Venus, starring Marlene Dietrich
- Broken Lullaby, starring Lionel Barrymore
- The Cabin in the Cotton, featuring Bette Davis
- Call Her Savage, starring Clara Bow
- The Dentist, a W.C. Fields short subject produced by Mack Sennett
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Fredric March who won an Oscar for the role
- Emma, starring Marie Dressler
- A Farewell to Arms, starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes
- Freaks, directed by Tod Browning
- Grand Hotel, starring Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt
- Horse Feathers, starring the Marx Brothers
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, starring Paul Muni
- The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks
- Movie Crazy, starring Harold Lloyd
- The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff
- Murders in the Rue Morgue, starring Bela Lugosi
- The Old Dark House, starring Boris Karloff
- One Hour with You, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles
- One Way Passage, starring William Powell and Kay Francis
- Pack Up Your Troubles, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Red Dust, starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow
- Red-Headed Woman, starring Jean Harlow
- Scarface, starring Paul Muni
- Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland
- Tarzan the Ape Man, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan
- Three on a Match, starring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis
- Tiger Shark, starring Edward G. Robinson
- Trouble in Paradise, starring Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis and Miriam Hopkins
- Two Seconds, starring Edward G. Robinson
- Vampyr, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi
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