The year in ages
1931
The movies of 1931, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
38average lead age in 1931
20Jean Harlow in Platinum Blonde
62C. V. France in The Skin Game
36titles of 1931 on record
26lead M
Peter Lorre was 26
41lead City Lights
Charlie Chaplin was 41
31lead Frankenstein
Colin Clive was 31
48lead Dracula
Bela Lugosi was 48
The Public Enemy
34lead Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Fredric March was 34
37lead Little Caesar
Edward G. Robinson was 37
40lead Monkey Business
Groucho Marx was 40
37lead Cimarron
Richard Dix was 37
Drácula
36lead La Chienne
Michel Simon was 36
52lead Mädchen in Uniform
Emilia Unda was 52
À Nous la Liberté
Rich and Strange
Bimbo's Initiation
62lead The Skin Game
C. V. France was 62
24lead Night Nurse
Barbara Stanwyck was 24
Le Million
41lead Pardon Us
Stan Laurel was 41
41lead The Front Page
Adolphe Menjou was 41
Dishonored
The Smiling Lieutenant
49lead Svengali
John Barrymore was 49
26lead Mata Hari
Greta Garbo was 26
46lead The Champ
Wallace Beery was 46
The 3 Penny Opera
41lead Beau Hunks
Stan Laurel was 41
40lead Laughing Gravy
Stan Laurel was 40
20lead Platinum Blonde
Jean Harlow was 20
30lead The Maltese Falcon
Ricardo Cortez was 30
24lead The Miracle Woman
Barbara Stanwyck was 24
40lead Chickens Come Home
Stan Laurel was 40
41lead Come Clean
Stan Laurel was 41
A Free Soul
37lead Five Star Final
Edward G. Robinson was 37