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Subgenre Sampler
Princess Comes Across, The (1936)- Dir. William K. Howard
Feat. Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglas Dumbrille… - Carole Lombard, playing a Swedish princess on the sly, falls for Fred MacMurray on board an ocean liner. Romance–cum–murder mystery is…
Prisoner of Shark Island, The (1936)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart - Gripping John Ford–directed prison yarn is based on the ordeal of Dr. Samuel Mudd, a famous victim of circumstance who unknowingly cared for…
Reefer Madness (1936)- Dir. Louis Gasnier
Feat. Dave O'Brien - Hilarious anti–marijuana film from the 1930's that depicts the likes of – 'One puff of pot can lead your clean–cut teenagers down…
Sabotage (1936)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder - Suspenseful early Hitchcock, with a foreign saboteur terrorising London.
Secret Agent, The (1936)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud - Peter Lorre plays a reluctant officer assigned to kill a WW2 spy. Good Hitchcock fare from his early career.
Show Boat (1936)- Dir. James Whale
Feat. Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger… - A faithful adaptation of Oscar Hammerstein's 1920's stage musical covering four decades as an aspiring actor goes from working a Mississippi…
Sisters of the Gion (1936)- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura - An early feminist film from director Kenji Mizoguchi, focusing on two geisha sisters – one of whom enters into a codependent relationship with…
Swing Time (1936)- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers - A fine example of Fred and Ginger's magical screen partnership, their sixth together, weaving the music of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, into…
Tarzan Escapes (1936)- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Benita Hume - One of the best Weissmuller TARZAN sequels, has the jungleman kidnapped by hunters and taken back to England. Excitingly action–packed.
Texas Rangers, The (1936)- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker… - High–end, intricately plotted Western from King Vidor about three outlaws in a scheme to pose as Texas Rangers and gain the advantage in…
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