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Subgenre Sampler

 
Pennies from Heaven (1936)
Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby vehicle sees the showman protecting a little girl from the big bad school system.
Plainsman, ThePlainsman, The (1936)
Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur
A brash, implausible Western from grand master DeMille: Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur run amok in a spectacle that wildly bastardizes the Old West and…
Popeye - The Sailor ManPopeye - The Sailor Man (1936-1956)
One of the longest–running cartoon sensations of all time, Popeye the Sailor Man burst into cinemas in 1933 in a BETTY BOOP cartoon and soon…
Princess Comes Across, ThePrincess 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, ThePrisoner of Shark Island, The (1936) Recommended
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…
Rembrandt (1936)
Dir. Alexander Korda
Feat. Charles Laughton
Vignettes from the life of the great 17th century painter whose popularity sharply regressed after he painted 'The Nightwatchmen'. Charles Laughton…
SabotageSabotage (1936)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, John Loder
Suspenseful early Hitchcock, with a foreign saboteur terrorising London.
San FranciscoSan Francisco (1936)
Dir. W.S. Van Dyke, D.W. Griffith
Feat. Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy
Outstanding chronicle of old Frisco, climaxing with great FX earthquake. Stars Clark Gable, amid all star cast .
Secret Agent, TheSecret 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 BoatShow Boat (1936) Recommended
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…

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