All Films

Norge for folket

1936 • 58 min • Norway

The film was commissioned by the Workers' Information Association to motivate rural voters to vote.

Isle of Fury

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man.

Headin' for the Rio Grande

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

Singing cowboy Tex Saunders finds himself in a heap of trouble when he agrees to investigate local gangsters at the behest of a lovely lady. As payment for his pains, he's framed by a saloon owner for killing bad guy Red Dugan and forced to sweat it out in jail. Will his faithful sidekick, Chilo, show up to save his skin … or will Tex have a date with the gallows?

The Perfect Set-Up

1936 • 21 min • United States of America

In this MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series short, a radio and television engineer falls into a life of crime by dismantling alarms for robberies.

Wild Brian Kent

1936 • 57 min • United States of America

Polo player Brian stops in a Kansas town and find a girl and her aunt needing money to keep their ranch. He also finds his new real estate partner is the crook trying to do the women out of their ranch.

Cats in a Bag

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

During Christmas, Puddy the Pup finds a bag of kittens abandoned in the snow.

On the Wrong Trek

1936 • 18 min • United States of America

Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in with two vagabond hitchhikers.

I'm Much Obliged

1936 • 22 min • United States of America

Newspaper columnist Mr. Inquisitive telephones readers to ask, "What would you like to do?", with the chosen responses being eligible for a prize. The callees include torch singer Vera Van, bandleader Lester Cole (and his Texas Rangers), and other late-period vaudeville acts, all whom are ready to perform.

Winds of the Wasteland

1936 • 54 min • United States of America

The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.

A Girl's Best Years

1936 • 19 min • United States of America

A woman reporter is hired by an author-songwriter to help him avoid additional breach-of-promise suits.

Last of the Warrens

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

Ted Warren returns from WWI to find that everyone thinks he was dead. The culprit is Kent who intercepted his mail, rustled the Warren cattle, took over the Warren ranch, and is now after Ted's girl friend. When Kent's henchmen fail to kill Ted, Kent shoots Ted's father and leaves him for dead. But only wounded, the plan is to have Warren appear as a ghost to get a confession from Kent.

Taming the Wild

1936 • 58 min • United States of America

Madcap society girl June Bolton has a talent for trouble. Trying to evade a subpoena in connection with one of her misadventures, she winds up in jail and has to be bailed out by the family attorney, Dick Clayton. But June is soon in trouble again, this time involved with a mob boss and a shady lady. Exasperated by his wealthy client's reckless escapades, Clayton determines to quit... until he realizes he has fallen in love with the little madcap.

Barnyard Amateurs

1936 • 6 min • United States of America

A Terrytoons cartoon released 6 March 1936.

Bored of Education

1936 • 10 min • United States of America

Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2013.

Das Buch der Deutschen

1936 • 16 min • Germany

The film shows the manufacture of a luxury edition of "Mein Kampf" on real parchment, handwritten.

Longing

1936 • 11 min • Sweden

A shortmovie illustrating a poem by Erik Axel Karlfeldt.

But It's Nothing Serious

1936 • 57 min

Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. He weds Elisa Cegani, a servant girl, who turns out to be a more appealing wife than any of the others could have been. Assis Noris decorates the screen well as one of the chasers and pursuers. In 1937, De Sica and Noris made a film, "II Signor Max," which, other than the setting and character role names, basically has the same plot as this film.

The 19th Hole Club

1936 • 6 min • United States of America

A Terrytoons cartoon released 24 January 1936.

Too Much Beef

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

Someone is adding beef to Rocky Brown's herds and changing the brands to make it look like he is rustling. Then he is framed for murder and jailed. Johnny Argyle who has been sent to investigate believes he is innocent and sets out to prove it and starts with hides that have been rebranded.

Hans in Luck

1936 • 59 min • Germany

Brothers Grimm adaptation

Valley of the Lawless

1936 • 56 min

Johnny Mack Brown goes in search of a treasure map tattooed on the chest of a man who once betrayed his father.

Wildcat Trooper

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

A Royal Canadian Mountie is assigned to bring in a criminal called "The Raven." The problem is that no one has ever seen him.

Porky the Rain-Maker

1936 • 8 min • United States of America

The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar...

Porky's Moving Day

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

A woman's house, on the side of the cliff, is about to fall into the sea, due to waves washing away the cliff. In a panic, she call's Porky's moving company. Porky's assistant, a former boxer, starts swinging when he hears a bell until hit on the head, when he stops and says, "Okay, boss." They get to the house and have various adventures while moving the furniture, mostly because the entire house keeps tilting back and forth on the shaky ground.