All Films

Rose Hobart

1936 • 20 min • United States of America

Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect. Through Cornell's collage editing, Hobart becomes a singular object of desire and dread, trapped in an exotic paradise.

Battle Royal

1936 • 6 min • United States of America

Boxer Oswald battles it out in a "boxer vs. wrestler" match at the Punch Bowl Arena with Punchy Pig.

Breakdowns of 1936

1936 • 9 min • United States of America

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

Black Gold

1936 • 57 min • United States of America

Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on their territory. When longtime driller Dan O'Reilly falls to his death from a well tower sabotaged by Anderson's strong-arm thugs, his teenage son 'Fishtail' inherits the property and the troubles that come with it. With the help of his geologist pal, Hank Langford, the boy fights to bring in a gusher before the deed to the well-site expires.

Song of the Saddle

1936 • 58 min • United States of America

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the score as the Singing Cowboy. He finds that Hook is still doing his dirty deeds on the unsuspecting people. Along the way, Frank meets the lovely Jen, who came out in the same wagon train 10 years before.

Give Me Liberty

1936 • 22 min • United States of America

Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.

At Your Service Madame

1936 • 7 min • United States of America

Mrs. Hamhock finds herself the object of unwanted attention following an article in the paper about...

The Preview Murder Mystery

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.

Mixed Magic

1936 • 18 min • United States of America

When Buster Keaton goes to work as an assistant to a carnival magician, the results turn out to be less than magical.

Ghost Patrol

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

A Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is forcing him to use it on those carrying money. When Tim arrives to investigate he is mistaken for a noted outlaw. So he assumes that identity to force Dawson to make him a partner. But just as a plane bringing Tim help is arriving, his true identity is revealed and while he is a prisoner, Dawson forces the Professor to start his machine.

Wild Horse Round-Up

1936 • 58 min • United States of America

Doan is trying to get control of the valley by having his night riders drive the ranchers out. Jack Benson hires on at the Williams ranch, the one ranch Doan must have. When Benson learns that Doan is the boss of the night riders, he joins up with him. He has a plan that both saves Williams' ranch and also brings Doan to justice.

Secret Patrol

1936 • 60 min • Canada, United States of America

RCMP Alan Barclay is sent to investigate the presumed murder of his friend and fellow RCMP Gene when Gene's horse is found riderless. A "quota quickie" filmed in Canada.

Love in September

1936 • 21 min • United States of America

The story of a kindly old lady, her involvement with midget race cars and their drivers.

Divot Diggers

1936 • 20 min • United States of America

When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.

The Final Hour

1936 • 57 min • United States of America

A down-and-out lawyer gets back on his feet with help from a singer who later retains him to defend her on a murder charge.

The Singing Cowboy

1936 • 56 min • United States of America

A rodeo singer funds a little girl's operation with a show, on television.

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

1936 • 60 min • Japan

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighborhood bar where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name....

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

1936 • 9 min • United States of America

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Man Hunt

1936 • 60 min • United States of America

A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.

Border Caballero

1936 • 59 min • United States of America

Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes over. Posing as a Mexican he lays a trap for the gang.

Mickey's Grand Opera

1936 • 8 min • United States of America

Mickey is preparing to conduct an opera when he chases Pluto away. Pluto crashes into a magician's props backstage and spars with the hat, its rabbits, and its doves. The opera begins: Clarabelle plays flute, Clara and Donald are the leads in Romeo and Juliet. Pluto follows the magic hat onstage, to Mickey's growing annoyance. The hat falls into a tuba, and soon the animals are filling the stage.

Moscow Moods

1936 • 11 min • United States of America

Moscow Moods is a 1936 American short film directed by Fred Waller. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

The Lucky Corner

1936 • 16 min • United States of America

The gang help Scotty and his grandfather after an obnoxious lunch counter owner forces them to move their lemonade stand.

Rushin' Art

1936 • 10 min • United States of America

An expert on Russian art apparently doesn't know as much about it as he thinks he does.