The Best Movies Of 1936

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and...

Winding up his Hollywood film career in 1935, venerable British stage star George Arliss returned to his homeland for his last movie assignments. In East Meets West, the 68-year-old Arliss dons turban...

A small town kind of life is led by Longfellow Deeds. When a relative dies and leaves a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Babe Bennett comes al...

15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.

Opera singer, Marie de Flor, seeks out fugitive brother in the Canadian wilderness. During her trek, she meets a Canadian mountie, Sgt. Bruce, who is also searching for her brother. Romance ensues, re...

Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers, Farmer) in a concerning the Coast Guard and smu...

A rich Brazilian, Mendoza, visited Paris in 1900 and was romantically involved with the star of Offenbach's 'La vie parisienne' which was playing at the time. Thirty five years later, he returns with...

Tarzan is trapped in a cage for public display as Captain Fry tries to take him back to civilization. He is with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane to help them claim a fortune left her.

Impressionist performance of a ballet dancer to the music of Federico Mompou.

Porky is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk, Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back. He takes to the air, but the buzzard calls in reinforcement...

There is a bellhop in the top of the building. He had to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, which turned out to be a nightmare, because he was waiting for the arrival of Miss Glory. H...

Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.

Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott went so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he could g...

A chorus girl and a boxer are in a publicity stunt.

The Skipper's morning trolley run is disrupted by several forces.

Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Although their relationship is built on trust, friends and even Van's mother, Linda should not allow Whitey, her husband...

Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several murders. Things take a turn when he gets evidence against Major Fenwicke- Ralston.

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is told from the perspective of Akemi.

Henkel ad by Pinschewer.

The stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. They are hired, but must pose as guests to work unobserved. They ruin a piano a...

Country girl Margit sits for the artist Sándor, from Budapest. She is fascinated and charmed by him, and agrees to accompany him to the capital, so he can complete the painting there. Disillusionment ...

In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her. Desperate, she sends an impassioned plea for help t...

When a newspaper accuses a wealthy woman of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's editor must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty'...

Wholesale dealer Pettersson winds up in the army by mistake.

Sylvia, the daughter of the pastor Kelvil, is lectrice to Lady Patricia and gets to know the young Lord Harford. They love one another, but their class differences forbid marriage. There's a sharp a...

Pudgy the pup takes Betty Boop's advice ('Go Out and Make Friends With the World') to heart and befriends various wild animals.

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.

Riding toward Santa Fe, Tom Crenshaw shoots a bushwhacker who has killed Dad Bates from ambush. Discovering a money belt on Bates, Tom carries it to town, along with a letter he finds in the pocket of...

A detective is caught between a seductress and a jewel thief in the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon.

Dramatic re-enactments, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage are used to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.

The inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive. A young thief ends his affair with the landlord's wife and takes up with her sister. The baron is a former nobleman who fell on hard times, butPepel...

Sailors Popeye and Sindbad (Bluto) do battle to see which is the greatest.

Paul Lavond was a respected banker in Paris when he was framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to Devil's Island. Years later, he escapes with a friend, a scientist who was worki...

A countess from Transylvania seeks help from a Psychiatrist to cure her vampire cravings.

A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operat...

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long- lost twins. Two people play themselves and their children.

The film begins with methodical descriptions of one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional space. It then looks at a two-dimensional world inhabited by flat mice. It imagines how a human,...

Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending...

Lucky was tricked into missing his own wedding again and had to make 25k so his father would allow him to marry Margaret. He and Pop are in New York where they run into a dancing instructor. She and L...

The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.

Mickey is going to conduct an opera when he chases Pluto. Pluto crashes into a magician's props backstage and spars with the hat, its rabbits, and its doves. Donald and Clara are the leads in the oper...

This Traveltalk series short showcases the natural wonders in one of the USA's most famous national parks. Waterfalls, grizzly bears, and the Old Faithful geyser are featured.

A film about a friendly bus driver and his passengers on a journey through the mountains to the nearest train station.

Relations between Dr. 'Brad' Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced because Brad hated being dragged into murder mysteries, to which mystery writer Paula is addicted. But ...

The family of a shop-owner is spending a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with the man at the inn.

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is broken through the persistence of law enforcement and the courage of a local businessman.

In order to give up her life of crime and go straight, renowned jewel thief Sophie Lang fakes her own death and retires to London. She soon finds a job as a companion to a wealthy old lady who is also...