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Overview of the events of 1936 in film
The following is an overview of 1936 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1936 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1936
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
The Great Ziegfeld
MGM
$3,089,000
[1]
2
San Francisco
$2,868,000
[2]
3
The Plainsman
Paramount
$2,278,533
[3]
4
After the Thin Man
MGM
$1,992,000
[1]
5
Modern Times
United Artists
$1,800,000
[4]
6
Anthony Adverse
Warner Bros.
$1,783,000
[5]
7
Strike Me Pink
United Artists
$1,700,000
[4]
8
Rose Marie
MGM
$1,695,000
[1]
9
Swing Time
RKO
$1,624,000
[6]
10
Libeled Lady
MGM
$1,601,000
[1]
January 9 – Silent screen actor
John Gilbert , perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as
The Merry Widow and
The Big Parade , dies suddenly of a heart attack at his
Bel Air home, aged 38.
February 15 – first
Republic
serial ,
Darkest Africa , is released.
May 29 –
Fritz Lang 's first Hollywood film,
Fury , starring
Spencer Tracy and
Bruce Cabot , is released.
September 14 – Film producer
Irving Thalberg , often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in
Santa Monica , aged 37.
Top Ten Money Making Stars
Exhibitors selected the following as the
Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in
Quigley Publishing Company 's annual poll.
[7]
A poll of the top Western stars was also published for the first time.
[8]
United States unless stated.
January 1936
16 January
17 January
20 January
22 January
24 January
28 January
30 January
February 1936
6 February
7 February
14 February
15 February
19 February
20 February
22 February
25 February
28 February
29 February
March 1936
1 March
2 March
6 March
9 March
13 March
18 March
20 March
22 March
28 March
30 March
April 1936
4 April
10 April
11 April
16 April
20 April
24 April
30 April
May 1936
6 May
8 May
11 May
17 May
19 May
20 May
26 May
28 May
29 May
June 1936
5 June
6 June
14 June
15 June
17 June
20 June
26 June
July 1936
10 July
16 July
22 July
24 July
28 July
29 July
August 1936
10 August
20 August
26 August
27 August
28 August
September 1936
1 September
2 September
4 September
6 September
9 September
10 September
11 September
15 September
23 September
25 September
26 September
30 September
October 1936
1 October
6 October
9 October
15 October
16 October
20 October
22 October
27 October
30 October
November 1936
1 November
6 November
12 November
13 November
16 November
20 November
25 November
26 November
27 November
December 1936
1 December
2 December
11 December
12 December
20 December
21 December
24 December
25 December
26 December
31 December
Notable films released in 1936
United States unless stated.
Accused , directed by
Thornton Freeland , starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and
Dolores del Río – (
GB )
Achhoot Kanya (Untouchable Maiden) , directed by
Franz Osten , starring
Ashok Kumar and
Devika Rani – (
India )
After the Thin Man , directed by
W. S. Van Dyke , starring
William Powell ,
Myrna Loy and
James Stewart
Allá en el Rancho Grande (Out on the Great Ranch) (
Mexico )
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss , starring
Cary Grant (
GB )
Anthony Adverse , starring
Fredric March and
Olivia de Havilland
Anything Goes , starring
Bing Crosby and
Ethel Merman
Augustus the Strong (August der Starke), directed by
Paul Wegener – (
Germany /
Poland )
Cain and Mabel , starring
Marion Davies and
Clark Gable
Camel Through the Eye of a Needle (Velbloud uchem jehly) (
Czechoslovakia )
Camille , starring
Greta Garbo and
Robert Taylor
Captain January , starring
Shirley Temple
The Case Against Mrs. Ames , starring
Madeleine Carroll and
George Brent
Ceiling Zero , directed by
Howard Hawks , starring
James Cagney and
Pat O'Brien
César , directed by
Marcel Pagnol (
France )
The Charge of the Light Brigade , starring
Errol Flynn and
Olivia de Havilland
Charlie Chan at the Opera , starring
Warner Oland and
Boris Karloff
The Children of Captain Grant
Circus (Tsirk) (
U.S.S.R. )
Collegiate , starring
Frances Langford and
Betty Grable
Come and Get It , starring
Edward Arnold and
Joel McCrea
Craig's Wife , starring
Rosalind Russell
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Le Crime de Monsieur Lange), directed by
Jean Renoir (
France )
Crime Over London , directed by
Alfred Zeisler (GB)
Kundal Lal Saigal and Jamuna in Devdas, Barua's 1936 Hindi version.
Daniel Boone , starring
George O'Brien
The Desert Island (Lang tao sha) (
China )
Desire , starring
Marlene Dietrich and
Gary Cooper
Devdas (
India )
The Devil-Doll , directed by
Tod Browning , starring
Lionel Barrymore and
Maureen O'Sullivan
Dimples , starring
Shirley Temple
Dodsworth , directed by
William Wyler , starring
Walter Huston ,
Ruth Chatterton ,
Mary Astor
Dracula's Daughter , starring
Otto Kruger and
Gloria Holden
Dusty Ermine , directed by
Bernard Vorhaus (UK)
The Garden of Allah , starring
Marlene Dietrich and
Charles Boyer
The General Died at Dawn , starring
Gary Cooper and
Madeleine Carroll
General Spanky , starring
Spanky McFarland
Girl Friends (Podrugi) (
U.S.S.R. )
Go West, Young Man , starring
Mae West , adapted by her from
Lawrence Riley 's 1934 stage play
Personal Appearance
Gold Diggers of 1937 , directed by
Lloyd Bacon and
Busby Berkeley
The Gorgeous Hussy , starring
Joan Crawford and
Robert Taylor
The Great Ziegfeld , starring
William Powell ,
Myrna Loy ,
Luise Rainer
Green Pastures , adapted from the 1923 stage play, starring
Rex Ingram and
Eddie Anderson
Laburnum Grove , starring
Edmund Gwenn and
Cedric Hardwicke (
GB )
The Last of the Mohicans , starring
Randolph Scott
The Last Outlaw , starring
Harry Carey
The Lawless Nineties , starring
John Wayne
Legion of Terror , starring
Bruce Cabot
Let's Go With Pancho Villa (Vámonos con Pancho Villa) (
Mexico )
Libeled Lady , starring
Jean Harlow ,
William Powell ,
Myrna Loy ,
Spencer Tracy
Limelight , starring
Anna Neagle (
GB )
Little Lord Fauntleroy , starring
Freddie Bartholomew ,
Dolores Costello Barrymore ,
C. Aubrey Smith
Lloyd's of London , starring
Freddie Bartholomew ,
Madeleine Carroll ,
Tyrone Power
Love Before Breakfast , starring
Carole Lombard and
Preston Foster
Love in Exile , starring
Helen Vinson and
Clive Brook (GB)
Love on the Run . starring
Joan Crawford and
Clark Gable
The Man Who Changed His Mind , starring
Boris Karloff (
GB )
The Man Who Could Work Miracles , starring
Roland Young and
Ralph Richardson (
GB )
Mayerling , directed by
Anatole Litvak starring
Charles Boyer and
Danielle Darrieux (
France )
Men Are Not Gods , starring
Miriam Hopkins ,
Gertrude Lawrence ,
Rex Harrison (
GB )
A Message to Garcia , directed by
George Marshall , starring
Barbara Stanwyck ,
John Boles and
Wallace Beery
Militiaman Bruggler (Standschütze Bruggler) – (
Germany )
The Milky Way , starring
Harold Lloyd
Modern Times , written, directed by and starring
Charles Chaplin , with
Paulette Goddard
The Mongolian Boy (Монгол хүү), directed by Ilya Trauberg is released as the first
Mongolian film
The Moon's Our Home , starring
Henry Fonda and
Margaret Sullavan
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town , directed by
Frank Capra , starring
Gary Cooper and
Jean Arthur
My Man Godfrey , directed by
Gregory La Cava , starring
William Powell and
Carole Lombard
Palm Springs , starring
Frances Langford and
David Niven
Paradise Road (Ulička v ráji) (
Czechoslovakia )
Pennies from Heaven , starring
Bing Crosby and
Madge Evans
The Petrified Forest , starring
Leslie Howard ,
Humphrey Bogart ,
Bette Davis
Poppy , starring
W.C. Fields
The Plainsman , starring
Gary Cooper and
Jean Arthur
Poor Little Rich Girl , starring
Shirley Temple ,
Alice Faye ,
Jack Haley
The Prisoner of Shark Island , directed by
John Ford , starring
Warner Baxter and
Gloria Stuart
Private Number , starring
Loretta Young and
Robert Taylor
Red River Valley , starring
Gene Autry
Redes , directed by
Fred Zinnemann – (
Mexico )
Ramona , starring
Don Ameche and
Loretta Young
Rebellion , starring
Tom Keene and
Rita Hayworth
Reefer Madness , (aka Tell Your Children ), a cult
exploitation film
Rembrandt , directed by
Alexander Korda , starring
Charles Laughton – (
GB )
Road Gang , starring
Donald Woods
Robin Hood, Jr. (1936), directed by
Leslie Goodwins
The Road to Glory , directed by
Howard Hawks , starring
Lionel Barrymore and
Fredric March
Romeo and Juliet , starring
Norma Shearer ,
Leslie Howard ,
John Barrymore ,
Basil Rathbone
Rose Marie , starring
Jeanette MacDonald and
Nelson Eddy
Sabotage , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Sylvia Sidney and
Oskar Homolka – (
GB )
San Francisco , starring
Clark Gable ,
Jeanette MacDonald ,
Spencer Tracy
Satan Met a Lady , starring
Warren William and
Bette Davis
Secret Agent , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
John Gielgud and
Madeleine Carroll (
GB )
Show Boat , starring
Irene Dunne ,
Allan Jones ,
Charles Winninger ,
Paul Robeson ,
Helen Morgan
The Singing Kid , starring
Al Jolson
Silly Billies starring
Wheeler & Woolsey
Sisters of the Gion (Gion no shimai), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi (
Japan )
Small Town Girl , directed by
William Wellman , starring
Janet Gaynor ,
Robert Taylor ,
James Stewart
Sportszerelem (
Hungary )
Spy of Napoleon , directed by
Maurice Elvey , starring
Richard Barthelmess and
Dolly Haas (
GB )
The Story of Louis Pasteur , starring
Paul Muni
Stowaway , starring
Shirley Temple ,
Robert Young ,
Alice Faye
Sutter's Gold , starring
Edward Arnold
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , starring
Tod Slaughter (
GB )
Swing Time , starring
Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers
Tarzan Escapes , starring
Johnny Weissmuller
The Texas Rangers , directed by
King Vidor , starring
Fred MacMurray and
Jack Oakie
Theodora Goes Wild , starring
Irene Dunne and
Melvyn Douglas
These Three , starring
Miriam Hopkins ,
Merle Oberon ,
Joel McCrea (adapted from
Lillian Hellman play
The Children's Hour )
Things to Come , directed by
William Cameron Menzies , starring
Raymond Massey ,
Ralph Richardson ,
Cedric Hardwicke (
GB )
Thirteen Hours by Air , starring
Fred MacMurray and
Joan Bennett
Three Godfathers , starring
Chester Morris ,
Lewis Stone ,
Walter Brennan
Till We Meet Again , starring
Herbert Marshall and
Gertrude Michael
Too Many Parents , debut film for
Frances Farmer
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine , starring
Sylvia Sidney ,
Fred MacMurray ,
Henry Fonda
Tudor Rose , starring
Cedric Hardwicke ,
Nova Pilbeam ,
John Mills (
GB )
The Walking Dead , directed by
Michael Curtiz , starring
Boris Karloff
Where There's a Will , starring
Will Hay – (GB)
Whom the Gods Love , directed by
Basil Dean , starring
Stephen Haggard ,
Victoria Hopper – (GB)
Wife vs. Secretary , starring
Clark Gable ,
Jean Harlow ,
Myrna Loy
Windbag the Sailor , starring
Will Hay (
GB )
A Woman Rebels , starring
Katharine Hepburn and
Herbert Marshall
Animated short film series
January 9 –
K Callan , American author and actress
January 18 –
Tim Barlow , English actor (d. 2023)
January 22 –
Nyree Dawn Porter , English actress (d. 2001)
January 27 –
Troy Donahue , American actor (d. 2001)
January 28 –
Alan Alda , American actor
February 3 –
Jeanine Basinger , American film historian
February 4 –
Gary Conway , American actor and screenwriter
February 11 –
Burt Reynolds , American actor (d. 2018)
February 12
February 14
February 17 –
Jim Brown , American actor (d. 2023)
February 29 –
Alex Rocco , American actor (d. 2015)
March 1 –
Georgina Spelvin , born Shelley Graham, American
pornographic film actress
March 5 –
Dean Stockwell , American actor (d. 2021)
March 8 –
Sue Ane Langdon , American actress
March 9 –
Marty Ingels , American actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer and theatrical agent (d. 2015)
March 19 –
Ursula Andress , Swiss actress
March 23 –
Luisa Mattioli , Italian actress (d. 2021)
April 9 –
Avery Schreiber , American actor and comedian (d. 2002)
April 12 –
Charles Napier , American character actor (d. 2011)
April 19 –
Andy Romano , American actor (d. 2022)
May 1 –
Danièle Huillet , French director (d. 2006)
May 4 –
Eleanor Coppola , American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer (d. 2024)
May 9
May 12 –
Millie Perkins , American former actress
May 14 –
Bobby Darin , American singer, songwriter, actor (d.
1973 )
May 17 –
Dennis Hopper , American actor and performance artist (d. 2010)
May 20 –
Anthony Zerbe , American actor
May 23 –
Charles Kimbrough , American actor (d. 2023)
May 27 –
Louis Gossett Jr. , American actor (d. 2024)
May 28 –
John Wilder , American producer, writer and former actor
May 30 –
Keir Dullea , American actor
June 3 –
Larry McMurtry , American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)
June 4 –
Bruce Dern , American actor
June 8 –
James Darren , American actor, director and singer
June 19 -
Takeshi Aono , Japanese voice actor and narrator (d. 2012)
June 22 –
Kris Kristofferson , American retired actor, musician and songwriter
June 24
June 27 –
Shirley Anne Field , English actress (d. 2023)
July 1 –
Ron Masak , American actor (d. 2022)
July 5 –
Shirley Knight , American actress (d. 2020)
July 9 –
Dick Richards , American director, producer and screenwriter
July 9 -
Richard Wilson Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster
July 24
July 25 -
August Schellenberg , Canadian actor (d. 2013)
August 5 -
John Saxon , American actor (d. 2020)
August 13 –
Vyjayanthimala , Indian actress, politician, dancer and singer
August 15 -
Pat Priest , American actress
August 16 -
Anita Gillette , American actress
August 17 –
Floyd Westerman , American musician, political activist, and actor (d. 2007)
August 18 –
Robert Redford , American actor and director
August 20 –
Philip Voss , British actor (d. 2020)
August 25 –
Hugh Hudson , English director (d. 2023)
September 7 –
Bruce Gray , Canadian actor (d. 2017)
September 11 -
Charles Dierkop , American character actor (d. 2024)
September 14 -
Walter Koenig , American actor and screenwriter
September 19 -
Anna Karen , British-South African actress (d. 2022)
September 20
September 21 -
Burr DeBenning , American character actor (d. 2003)
September 24 -
Jim Henson , American puppeteer, animator, actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
October 8 -
Leonid Kuravlyov , Russian actor (d. 2022)
October 9 –
Brian Blessed , English actor
October 16
October 19 -
Tony Lo Bianco , Italian-American actor (d. 2024)
October 23 -
Philip Kaufman , American director and screenwriter
October 24 –
David Nelson , American actor, director and producer (d. 2011)
October 26 -
Shelley Morrison , American actress (d. 2019)
October 28 -
Joe Spinell , American character actor (d. 1989)
November 4 -
Jan Tříska , Czech actor (d. 2017)
November 9 –
Teddy Infuhr , American child actor (d. 2007)
November 19 -
Dick Cavett , American television personality, comedian and former talk show host
November 25 -
Matt Clark , American actor
November 27 –
Joel Barcellos , Brazilian actor (d. 2018)
December 1 -
Melissa Jaffer , Australian actress
December 3
December 5 -
John Erwin , American voice actor
December 6 -
David Ossman , American writer and comedian
December 8 –
David Carradine , American actor and martial artist (d. 2009)
December 10 –
Howard Smith , American journalist, director and producer (d. 2014)
December 13 -
Cliff Emmich , American actor (d. 2022)
December 18 -
Gary Gray , American child actor (d. 2006)
December 22 –
Hector Elizondo , American actor
December 23
December 25 –
Ismail Merchant , Indian film producer (d. 2005)
December 29 –
Mary Tyler Moore , American actress (d. 2017)
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