1936 in film

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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	Studio	Box office gross rental
1	The Great Ziegfeld	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$3,089,000[1]
2	San Francisco	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$2,868,000[2]
3	Lloyd's of London	20th Century Fox	$2,000,000[3]
4	After the Thin Man	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$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/Samuel Goldwyn Productions	$1,700,000[4]
8	Rose Marie	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$1,695,000[1]
9	Swing Time	RKO Radio Pictures	$1,624,000[6]
10	Libeled Lady	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$1,601,000[1]

Events

January 9 – Actor John Gilbert 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.

Academy Awards

Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Best Director: Frank Capra – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Best Actor: Paul Muni – The Story of Louis Pasteur
Best Actress: Luise Rainer – The Great Ziegfeld
Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan – Come and Get It
Best Supporting Actress: Gale Sondergaard – Anthony Adverse

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]

Rank	Actor/Actress
1.	Shirley Temple
2.	Clark Gable
3.	Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
4.	Robert Taylor
5.	Joe E. Brown
6.	Dick Powell
7.	Joan Crawford
8.	Claudette Colbert
9.	Jeanette MacDonald
10.	Gary Cooper

Top Western stars

A poll of the top Western stars was also published for the first time.[8]

Rank	Actor/Actress
1.	Buck Jones
2.	George O'Brien
3.	Gene Autry
4.	William Boyd
5.	Ken Maynard
6.	Dick Foran
7.	John Wayne
8.	Tim McCoy
9.	Hoot Gibson
10.	Buster Crabbe

1936 film releases

United States unless stated.

January–March

January 1936
- 16 January
  - Ceiling Zero
- 17 January
  - Augustus the Strong (Germany/Poland)
- 20 January
  - The Invisible Ray
- 22 January
  - Collegiate
- 24 January
  - Anything Goes
- 30 January
  - Next Time We Love
February 1936
- 1 February
  - Rose Marie
- 5 February
  - Modern Times
- 6 February
  - The Petrified Forest
- 7 February
  - The Milky Way
- 14 February
  - The Bohemian Girl
  - It Had to Happen
- 15 February
  - The Lawless Nineties
- 19 February
  - Girl Friends (U.S.S.R.)
- 20 February
  - Follow the Fleet
  - Things to Come (GB)
- 22 February
  - The Story of Louis Pasteur
- 28 February
  - The Prisoner of Shark Island
  - Wife vs. Secretary
- 29 February
  - Mayerling (France)
  - The Walking Dead
March 1936
- 1 March
  - Sutter's Gold
- 2 March
  - Man of the Frontier
- 6 March
  - Little Lord Fauntleroy
  - Three Godfathers
- 9 March
  - Love Before Breakfast
- 13 March
  - The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
- 18 March
  - These Three
- 20 March
  - Silly Billies
- 22 March
  - The Great Ziegfeld
- 28 March
  - Road Gang
- 30 March
  - Too Many Parents

April–June

April 1936
- 4 April
  - Till We Meet Again
- 10 April
  - A Message to Garcia
  - The Moon's Our Home
  - Small Town Girl
- 11 April
  - Desire
  - The Singing Kid
- 16 April
  - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- 20 April
  - By the Bluest of Seas (U.S.S.R.)
- 24 April
  - Captain January
- 30 April
  - Thirteen Hours by Air
May 1936
- 6 May
  - It's Love Again (GB)
- 8 May
  - The Case Against Mrs. Ames
- 11 May
  - Dracula's Daughter
- 17 May
  - Show Boat
- 19 May
  - Love in Exile (GB)
- 20 May
  - Broken Blossoms (GB)
- 26 May
  - Hearts in Bondage
- 28 May
  - Osaka Elegy (Japan)
- 29 May
  - Fury
June 1936
- 5 June
  - Private Number
- 6 June
  - Bullets or Ballots
- 14 June
  - The Last Outlaw
- 15 June
  - Secret Agent (GB)
- 17 June
  - Poppy
- 20 June
  - Hearts Divided
- 26 June
  - San Francisco

July–September

July 1936
- 10 July
  - The Devil-Doll
- 16 July
  - Green Pastures
- 22 July
  - Satan Met a Lady
- 24 July
  - Poor Little Rich Girl
- 28 July
  - The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (GB)
- 29 July
  - Anthony Adverse
August 1936
- 10 August
  - Where There's a Will (GB)
- 20 August
  - Romeo and Juliet
- 26 August
  - East Meets West (UK)
- 28 August
  - The Gorgeous Hussy
  - Militiaman Bruggler (Germany)
  - The Texas Rangers
September 1936
- 1 September
  - Tudor Rose
- 2 September
  - The General Died at Dawn
- 4 September
  - The Last of the Mohicans
  - The Road to Glory
  - Swing Time
- 6 September
  - My Man Godfrey
- 9 September
  - Spy of Napoleon (GB)
- 10 September
  - Dusty Ermine (UK)
- 11 September
  - The Man Who Changed His Mind (GB)
- 15 September
  - The Children of Captain Grant
- 23 September
  - Dodsworth
- 25 September
  - Craig's Wife
  - Ramona
- 26 September
  - Cain and Mabel
- 30 September
  - Yiddle with his Fiddle (Poland/U.S.)

October–December

October 1936
- 1 October
  - Everything Is Thunder (UK)
- 6 October
  - Allá en el Rancho Grande (Mexico)
- 9 October
  - Libeled Lady
- 15 October
  - The Garden of Allah
  - Sisters of the Gion (Japan)
- 16 October
  - 15 Maiden Lane
  - Daniel Boone
  - Dimples
  - Hopalong Cassidy Returns
- 20 October
  - The Charge of the Light Brigade
- 22 October
  - Crime Over London (GB)
- 27 October
  - César (France)
  - Rebellion
- 30 October
  - Our Relations
November 1936
- 1 November
  - Legion of Terror
- 6 November
  - Come and Get It
  - Rembrandt (GB)
  - Tarzan Escapes
  - A Woman Rebels
- 12 November
  - Theodora Goes Wild
- 13 November
  - Go West, Young Man
- 16 November
  - Intermezzo (Sweden)
  - Laburnum Grove (GB)
  - The Plainsman
- 20 November
  - Love on the Run
- 25 November
  - Lloyd's of London
  - Pennies from Heaven
- 26 November
  - Men Are Not Gods (GB)
- 27 November
  - Born to Dance
December 1936
- 1 December
  - The Bold Caballero
- 2 December
  - Sabotage (GB)
- 11 December
  - General Spanky
  - Les bas-fonds (France)
- 12 December
  - Camille
- 20 December
  - Empty Saddles
- 21 December
  - Forget Me Not (UK)
- 24 December
  - The Jungle Princess
- 25 December
  - After the Thin Man
  - Stowaway
- 26 December
  - Gold Diggers of 1937
- 31 December
  - Let's Go With Pancho Villa (Mexico)

Notable films released in 1936

United States unless stated.

Serials

Ace Drummond, starring John (Dusty) King
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
The Black Coin
The Clutching Hand
Custer's Last Stand
Darkest Africa, starring Clyde Beatty
Flash Gordon, starring Buster Crabbe
The Phantom Rider
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island, starring Ray Mala
Shadow of Chinatown
Undersea Kingdom, starring Ray Corrigan
The Vigilantes Are Coming

Comedy film series

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
Buster Keaton (1917–1928)
Laurel and Hardy (1927–1940)
Our Gang (1922–1944)
Harry Langdon (1924–1936)
Wheeler & Woolsey (1929–1937)
The Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
The Three Stooges (1933–1962)

Animated short film series

Felix the Cat (1919-1936)
Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
Silly Symphonies
- Elmer Elephant
- Three Little Wolves
- Toby Tortoise Returns
- Three Blind Mousketeers
- The Country Cousin
- Mother Pluto
- More Kittens
Screen Songs (1929–1938)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
Terrytoons (1930–1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
Scrappy (1931–1941)
Betty Boop (1932–1939)
Popeye (1933–1957)
ComiColor Cartoons (1933-1936)
Happy Harmonies (1934–1938)
Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
Rainbow Parades (1935-1936)
Meany, Miny, and Moe (1936–1937)

Births

January 22 – Nyree Dawn Porter, English actress (d. 2001)
January 27 – Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)
January 28 – Alan Alda, American actor
February 11 – Burt Reynolds, American actor (d. 2018)
February 14 – Andrew Prine, American actor
March 1 – Georgina Spelvin, born Shelley Graham, American pornographic film actress
March 5 – Dean Stockwell, American actor
March 19 – Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
May 1 – Danièle Huillet, French director (d. 2006)
May 9
- Albert Finney, English actor (d. 2019)
- Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
May 17 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and performance artist (d. 2010)
May 23 - Charles Kimbrough, American actor
June 4 – Bruce Dern, American actor
July 5 – Shirley Knight, American actress
August 13 – Vyjayanthimala, Indian actress, politician, dancer and singer
August 18 – Robert Redford, American actor and director
August 25 – Hugh Hudson, English director
October 9 – Brian Blessed, English actor
October 16 – Irina Demick, French actress (d. 2004)
October 24 – David Nelson, American actor, director and producer (d. 2011)
November 9 – Teddy Infuhr, American child actor (d. 2007)
November 27 – Joel Barcellos, Brazilian actor (d. 2018)
December 8 – David Carradine, American actor and martial artist (d. 2009)
December 10 – Howard Smith, American journalist, director and producer (d. 2014)
December 22 – hector elizondo, American actor
December 23
- Frederic Forrest, American actor
- James Stacy, American actor (d. 2016)
December 25 – Ismail Merchant, Indian film producer (d. 2005)
December 29 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (d. 2017)

Deaths

January 9 – John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1897)
January 24 – Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873)
February 20 – Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
February 28 – Justus Hagman, Swedish actor (b. 1859)
April 6 – Väinö Lehmus, Finnish actor (b. 1886)
June 17 – Henry B. Walthall, American actor (b. 1878)
July 11 - James Murray, American actor (b. 1901)
September 14 – Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
October 17 – Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress (b. 1889)

Debuts

Notes

The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
Turk, Edward Baron (1998). Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. University of California Press. pp. 364-365. ISBN 0-520-21202-9.
Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 217
Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 16 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
Richard Jewel (1994) 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol. 14 No. 1, p.55
"The Biggest Money Making Stars of 1936". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
"Exhibitors Name Biggest Western Draws". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 18. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[HollywoodDivaBook-2] Turk, Edward Baron (1998). Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. University of California Press. pp. 364-365. ISBN 0-520-21202-9.

[3] Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 217

[HollywoodStoryBook-4] Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.

[5] Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 16 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

[rko-6] Richard Jewel (1994) 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol. 14 No. 1, p.55

[1936Poll-7] "The Biggest Money Making Stars of 1936". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

[8] "Exhibitors Name Biggest Western Draws". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 18. Retrieved April 24, 2018.