Best Drama Films of 1936
The Petrified Forest
Burned-out British intellectual Alan ... his daughter Leslie Bogart. One year after The Petrified Forest, Humphrey Bogart and Leslie Howard co-starred in The Stand-In. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Stowaway
Stranded in Shanghai, orphaned ... oriental aphorisms a la Charlie Chan, speaks Chinese, and offers imitations of Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson and Fred Astaire. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Captain January
Previously filmed as a ... loophole, the film has lapsed into public domain, joining A Little Princess as the most accessible of Temple's vehicles. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Fury
Fritz Lang's first American ... the help of his brothers, Joe tries to rig the verdict in the impending trial of the 22 vigilantes. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Come and Get It
Set in the woodlands ... co-directing billing. For his performance as Edward Arnold's Scandinavian cohort, Walter Brennan won the first-ever "best supporting actor" Oscar. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Little Lord Fauntleroy
David O. Selznick's first ... Other versions of this venerable tale have starred Mary Pickford (as both Fauntleroy and his mother) and Ricky Schroder. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
The Old Corral
A typical Gene Autry ... Old Corral is probably the only chance to see silent screen cowboy star Buddy Roosevelt playing a tuxedo-clad mobster. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Winterset
Maxwell Anderson combined the ... their own current problems to shed tears over the long-dead Sacco and Vanzetti, stayed away from Winterset in droves. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Great Guy
After retiring from a ... out to uncover the scam, much to the dismay of his girlfriend, Janet (Mae Clarke), and his underhanded coworkers. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Pennies from Heaven
In his only visit ... than superbly. As an added attraction, Pennies From Heaven showcases the matchless talents of Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Warner Baxter plays Dr. ... doctor, and in the 1980 TV movie The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, starring Dennis Weaver in the title role. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Postal Inspector
A postal inspector finds ... a few letters. Meanwhile as the intrepid inspector closes in, he finds himself falling in love with a singer. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Rembrandt
Lightning steadfastly refused to ... support by Elsa Lanchester (his real-life wife), and by legendary stage star Gertrude Lawrence in a rare film role. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
I Conquer the Sea
Dennis Morgan, still billed ... the plotline. The otherwise pedestrian I Conquer the Sea is enlivened by some authentic (and rather gory) whaling footage. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Murder in the Red Barn
Dear old Tod Slaughter ... with a master of ceremonies introducing all the characters, who take huge, ceremonial bows before plunging into the story. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
The Cocaine Fiends
Often compared to Reefer ... film was a remake of Willis Kent's silent The Pace That Kills (1928), footage from which is used throughout. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
The Healer
A pre-stardom Mickey Rooney ... Why, yes! The Healer was based on a novel by Robert Herrick that, not surprisingly, dated back to 1911. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
The Lion Man
Based on Edgar Rice ... Man was produced by Arthur Alexander for Normandy Pictures, a Poverty Row company otherwise engaged in producing cheap Westerns. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Marihuana
This companion to Reefer ... crime and prostitution, the result of her marijuana dependency. It was originally released as Marijuana - The Devil's Weed. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Reefer Madness
This unabashed propaganda film ... with the ominous warning, "The dread marijuana may be reaching forth next for your son or daughter...or yours...or YOURS!" [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Shadow of Chinatown [Serial]
Notorious Hollywood tightwad Sam ... A slightly altered feature version in which Lugosi's character is killed off in the final reel was released simultaneously. [ best drama films - 1936 ]
Gambling with Souls
"Suggested" by the notorious ... as a rather zoftig call girl. Footage from Gambling With Souls later found its way into Teen Age (1944). [ best drama films - 1936 ]Supplemental Navigation
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