1936 in film

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Years in film:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Years in television:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Academy Awards 4 Films released in 1936 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Animated short film series 8 Births 9 Deaths

[edit] Events

• January 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon
• February 15 - first Republic serial, Darkest Africa, released
• September 28 - The Marx Brothers' Harpo Marx marries actress Susan Fleming

[edit] Top grossing films

North America

1. San Francisco
2. Rose-Marie
3. Man of the Frontier

[edit] Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• 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

[edit] Films released in 1936

• After the Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
• The Alamo
• Anthony Adverse, starring Fredric March
• The Bohemian Girl, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
• Cafe Mascot, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Camille, starring Greta Garbo
• Captain January, starring Shirley Temple
• Ceiling Zero, starring James Cagney
• The Charge of the Light Brigade, starring Errol Flynn
• Come and Get It
• Dodsworth, starring Walter Huston
• Follow the Fleet, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• Fury, starring Sylvia Sidney and Spencer Tracy
• The Great Ziegfeld, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer
• Green Pastures, adopted from the 1923 stage play of the same name, starring Eddie Anderson -(film mentioned in article)
• The Lawless Nineties, starring John Wayne
• Libeled Lady, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Jean Harlow
• The Man Who Could Work Miracles, starring Roland Young and Ralph Richardson
• Mayerling, directed by Anatole Litvak starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux
• Modern Times, written, directed by and starring Charles Chaplin
• The Moon's Our Home
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur; directed by Frank Capra
• My Man Godfrey, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard
• Man of the Frontier, starring Gene Autry
• The Petrified Forest, starring Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis
• Reefer Madness, (also known as Tell Your Children)
• Romeo and Juliet, starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone
• Rose-Marie, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy -(film mentioned in article)
• Sabotage, an Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Sylvia Sidney and Oskar Homolka
• San Francisco, starring Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald
• Secret Agent, an Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring John Gielgud, Peter Lorre and Madeleine Carroll
• Swing Time, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• Things to Come, based on the story by H.G. Wells
• The Story of Louis Pasteur, starring Paul Muni

[edit] Serials

• Ace Drummond, starring John (Dusty) King
• Flash Gordon, starring Buster Crabbe
• Darkest Africa, starring Clyde Beatty
• Undersea Kingdom, starring Ray Corrigan
• The Black Coin
• The Clutching Hand
• The Vigilantes Are Coming
• Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island, starring Ray Mala

[edit] Short film series

• Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
• Our Gang (1922-1944)
• Laurel and Hardy (1926-1940)

[edit] Animated short film series

• Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
• Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
• Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
• 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)

[edit] Births

• January 3 - Georgina Spelvin, pornographic film actress
• February 11 - Burt Reynolds, United States actor
• February 23 - Majel Barrett, United States actress
• May 9 - Glenda Jackson, British actress and politician
• August 18 - Robert Redford, actor, director
• October 19 - Irina Demick, French actress (d. 2004)
• December 25 - Ismail Merchant Indian film producer

[edit] Deaths

• January 9 – John Gilbert, American actor
• October 17 - Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress