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:

Events

*January 9 – Silent screen actor John Gilbert, perhaps best known for his appearances in films such as ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' and '' The Big Parade'', dies suddenly of a heart attack at his Bel Air home, aged 38. *February 15 – The first

Republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...

serial, '' Darkest Africa'', is released. *May 29 –

Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), better known as Fritz Lang (), was an Austrian-born film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary ''Variety Obituari ...

's first Hollywood film, '' Fury'', starring

Spencer Tracy Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the ...

and Bruce Cabot, is released. *September 14 – Film producer

Irving Thalberg Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather productio ...

, often referred by many as the "Boy Wonder of Hollywood", dies from pneumonia at his home in

Santa Monica Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...

, aged 37.

Academy Awards

* Best Picture: ''

The Great Ziegfeld ''The Great Ziegfeld'' is a 1936 American musical film, musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., Lui ...

'' –

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...

* Best Director:

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter who was the creative force behind Frank Capra filmography#Films that won Academy Award ...

– '' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' * Best Actor: Paul Muni – '' The Story of Louis Pasteur'' * Best Actress: Luise Rainer – ''

'' * Best Supporting Actor:

Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Come and Get It (1936 film), Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky (film), Kentucky'' (19 ...

– '' Come and Get It'' * Best Supporting Actress:

Gale Sondergaard Gale Sondergaard (born Edith Holm Sondergaard; February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theater and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award ...

– '' 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 Martin Joseph Quigley Sr. (May 6, 1890 – May 4, 1964)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American publisher, editor, and film magazine journalist. He founded ''Exhibitors Herald'', which became a ...

's annual poll.

Top Western stars

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

1936 film releases

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

unless stated.

January–March

*January 1936 **16 January ***'' Ceiling Zero'' ***'' Strike Me Pink'' **17 January ***'' Augustus the Strong'' (

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

) **20 January ***'' The Invisible Ray'' **22 January ***'' Collegiate'' **24 January ***'' Anything Goes'' **28 January ***'' Rose Marie'' **30 January ***'' Next Time We Love'' *February 1936 **6 February ***'' The Petrified Forest'' **7 February ***'' The Milky Way'' **14 February ***''

The Bohemian Girl ''The Bohemian Girl'' is an English language Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes' tale, ''La gitanilla''. The best-known aria from the piece is "I D ...

'' ***'' 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'' **25 February ***'' Modern Times'' **28 February ***'' The Prisoner of Shark Island'' ***'' Wife vs. Secretary'' **29 February ***''

Mayerling Mayerling is a small village (pop. 200) in Lower Austria belonging to the municipality of Alland in the district of Baden (district of Austria), Baden. It is situated on the Schwechat river, in the Vienna Woods, Wienerwald (''Vienna woods''), so ...

'' (

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

) ***'' 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 ***''

'' **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 Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires. They are seen as propositional attitudes towards conceivable states of affa ...

'' ***'' 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 ''Show Boat'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 Show Boat (novel), novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the per ...

'' **19 May ***'' Love in Exile'' (GB) **20 May ***'' Broken Blossoms'' (GB) **26 May ***''

Hearts in Bondage ''Hearts in Bondage'' is a 1936 American black-and-white war drama film directed by Lew Ayres for Republic Pictures. Set during the American Civil War, the film depicts the Union Navy's deliberate sinking of , the Confederate States Navy's sa ...

'' **28 May ***'' Osaka Elegy'' (

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

) **29 May ***'' Fury'' *June 1936 **5 June ***'' Private Number'' **6 June ***''

Bullets or Ballots ''Bullets or Ballots'' is a 1936 American crime film, crime thriller film starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, and Humphrey Bogart. Robinson plays a police detective who infiltrates a crime gang. This is the first of sev ...

'' **14 June ***'' The Last Outlaw'' **15 June ***''

Secret Agent Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ''e ...

'' ( GB) **17 June ***''

Poppy A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, '' Papaver somniferum'', is the source of the narcotic drug ...

'' **20 June ***'' Hearts Divided'' **26 June ***''

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

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 ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' **26 August ***'' East Meets West'' (UK) **27 August ***'' Swing Time'' **28 August ***'' The Gorgeous Hussy'' ***'' Militiaman Bruggler'' (

) ***'' The Texas Rangers'' *September 1936 **1 September ***'' Tudor Rose'' **2 September ***''

The General Died at Dawn ''The General Died at Dawn'' is a 1936 American drama film that tells the story of a mercenary who meets a beautiful girl while trying to keep arms from getting to a vicious warlord in war-torn China. The movie was written by Charles G. Booth a ...

'' **4 September ***'' The Last of the Mohicans'' ***''

The Road to Glory ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

'' **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'' (

/U.S.)

October–December

*October 1936 **1 October ***''

Everything Is Thunder ''Everything Is Thunder'' is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Constance Bennett, Douglass Montgomery and Oskar Homolka. Its plot concerns a British officer who attempts to escape from a German Prisoner of War ca ...

'' (UK) **6 October ***'' Allá en el Rancho Grande'' (

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

) **9 October ***'' Libeled Lady'' **15 October ***'' The Garden of Allah'' ***'' Sisters of the Gion'' (

) **16 October ***'' 15 Maiden Lane'' ***''

Daniel Boone Daniel Boone (, 1734September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyo ...

'' ***'' Dimples'' ***'' Hopalong Cassidy Returns'' **20 October ***'' The Charge of the Light Brigade'' **22 October ***'' Crime Over London'' (GB) **27 October ***'' César'' (

) ***''

Rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

'' **30 October ***'' Our Relations'' *November 1936 **1 November ***'' Legion of Terror'' **6 November ***'' Come and Get It'' ***''

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

'' ( GB) ***'' Tarzan Escapes'' ***'' A Woman Rebels'' **12 November ***'' Theodora Goes Wild'' **13 November ***''

Go West, Young Man "Go West, young man" is a phrase, the origin of which is often credited to the American author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley, concerning America's expansion westward as related to the concept of Manifest destiny. No one has yet proven who ...

'' **16 November ***'' Intermezzo'' (

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

) ***'' Laburnum Grove'' ( GB) ***'' The Plainsman'' **20 November ***'' Love on the Run'' **25 November ***''

Lloyd's of London Lloyd's of London, generally known simply as Lloyd's, is a insurance and reinsurance market located in London, England. Unlike most of its competitors in the industry, it is not an insurance company; rather, Lloyd's is a corporate body gover ...

'' ***'' 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 Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization (warfare), demoralization, destabilization, divide and rule, division, social disruption, disrupti ...

'' ( GB) **11 December ***'' General Spanky'' ***'' Les bas-fonds'' (

) **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'' (

)

Notable films released in 1936

unless stated.

0–9

*'' 13 Hours by Air'', directed by

Mitchell Leisen James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American film director, director, art director, and costume designer. Film career He entered the film industry in the 1920s, beginning in the art and costume departments. He d ...

, starring

Fred MacMurray Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film le ...

, Joan Bennett and

ZaSu Pitts ZaSu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who, in a career spanning nearly five decades, starred in many silent film drama film, dramas, such as Erich von Stroheim's 1924 epic ''Greed (1924 film), Greed'', along wi ...

*'' 15 Maiden Lane'', directed by

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan was ...

, starring Claire Trevor and Cesar Romero

A

*'' Accused'', directed by

Thornton Freeland Thornton Freeland (February 10, 1898 – May 22, 1987) was an American film director who directed 26 British and American films in a career that lasted from 1924 to 1949. Early success He was born in Hope, North Dakota in 1898 and originally ...

, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Dolores del Río – ( GB) *'' Achhoot Kanya (Untouchable Maiden)'', directed by

Franz Osten Franz Osten (23 December 1876 in Munich – 2 December 1956) was a Bavaria, Bavarian filmmaker who along with Himansu Rai was among the first retainers of Bombay Talkies. Osten partnered with Rai on a number of India's earliest blockbuster film ...

, starring

Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...

and Devika Rani – (

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

) *'' After the Thin Man'', directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring William Powell,

Myrna Loy Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. As a performer, she was known for her ability to adapt to her screen partner's acting style. Born in Helena, Monta ...

and

James Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military aviator. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morali ...

*'' Allá en el Rancho Grande (Out on the Great Ranch)'', directed by Fernando de Fuentes, starring Tito Guízar and Esther Fernández – (

) *'' The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss'', directed by Alfred Zeisler, starring

Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English and American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he ...

and Mary Brian – ( GB) *'' Anthony Adverse'', directed by

Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. During the 1930s, he was one of the two great practitioners of economical and effective film directing at Warner Bros., Warner Brothers studios, ...

, starring

Fredric March Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated stars of the 1930s and 1940s.Obituary '' Variety'', April 16, 1975, page 95. As ...

and

Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her tim ...

*'' Anything Goes'', directed by

Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн); September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was an American film director. Milestone directed '' Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) and '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1 ...

, starring

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, comedian, entertainer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwi ...

Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann; January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American singer and actress. Known for her distinctive, powerful voice, and her leading roles in musical theatre, musical theater,Obituary ''Variety Obitua ...

and Ida Lupino *'' Augustus the Strong (August der Starke)'', directed by Paul Wegener, starring Michael Bohnen – (

)

B

*'' Black Eyes (Cheshmhay-e Siah)'', directed by Abdolhossein Sepanta – (

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

) *'' Blood on Wolf Mountain (Láng shān dié xuě jì)'', directed by

Fei Mu Fei Mu (October 10, 1906 – January 31, 1951), also romanised as Fey Mou, was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. His '' Spring in a Small Town'' (1948) was declared the greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Crit ...

, starring Li Lili – (

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

) *''

'', directed by James W. Horne and

Charley Rogers Charles Rogers (15 January 1887 – 20 December 1956) was an English film actor, film director, director and screenwriter best known for his association with Laurel and Hardy. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, and was the so ...

, starring

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American double act, comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) ...

*'' The Bold Caballero'', directed by Wells Root, starring Robert Livingston *'' Born to Dance'', directed by

Roy Del Ruth Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893 – April 27, 1961) was an American filmmaker. Early career Beginning his Hollywood career as a writer for Mack Sennett in 1915, Del Ruth later directed his first short film ''Hungry Lions'' (1919) for the pr ...

, starring Eleanor Powell,

and Una Merkel *'' Broken Blossoms'', directed by

John Brahm John Brahm (August 17, 1893 – October 12, 1982) was a German film and television director. His films include ''The Undying Monster'' (1942), ''The Lodger (1944 film), The Lodger'' (1944), ''Hangover Square (film), Hangover Square'' (1945), ''Th ...

, starring Dolly Haas and Emlyn Williams – ( GB) *''

'', directed by

William Keighley William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889 – June 24, 1984) was an American stage actor and Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood film director. Career After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of ...

, starring Edward G. Robinson,

Joan Blondell Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years. Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, estab ...

and

Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart ( ; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart ...

*'' By the Bluest of Seas (U samogo sinego morya)'', directed by Boris Barnet – (

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)

C

*'' Cain and Mabel'', directed by

Lloyd Bacon Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director, he made films in numerous genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, and c ...

, starring Marion Davies and

Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 Film, motion pictures across a variety of Film genre, genres dur ...

*'' Camel Through the Eye of a Needle (Velbloud uchem jehly)'', directed by and starring Hugo Haas – (

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

) *'' Camille'', directed by

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor ( ; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer, producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO Pictures, RKO when David O. Selzn ...

, starring

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's Silent film, silent and early Classical Hollywood cinema, golden eras. Regarded as one of the g ...

, Robert Taylor and Lionel Barrymore *'' Captain January'', directed by David Butler, starring

Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was na ...

*'' The Case Against Mrs. Ames'', directed by

William A. Seiter William Alfred Seiter (June 10, 1890 – July 26, 1964) was an American film director. Life and career Seiter was born in New York City. After attending Hudson River Military Academy, Seiter broke into films in 1915 as a bit player at Mack Senn ...

, starring Madeleine Carroll and George Brent *'' Ceiling Zero'', directed by

Howard Hawks Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, Film producer, producer, and screenwriter of the Classical Hollywood cinema, classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American ...

, starring

James Cagney James Francis Cagney Jr. (; July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and maj ...

and Pat O'Brien (actor), Pat O'Brien *'' César'', directed by Marcel Pagnol, starring Raimu – (

) *'' The Charge of the Light Brigade'', directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Errol Flynn and

*''Charlie Chan at the Opera'', directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Warner Oland and Boris Karloff *'' The Children of Captain Grant (Deti kapitana Granta)'', directed by Vladimir Vajnshtok – (

) *''Circus (1936 film), Circus (Tsirk)'', directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, starring Lyubov Orlova – (

) *'' Collegiate'', directed by Ralph Murphy, starring Jack Oakie, Frances Langford and Betty Grable *'' Come and Get It'', directed by

and William Wyler, starring Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea and

*'' Craig's Wife'', directed by Dorothy Arzner, starring Rosalind Russell and John Boles (actor), John Boles *''The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Le Crime de Monsieur Lange)'', directed by Jean Renoir, starring René Lefèvre (actor), René Lefèvre – (

) *'' Crime Over London'', directed by Alfred Zeisler, starring Margot Grahame and Paul Cavanagh – ( GB)

D

*''

'', directed by David Howard (director), David Howard, starring George O'Brien (actor), George O'Brien *''The Desert Island (Lang tao sha)'', directed by Wu Yonggang – (Chinese films of the 1930s, China) *''

'', directed by Frank Borzage, starring Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper *''Devdas (1936 film), Devdas'', directed by Pramathesh Barua, starring K. L. Saigal – (Bollywood films of the 1930s, India) *''The Devil Doll'', directed by Tod Browning, starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan *''Dimples (1935 film), Dimples'', directed by

, starring

and Frank Morgan *'' Dodsworth'', directed by William Wyler, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor and David Niven *'' Dracula's Daughter'', directed by Lambert Hillyer, starring Otto Kruger and Gloria Holden *'' Dusty Ermine'', directed by Bernard Vorhaus, directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Anthony Bushell and Jane Baxter – ( GB)

E

*'' East Meets West'', directed by Herbert Mason, starring George Arliss – ( GB) *'' Empty Saddles'', directed by Lesley Selander, starring Buck Jones and Louise Brooks *''

'', directed by Milton Rosmer, starring Constance Bennett – ( GB)

F

*'' Follow the Fleet'', directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Randolph Scott *'' Forget Me Not'', directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Beniamino Gigli and Joan Gardner (British actress), Joan Gardner – ( GB) *''The Four Musketeers (1936 film), The Four Musketeers (I quattro moschettieri)'', directed by Carlo Campogalliani – (List of Italian films of 1936, Italy) *'' Fury'', directed by

, starring Sylvia Sidney and

G

*'' The Garden of Allah'', directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer *''

'', directed by

, starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll *'' General Spanky'', directed by Fred Newmeyer and Gordon Douglas (director), Gordon Douglas, starring George McFarland, Spanky McFarland *'' Girl Friends (Podrugi)'', directed by Lev Arnshtam, starring Zoya Fyodorova – (

) *''

'', directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Mae West, Warren William and Randolph Scott *'' Gold Diggers of 1937'', directed by

, starring Dick Powell,

and Glenda Farrell *'' The Gorgeous Hussy'', directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas and

*''

'', directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring William Powell,

, Luise Rainer and Frank Morgan *'' Green Pastures'', directed by Marc Connelly and

, starring Rex Ingram (actor), Rex Ingram and Eddie Anderson (comedian), Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

H

*'' Hearts Divided'', directed by Frank Borzage, starring Marion Davies and Dick Powell *''

'', directed by Lew Ayres, starring James Dunn (actor), James Dunn, David Manners and Mae Clarke *''Home Guardsman Bruggler (Standschütze Bruggler)'', directed by Werner Klingler – (

) *'' Hopalong Cassidy Returns'', directed by Nate Watt, starring William Boyd (actor), William Boyd

I

*'' Intermezzo'', directed by Gustaf Molander, starring Gösta Ekman (senior), Gösta Ekman and Ingrid Bergman – (

) *'' The Invisible Ray'', directed by Lambert Hillyer, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi *'' It Had to Happen'', directed by

, starring George Raft and Rosalind Russell *'' It's Love Again'', directed by Victor Saville, starring Jessie Matthews and Robert Young (actor), Robert Young – ( GB)

J

*'' The Jungle Princess'', directed by Wilhelm Thiele, starring Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland

K

*''Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (The Emperor of California)'', directed by and starring Luis Trenker – (

) *''Klondike Annie'', directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen

L

*'' Laburnum Grove'', directed by Carol Reed, starring Edmund Gwenn and Cedric Hardwicke – ( GB) *'' The Last of the Mohicans'', directed by George B. Seitz, starring Randolph Scott *'' The Last Outlaw'', directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Harry Carey (actor), Harry Carey and Hoot Gibson *'' The Lawless Nineties'', directed by Joseph Kane, starring John Wayne *'' Legion of Terror'', directed by Charles C. Coleman (director), Charles C. Coleman, starring Bruce Cabot *'' Let's Go With Pancho Villa (Vámonos con Pancho Villa)'', directed by Fernando de Fuentes – (

) *'' Libeled Lady'', directed by Jack Conway (filmmaker), Jack Conway, starring Jean Harlow, William Powell,

and

*''Limelight (1936 film), Limelight'', directed by Herbert Wilcox, starring Anna Neagle – ( GB) *'' Little Lord Fauntleroy'', directed by John Cromwell (director), John Cromwell, starring Freddie Bartholomew and Dolores Costello *''

'', directed by Henry King (director), Henry King, starring Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll and Tyrone Power *'' Love Before Breakfast'', directed by Walter Lang, starring Carole Lombard, Preston Foster and Cesar Romero *'' Love in Exile'', directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring Clive Brook and Helen Vinson – ( GB) *'' Love on the Run'', directed by W. S. Van Dyke. starring Joan Crawford,

and Franchot Tone *''The Lower Depths (1936 film), The Lower Depths (Les Bas-fonds)'', directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin – (

)

M

*'' The Man Who Changed His Mind'', directed by Robert Stevenson (filmmaker), Robert Stevenson, starring Boris Karloff – ( GB) *''

'', directed by Anatole Litvak starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux – (

) *'' Men Are Not Gods'', directed by Walter Reisch, starring Miriam Hopkins and Gertrude Lawrence – ( GB) *'' A Message to Garcia'', directed by George Marshall (director), George Marshall, starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles (actor), John Boles *'' The Milky Way'', directed by Leo McCarey, starring Harold Lloyd and Adolphe Menjou *'' Modern Times'', a Charlie Chaplin film, with Paulette Goddard *'' The Moon's Our Home'', directed by

, starring Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda and

*'' Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'', directed by

, starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur *'' My Man Godfrey'', directed by Gregory La Cava, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard

N

*'' Next Time We Love'', directed by Edward H. Griffith, starring Margaret Sullavan,

and Ray Milland *''Night Mail'', documentary directed by Harry Watt and Basil Wright – ( GB)

O

*''The Only Son (1936 film), The Only Son (Hitori musuko)'', directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (

) *'' Osaka Elegy (Naniwa erejī)'', directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Isuzu Yamada – (

) *'' Our Relations'', directed by Harry Lachman, starring

P

*''Palm Springs (1936 film), Palm Springs'', directed by Aubrey Scotto, starring Frances Langford, Guy Standing (actor), Guy Standing and David Niven *''Paradise Road (1936 film), Paradise Road (Ulička v ráji)'', directed by Martin Frič, starring Hugo Haas – (

) *'' Pennies from Heaven'', directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring

, Madge Evans and Louis Armstrong *'' The Petrified Forest'', directed by Archie Mayo, starring Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and

*'' The Plainsman'', directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur and Charles Bickford *'' Poor Little Rich Girl'', directed by Irving Cummings, starring

, Alice Faye and Gloria Stuart *''

'', directed by A. Edward Sutherland, starring W. C. Fields *'' The Prisoner of Shark Island'', directed by John Ford, starring Warner Baxter and Gloria Stuart *'' Private Number'', directed by

, starring Loretta Young, Robert Taylor and Basil Rathbone

R

*'' Ramona'', directed by Henry King (director), Henry King, starring Loretta Young and Don Ameche *''

'', directed by Lynn Shores, starring Tom Keene (actor), Tom Keene and Rita Hayworth *''Red River Valley (1936 film), Red River Valley'', directed by B. Reeves Eason, starring Gene Autry *''Redes (film), Redes'', directed by Fred Zinnemann – (

) *''Reefer Madness'', directed by Louis J. Gasnier *''

'', directed by Alexander Korda, starring Charles Laughton – ( GB) *'' Road Gang'', directed by Louis King, starring Donald Woods (actor), Donald Woods *''

'', directed by

, starring

, Warner Baxter and Lionel Barrymore *''

'', directed by

, starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard (actor), Leslie Howard, John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone *'' Rose Marie'', directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

S

*''

'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Sylvia Sidney and Oskar Homolka – ( GB) *''

'', directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring

, Jeanette MacDonald and

*'' Satan Met a Lady'', directed by William Dieterle, starring Bette Davis and Warren William *''

'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud and Robert Young (actor), Robert Young – ( GB) *''

'', directed by James Whale, starring Irene Dunne, Allan Jones (actor), Allan Jones and Paul Robeson *'' Silly Billies'', directed by Fred Guiol, starring Wheeler & Woolsey *'' The Singing Kid'', directed by

, starring Al Jolson *'' Sisters of the Gion (Gion no kyōdai)'', directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (

) *'' Small Town Girl'', directed by William Wellman, starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Lewis Stone and

*''Son of Mongolia (Syn Mongolii)'', directed by Ilya Trauberg – (List of Mongolian films, Mongolia) *''Sportszerelem (Love of Sport)'', directed by László Kardos – (List of Hungarian films 1901-1947#1930s, Hungary) *'' Spy of Napoleon'', directed by Maurice Elvey, starring Richard Barthelmess and Dolly Haas – ( GB) *'' The Story of Louis Pasteur'', directed by William Dieterle, starring Paul Muni *'' Stowaway'', directed by

, starring

, Robert Young (actor), Robert Young and Alice Faye *'' Strike Me Pink'', directed by Norman Taurog, starring Eddie Cantor and

*'' Sutter's Gold'', directed by James Cruze, starring Edward Arnold (actor), Edward Arnold *''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936 film), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', directed by George King (film director), George King, starring Tod Slaughter – ( GB) *'' Swing Time'', directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

T

*'' Tarzan Escapes'', directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan *'' The Texas Rangers'', directed by King Vidor, starring

, Jack Oakie and Jean Parker *'' Theodora Goes Wild'', directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas *'' These Three'', directed by William Wyler, starring Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea *'' Things to Come'', directed by William Cameron Menzies, starring Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson and Cedric Hardwicke – ( GB) *'' Three Godfathers'', directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Chester Morris, Lewis Stone and

*'' Till We Meet Again'', directed by Robert Florey, starring Herbert Marshall and Gertrude Michael *'' Too Many Parents'', directed by Robert F. McGowan, starring Frances Farmer *'' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'', directed by Henry Hathaway, starring

, Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda *'' Tudor Rose'', directed by Robert Stevenson (filmmaker), Robert Stevenson, starring Cedric Hardwicke, Nova Pilbeam and John Mills – ( GB)

W

*'' The Walking Dead'', directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez and Edmund Gwenn *'' Where There's a Will'', directed by William Beaudine, starring Will Hay and Graham Moffatt – ( GB) *''Whom the Gods Love (1936 film), Whom the Gods Love'', directed by Basil Dean, starring Stephen Haggard – ( GB) *'' Wife vs. Secretary'', directed by Clarence Brown, starring

, Jean Harlow,

and

*''Windbag the Sailor'', directed by William Beaudine, starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt – ( GB) *'' A Woman Rebels'', directed by Mark Sandrich, starring Katharine Hepburn and Herbert Marshall

Y

*'' Yiddle with his Fiddle (Yidl Mitn Fidl)'', directed by Joseph Green (actor), Joseph Green, starring Molly Picon – (

)

Serials

*''Ace Drummond (serial), Ace Drummond'', starring John King (actor), John (Dusty) King *''The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (serial), The Adventures of Frank Merriwell'' *' *''The Clutching Hand'' *''Custer's Last Stand (serial), Custer's Last Stand'' *'' Darkest Africa'', starring Clyde Beatty *''Flash Gordon (serial), Flash Gordon'', starring Buster Crabbe *''The Phantom Rider (Universal serial), 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) *''

'' (1927–1940 in film, 1940) *''Our Gang'' (1922 in film, 1922–1944 in film, 1944) *''Harry Langdon'' (1924–1936) *''Wheeler & Woolsey'' (1929–1937) *''The Marx Brothers'' (1929–1946) *''The Three Stooges filmography, The Three Stooges'' (1934–1959)

Animated short film series

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

Births

*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 **Joe Don Baker, American character actor (d. 2025) **Paul Shenar, American actor (d. 1989) *February 14 **Joan O'Brien, American actor, singer (d. 2025) **Andrew Prine, American actor (d. 2022) *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 17 - Patty Maloney, American actress (d. 2025) *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 (actor), Charles Napier, American character actor (d. 2011) *April 19 – Andy Romano, American actor (d. 2022) *April 29 - Lane Smith, American actor (d. 2005) *May 1 – Straub-Huillet, Danièle Huillet, French director (d. 2006) *May 4 – Eleanor Coppola, American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer (d. 2024) *May 9 **Albert Finney, English actor (d. 2019) **Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (d. 2023) *May 12 – Millie Perkins, American former actress *May 14 – Bobby Darin, American singer, songwriter, actor (d. 1973 in film, 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 (producer), 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 (d. 2024) *June 19 - Takeshi Aono, Japanese voice actor and narrator (d. 2012) *June 22 – Kris Kristofferson, American actor, musician and songwriter (d. 2024) *June 24 **Robert Downey Sr., American actor and director (d. 2021) **Paul L. Smith, American-Israeli actor and director (d. 2012) *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 8 - William Cort, American actor (d. 1993) *July 9 **Dick Richards, American director, producer and screenwriter **Richard Wilson (Scottish actor), Richard Wilson, Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster *July 24 **Ruth Buzzi, American actress, comedian and singer (d. 2025) **Mark Goddard, American actor (d. 2023) *July 25 - August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (d. 2013) *August 5 - John Saxon, American actor (d. 2020) *August 15 - Pat Priest (actress), 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 **Míriam Colón, Puerto Rican actress (d. 2017) **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 **Andrew Davies (writer), Andrew Davies, Welsh writer **Pepper Martin (actor), Pepper Martin, Canadian-American actor (d. 2022) *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 **Peter Bowles, English actor (d. 2022) **Irina Demick, French actress (d. 2004) *October 19 - Tony Lo Bianco, Italian-American actor (d. 2024) *October 23 - Philip Kaufman, American director and screenwriter *October 24 – David Nelson (actor), 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 (actor), Matt Clark, American actor *November 27 – Joel Barcellos, Brazilian actor (d. 2018) *December 1 - Melissa Jaffer, Australian actress *December 3 **Mary Alice, American actress (d. 2022) **Horace Ové, Sir Horace Ové, Trinidadian-born British filmmaker (d. 2023) *December 5 - John Erwin, American voice actor (d. 2024) *December 6 - David Ossman, American writer and comedian *December 8 – David Carradine, American actor and martial artist (d. 2009) *December 10 – Howard Smith (director), Howard Smith, American journalist, director and producer (d. 2014) *December 13 - Cliff Emmich, American actor (d. 2022) *December 18 - Gary Gray (actor), Gary Gray, American child actor (d. 2006) *December 22 – Héctor Elizondo, Hector Elizondo, American actor *December 23 **Frederic Forrest, American actor (d. 2023) **James Stacy, American actor (d. 2016) *December 25 – Ismail Merchant, Indian film producer (d. 2005) *December 28 - Rhys McConnochie, New Zealand-born Australian actor *December 29 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (d. 2017)

Deaths

*January 9 ** John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1897) **Frank Rice (actor), Frank Rice, American actor (b. 1892) *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 7 - Jobyna Howland, American actress (b. 1880) *June 17 – Henry B. Walthall, American actor (b. 1878) *July 11 - James Murray (American actor), James Murray, American actor (b. 1901) *September 14 –

, American film producer (b. 1899) *October 10 - William H. Tooker, American actor *October 17 – Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress (b. 1889)

Debuts

Notes

External links

List of 1936 films
at IMDb
List of 1936 deaths
at IMDb
List of 1936 births
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