This movie page looks at 1936 Top Box Office Movies. Finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult. For somebody looking for box office information on 1936 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 33,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1936 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1936. Obviously many movies made in 1935 earned box office dollars in 1936. On the other side many movies made in 1936 made money in 1937 and later. This page will looks at 152 1936 Top Box Office Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.
The following massive table only includes the movies made in 1936 that are in our database. Since we are constantly adding new movies to our database….this page will quickly become obsolete. We will try and update this page on a regular basis.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1936
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Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1936
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
AA Best Picture Win
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
San Francisco (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Dodsworth (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Modern Times (1936)
1936
My Man Godfrey (1936)
1936
After the Thin Man (1936)
1936
Swing Time (1936)
1936
Libeled Lady (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Show Boat (1936)
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Camille (1936)
1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
1936
Three Smart Girls (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Captain January (1936)
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
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Follow the Fleet (1936)
1936
Rose-Marie (1936)
1936
Desire (1936)
1936
Born To Dance (1936)
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Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
1936
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
1936
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
The King Steps Out (1936)
1936
Love on the Run (1936)
1936
The Milky Way (1936)
1936
Lloyds of London (1936)
1936
Come and Get It (1936)
1936
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
1936
Under Two Flags (1936)
1936
The Road To Glory (1936)
1936
These Three (1936)
1936
The Country Doctor (1936)
1936
Stowaway (1936)
1936
Suzy (1936)
1936
Small Town Girl (1936)
1936
Fury (1936)
1936
King of Burlesque (1936)
1936
The Plainsman (1936)
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
1936
His Brother's Wife (1936)
1936
Tarzan Escapes (1936)
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
1936
Dimples (1936)
1936
The Green Pastures (1936)
1936
Anthony Adverse (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Sing Baby Sing (1936)
1936
Klondike Annie (1936)
1936
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
1936
Strike Me Pink (1936)
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| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld (1936) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | San Francisco (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Dodsworth (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Modern Times (1936) | |
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| 1936 | My Man Godfrey (1936) | |
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| 1936 | After the Thin Man (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Swing Time (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Libeled Lady (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Show Boat (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Camille (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Three Smart Girls (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Captain January (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Follow the Fleet (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Rose-Marie (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Desire (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Born To Dance (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | The King Steps Out (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Love on the Run (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Milky Way (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Lloyds of London (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Come and Get It (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Under Two Flags (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Road To Glory (1936) | |
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| 1936 | These Three (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Country Doctor (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Stowaway (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Suzy (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Small Town Girl (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Fury (1936) | |
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| 1936 | King of Burlesque (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Plainsman (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) | |
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| 1936 | His Brother's Wife (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Tarzan Escapes (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Dimples (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Green Pastures (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Anthony Adverse (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Sing Baby Sing (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Klondike Annie (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Bohemian Girl (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Strike Me Pink (1936) | |
1936 Top Box Office Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1936 Top Box Office Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1936 Top Box Office Movies by domestic actual box office grosses
- Sort 1936 Top Box Office Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
- Sort 1936 Top Box Office Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1936 Top Box Office Movies received.
- Sort 1936 Top Box Office Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Great Ziegfeld (1936) AA Best Picture Win |
Myrna Loy & William Powell |
10.3 | 514.8 | 778.80 | 2 | 64 | 07 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 1 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur |
6.7 | 333.3 | 333.30 | 5 | 87 | 05 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 2 | San Francisco (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Clark Gable & Jeanette MacDonald |
12.6 | 631.0 | 1,031.80 | 1 | 86 | 06 / 01 | 99.3 | |
| 3 | Dodsworth (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Walter Huston & David Niven |
5.3 | 266.7 | 266.70 | 14 | 84 | 07 / 01 | 99.3 | |
| 6 | Modern Times (1936) | Charles Chaplin & Paulette Goddard |
10.0 | 500.0 | 500.00 | 3 | 94 | 00 / 00 | 99.1 | |
| 6 | My Man Godfrey (1936) | William Powell & Carole Lombard |
5.0 | 250.0 | 250.00 | 16 | 86 | 06 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 8 | After the Thin Man (1936) | Myrna Loy & William Powell |
6.6 | 332.0 | 527.50 | 6 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 9 | Swing Time (1936) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
5.4 | 270.7 | 436.30 | 12 | 85 | 02 / 01 | 98.5 | |
| 9 | Libeled Lady (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Myrna Loy & Spencer Tracy |
5.3 | 266.8 | 453.80 | 13 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 11 | Show Boat (1936) | Irene Dunne | 5.0 | 249.8 | 249.80 | 17 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 12 | Camille (1936) | Greta Garbo & Lionel Barrymore |
4.8 | 242.3 | 523.70 | 20 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 14 | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) | Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
3.9 | 196.0 | 456.00 | 31 | 77 | 03 / 01 | 96.9 | |
| 10 | Three Smart Girls (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Deanna Durbin & Ray Milland |
5.5 | 272.6 | 272.60 | 10 | 70 | 03 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 13 | Captain January (1936) | Shirley Temple & Guy Kibbee |
4.3 | 216.7 | 216.70 | 27 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 13 | Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) | Shirley Temple & Alice Faye |
4.8 | 242.5 | 242.50 | 19 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 16 | Follow the Fleet (1936) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
5.1 | 255.3 | 451.20 | 15 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 17 | Rose-Marie (1936) | Jeanette MacDonald & James Stewart |
5.6 | 282.5 | 585.80 | 8 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 19 | Desire (1936) | Gary Cooper & Marlene Dietrich |
4.4 | 219.2 | 219.20 | 25 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 17 | Born To Dance (1936) | James Stewart & Eleanor Powell |
5.4 | 272.0 | 402.20 | 11 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 21 | Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | Irene Dunne & Melvyn Douglas |
3.8 | 187.6 | 187.60 | 35 | 73 | 02 / 00 | 94.7 | |
| 20 | Wife vs. Secretary (1936) | Clark Gable & Myrna Loy |
4.5 | 225.0 | 344.50 | 23 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 25 | Romeo and Juliet (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Basil Rathbone & Norma Shearer |
3.2 | 160.3 | 353.50 | 50 | 71 | 04 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 27 | The King Steps Out (1936) | Josef Von Sternberg | 3.5 | 175.0 | 175.00 | 40 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 27 | Love on the Run (1936) | Clark Gable & Joan Crawford |
3.8 | 190.2 | 310.30 | 34 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 28 | The Milky Way (1936) | Harold Lloyd | 3.9 | 195.0 | 195.00 | 32 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 22 | Lloyds of London (1936) | Tyrone Power & George Sanders |
6.7 | 333.3 | 333.30 | 4 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 30 | Come and Get It (1936) | Walter Brennan & Joel McCrea |
2.9 | 146.1 | 146.10 | 65 | 79 | 02 / 01 | 92.8 | |
| 24 | The General Died at Dawn (1936) | Akim Tamiroff & Gary Cooper |
4.5 | 224.2 | 224.20 | 24 | 62 | 03 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 35 | Under Two Flags (1936) | Ronald Colman & Claudette Colbert |
4.0 | 200.0 | 200.00 | 29 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 31 | The Road To Glory (1936) | Fredric March & Lionel Barrymore |
3.3 | 166.7 | 166.70 | 47 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 32 | These Three (1936) | Walter Brennan & Joel McCrea |
2.8 | 137.5 | 137.50 | 71 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 26 | The Country Doctor (1936) | Yvonne Dionne | 4.7 | 233.3 | 233.30 | 22 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 34 | Stowaway (1936) | Shirley Temple & Robert Young e |
3.5 | 175.0 | 175.00 | 39 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 32 | Suzy (1936) | Cary Grant & Jean Harlow |
4.7 | 235.5 | 235.50 | 21 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 40 | Small Town Girl (1936) | James Stewart & Robert Taylor |
3.7 | 184.7 | 267.50 | 36 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 36 | Fury (1936) | Spencer Tracy & Sylvia Sidney |
2.3 | 114.2 | 217.00 | 89 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 41 | King of Burlesque (1936) | Warner Baxter & Alice Faye |
3.7 | 183.3 | 183.30 | 38 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 38 | The Plainsman (1936) | Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur |
4.1 | 203.6 | 203.60 | 28 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 35 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) | Henry Fonda & Sylvia Sidney |
5.6 | 277.6 | 277.60 | 9 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 44 | His Brother's Wife (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Taylor |
4.0 | 199.3 | 277.00 | 30 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 43 | Tarzan Escapes (1936) | Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O'Sullivan |
3.3 | 166.8 | 358.50 | 42 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 42 | The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) | Warner Baxter & Gloria Stuart |
2.9 | 145.8 | 145.80 | 67 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 45 | Dimples (1936) | Shirley Temple & Frank Morgan |
3.3 | 166.7 | 166.70 | 46 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 44 | The Green Pastures (1936) | Rex Ingram | 3.3 | 163.3 | 190.70 | 49 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 37 | Anthony Adverse (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Olivia de Havilland & Claude Rains |
5.9 | 297.2 | 458.30 | 7 | 39 | 07 / 04 | 89.8 | |
| 43 | The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Paul Muni | 2.2 | 110.8 | 197.80 | 90 | 71 | 04 / 03 | 89.7 | |
| 48 | Sing Baby Sing (1936) | Alice Faye & Adolphe Menjou |
3.3 | 166.7 | 166.70 | 44 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 50 | Klondike Annie (1936) | Mae West & Victor McLaglen |
3.5 | 175.0 | 175.00 | 41 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 51 | The Bohemian Girl (1936) | Laurel and Hardy | 3.0 | 147.7 | 147.70 | 63 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 53 | Strike Me Pink (1936) | Ethel Merman | 3.1 | 152.5 | 152.50 | 55 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 52 | Old Hutch (1936) | Wallace Beery | 2.7 | 135.9 | 135.90 | 72 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 50 | The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) | Joan Crawford & James Stewart |
4.9 | 243.0 | 336.50 | 18 | 48 | 02 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 52 | The Petrified Forest (1936) | Bette Davis & Humphrey Bogart |
1.9 | 97.2 | 138.30 | 102 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 54 | Craig's Wife (1936) | Rosalind Russell | 2.8 | 138.8 | 138.80 | 70 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 60 | Ramona (1936) | Don Ameche | 3.3 | 166.7 | 166.70 | 45 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 56 | The White Angel (1936) | Donald Crisp & Kay Francis |
3.0 | 147.7 | 236.00 | 64 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 58 | The Texas Rangers (1936) | Fred MacMurray | 2.9 | 145.8 | 145.80 | 66 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 62 | Girls' Dormitory (1936) | Tyrone Power | 3.3 | 166.7 | 166.70 | 43 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 55 | One in a Million (1936) | Sonja Henie & Don Ameche |
4.3 | 216.7 | 216.70 | 26 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 59 | Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) | Mickey Rooney | 2.5 | 119.2 | 119.20 | 76 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 64 | A Message to Garcia (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Wallace Beery |
3.3 | 166.7 | 166.70 | 48 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 58 | Our Relations (1936) | Laurel and Hardy | 2.2 | 107.5 | 107.50 | 93 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 86.0 | |
| 63 | The Unguarded Hour (1936) | Franchot Tone | 2.8 | 139.2 | 139.20 | 68 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 65 | Three Men On A Horse (1936) | Joan Blondell | 3.0 | 151.3 | 179.50 | 56 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 66 | It Had To Happen (1936) | Rosalind Russell | 3.0 | 149.4 | 149.40 | 61 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 67 | Go West Young Man (1936) | Mae West & Randolph Scott |
3.0 | 150.0 | 150.00 | 57 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 66 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) | William Powell & Jean Arthur |
2.4 | 121.7 | 180.70 | 79 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 72 | The Garden of Allah (1936) | Marlene Dietrich & Charles Boyer |
3.7 | 183.3 | 183.30 | 37 | 46 | 02 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 70 | The Last of the Mohicans (1936) | Randolph Scott & Binnie Barnes |
3.1 | 157.0 | 157.00 | 52 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 71 | Ceiling Zero (1936) | James Cagney | 3.1 | 154.3 | 209.50 | 53 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 69 | The Princess Comes Across (1936) | Carole Lombard & Fred MacMurray |
2.3 | 115.8 | 115.80 | 86 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 78 | Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) | Dick Powell & Joan Blondell |
3.2 | 159.0 | 232.50 | 51 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 78 | That Girl From Paris (1936) | Lucille Ball | 3.9 | 193.8 | 257.20 | 33 | 43 | 01 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 73 | Piccadilly Jim (1936) | Robert Montgomery | 2.6 | 128.2 | 212.00 | 75 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 68 | The Devil-Doll (1936) | Lionel Barrymore & Maureen O'Sullivan |
1.9 | 94.6 | 94.60 | 103 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 74 | Love Before Breakfast (1936) | Carole Lombard & Cesar Romero |
2.4 | 121.1 | 121.10 | 80 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 75 | Bullets or Ballots (1936) | Humphrey Bogart & Edward G. Robinson |
2.4 | 121.0 | 184.50 | 81 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 76 | To Mary - with Love (1936) | Myrna Loy | 2.2 | 109.2 | 109.20 | 91 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 79 | Pigskin Parade (1936) | Judy Garland & Betty Grable |
3.0 | 150.0 | 150.00 | 58 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 83.9 | |
| 82 | The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) | Ray Milland | 3.0 | 148.3 | 148.30 | 62 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 78 | Cain and Mabel (1936) | Clark Gable | 2.3 | 115.0 | 115.00 | 88 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 85 | Mary of Scotland (1936) | Katharine Hepburn & Fredric March |
2.6 | 131.8 | 212.70 | 74 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 83 | Rainbow On The River (1936) | Bobby Breen | 2.4 | 117.5 | 182.70 | 84 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 86 | Adventure in Manhatten (1936) | Joel McCrea & Jean Arthur |
3.1 | 154.2 | 154.20 | 54 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 85 | Beloved Enemy (1936) | David Niven & Merle Oberon |
2.7 | 132.6 | 132.60 | 73 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 83 | Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) | Boris Karloff | 1.7 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 112 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 88 | Colleen (1936) | Dick Powell | 2.8 | 139.0 | 181.50 | 69 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 88 | Petticoat Fever (1936) | Myrna Loy & Robert Montgomery |
2.3 | 115.5 | 180.00 | 87 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 91 | Pepper (1936) | Jane Withers | 3.0 | 150.0 | 150.00 | 60 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 91 | Ladies in Love (1936) | Tyrone Power & Don Ameche |
2.3 | 116.7 | 116.70 | 85 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 91 | Collegiate (1936) | Betty Grable | 2.0 | 95.2 | 95.20 | 100 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 93 | The Singing Kid (1936) | Al Jolson & Lyle Talbot |
2.2 | 108.2 | 147.80 | 92 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 92 | More Than A Secretary (1936) | Jean Arthur | 1.8 | 90.5 | 90.50 | 106 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 93 | Yours for the Asking (1936) | George Raft | 1.8 | 91.9 | 91.90 | 104 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 96 | Lady Be Careful (1936) | 2.1 | 104.2 | 104.20 | 96 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | ||
| 93 | Poppy (1936) | W.C. Fields | 1.8 | 90.8 | 90.80 | 105 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 100 | Banjo On My Knee (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Joel McCrea |
3.0 | 150.0 | 150.00 | 59 | 48 | 01 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 98 | The Jungle Princess (1936) | Dorothy Lamour & Ray Milland |
2.1 | 103.5 | 103.50 | 99 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 100 | 13 Hours By Air (1936) | Fred MacMurray & Joan Bennett |
2.4 | 120.9 | 120.90 | 82 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 99 | Pennies from Heaven (1936) | Bing Crosby & Madge Evans |
2.1 | 104.2 | 104.20 | 97 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 99 | Things To Come (1936) | Raymond Massey & Science Fiction Movies |
0.9 | 45.0 | 45.00 | 154 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 105 | Give Me Your Heart (1936) | Kay Francis | 2.1 | 105.5 | 172.50 | 94 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 103 | Private Number (1936) | Robert Taylor | 1.8 | 88.7 | 88.70 | 107 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 102 | Sabotage/A Woman Alone (1936) | Sylvia Sidney | 1.1 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 139 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 77.7 | |
| 103 | Winterset (1936) | Burgess Meredith | 1.6 | 77.8 | 113.70 | 118 | 66 | 02 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 107 | The Magnificent Brute (1936) | 2.5 | 122.7 | 122.70 | 78 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 77.0 | ||
| 105 | Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) | 1.7 | 85.5 | 85.50 | 109 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | ||
| 107 | The Invisible Ray (1936) | Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi |
1.0 | 50.8 | 50.80 | 143 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 111 | Stage Struck (1936) | Dick Powell & Joan Blondell |
2.5 | 123.3 | 123.30 | 77 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 110 | Earthworm Tractors (1936) | Joe E. Brown | 1.7 | 83.8 | 130.20 | 110 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 113 | Riffraff (1936) | Spencer Tracy & Mickey Rooney |
2.4 | 119.5 | 175.00 | 83 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 108 | Rhythm on the Range (1936) | Bing Crosby & Frances Farmer |
1.5 | 72.6 | 72.60 | 123 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 112 | China Clipper (1936) | Humphrey Bogart | 1.8 | 88.2 | 88.20 | 108 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 73.9 | |
| 115 | College Holiday (1936) | George Burns | 2.1 | 105.4 | 105.40 | 95 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 112 | The Devil Is A Sissy (1936) | W.S. Van Dyke | 1.5 | 71.0 | 71.00 | 120 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | |
| 116 | Rembrandt (1936) | Charles Laughton | 0.9 | 42.7 | 42.70 | 161 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 72.1 | |
| 118 | Wedding Present (1936) | Cary Grant & Joan Bennett |
1.5 | 76.1 | 76.10 | 119 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
| 117 | Public Enemy's Wife (1936) | Pat O'Brien | 1.5 | 74.0 | 115.70 | 121 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 121 | It's Love Again (1936) | Robert Young | 1.6 | 81.6 | 81.60 | 114 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 122 | Next Time We Love (1936) | Margaret Sullavan & James Stewart |
1.6 | 79.3 | 79.30 | 116 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 122 | Great Guy (1936) | James Cagney | 2.1 | 104.2 | 104.20 | 98 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 121 | The Walking Dead (1936) | Boris Karloff | 1.0 | 50.0 | 50.00 | 147 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 70.5 | |
| 125 | The Moon's Our Home (1936) | Henry Fonda & Margaret Sullavan |
1.4 | 69.6 | 69.60 | 125 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 125 | Exclusive Story (1936) | Franchot Tone | 1.4 | 69.2 | 109.70 | 126 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 123 | I Married a Doctor (1936) | Pat O'Brien | 1.3 | 66.0 | 86.70 | 127 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 127 | Men Are Not Gods (1936) | Rex Harrison | 1.6 | 81.1 | 81.10 | 115 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
| 126 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) | Walter Wanger | 1.1 | 56.6 | 56.60 | 137 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 130 | And So They Were Married (1936) | Melvyn Douglas | 1.7 | 83.1 | 83.10 | 113 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 127 | Anything Goes (1936) | Bing Crosby & Ethel Merman |
1.2 | 59.9 | 59.90 | 133 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.0 | |
| 128 | Big Brown Eyes (1936) | Cary Grant & Joan Bennett |
1.2 | 59.8 | 80.70 | 134 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.0 | |
| 132 | Secret Agent (1936) | Robert Young | 1.0 | 50.4 | 50.40 | 144 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 68.4 | |
| 131 | Mayerling (1936) | 0.8 | 40.0 | 40.00 | 166 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 68.1 | ||
| 133 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) | Gladys George | 0.7 | 36.7 | 36.70 | 173 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 136 | As You Like It (1936) | Laurence Olivier | 2.0 | 99.0 | 99.00 | 101 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 133 | One Rainy Afternoon (1936) | Ida Lupino | 1.2 | 62.4 | 100.70 | 131 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 66.4 | |
| 135 | The Golden Arrow (1936) | Bette Davis | 1.3 | 65.2 | 92.30 | 128 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 138 | Polo Joe (1936) | Joe E. Brown | 1.5 | 73.8 | 113.70 | 122 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 65.7 | |
| 135 | They Met in a Taxi (1936) | 1.0 | 50.4 | 50.40 | 145 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 65.4 | ||
| 142 | The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) | Ray Milland | 1.2 | 60.3 | 60.30 | 132 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 140 | Two In A Crowd (1936) | Joel McCrea & Joan Bennett |
1.0 | 49.2 | 49.20 | 148 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 140 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) | Ralph Richardson | 0.9 | 44.2 | 44.20 | 156 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
| 140 | The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Lionel Barrymore |
0.8 | 40.9 | 40.90 | 162 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 141 | Under Your Spell (1936) | 1.1 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 138 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | ||
| 144 | The Plough and the Stars (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Barry Fitzgerald |
1.1 | 52.7 | 52.70 | 140 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 145 | A Woman Rebels (1936) | Katharine Hepburn & Donald Crisp |
1.2 | 57.8 | 97.20 | 135 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 147 | Road Gang (1936) | Donald Woods | 1.0 | 47.8 | 69.20 | 150 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 149 | Star For A Night (1936) | Dean Jagger | 1.0 | 47.7 | 47.70 | 152 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 153 | Hearts Divided (1936) | Claude Rains & Dick Powell |
1.4 | 71.5 | 100.30 | 124 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 151 | Trouble For Two (1936) | Robert Montgomery & Rosalind Russell |
1.0 | 50.0 | 50.00 | 146 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 59.8 | |
| 147 | Hot Money (1936) | Ross Alexander | 0.7 | 34.2 | 48.00 | 178 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 148 | Gentle Julia (1936) | 0.4 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 200 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 59.3 | ||
| 152 | Fatal Lady (1936) | Walter Wanger & Walter Pidgeon |
0.7 | 33.6 | 33.60 | 180 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 58.6 | |
| 153 | Till We Meet Again (1936) | 0.7 | 35.9 | 35.90 | 176 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 58.2 | ||
| 152 | Too Many Parents (1936) | Frances Farmer | 0.5 | 26.4 | 26.40 | 192 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
| 159 | Sons o' Guns (1936) | Joan Blondell | 1.6 | 79.3 | 123.80 | 117 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 56.9 | |
| 154 | Robin Hood Of El Dorado (1936) | 1.0 | 48.5 | 48.50 | 142 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | ||
| 155 | The Lady Consents (1936) | 0.9 | 43.1 | 43.10 | 160 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | ||
| 157 | Mind Your Own Business (1936) | Lyle Talbot | 0.7 | 35.9 | 35.90 | 174 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 158 | Reunion (1936) | Directed by Norman Taurog | 1.3 | 60.6 | 60.60 | 129 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 55.4 | |
| 163 | Kelly The Second (1936) | 1.1 | 56.9 | 77.70 | 136 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 55.3 | ||
| 161 | Sworn Enemy (1936) | Robert Young | 1.0 | 47.7 | 47.70 | 151 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 55.2 | |
| 160 | Palm Springs (1936) | Walter Wanger & David Niven |
0.8 | 37.6 | 37.60 | 171 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 55.0 | |
| 165 | Dancing Pirate (1936) | Charles Collins | 1.2 | 62.5 | 117.50 | 130 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 54.6 | |
| 165 | The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) | Warren William | 0.8 | 38.3 | 56.80 | 169 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 53.7 | |
| 166 | And Sudden Death (1936) | Randolph Scott | 1.0 | 47.9 | 47.90 | 149 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 53.6 | |
| 163 | Comin’ Round the Mountain (1936) | 0.2 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 211 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 52.9 | ||
| 165 | Give Us This Night (1936) | Jan Kiepura & Directed by Alexander Hall |
0.2 | 8.6 | 8.60 | 210 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 51.8 | |
| 171 | Women Are Trouble (1936) | Stuart Erwin | 0.8 | 40.0 | 57.50 | 165 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 170 | The Big Noise (1936) | Guy Kibbee | 0.7 | 36.7 | 50.00 | 172 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 166 | My American Wife (1936) | 0.5 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 193 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 50.7 | ||
| 171 | Sins of Man (1936) | Don Ameche | 0.9 | 43.7 | 43.70 | 158 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 50.3 | |
| 176 | Isle of Fury (1936) | Humphrey Bogart | 1.0 | 52.5 | 52.50 | 141 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 171 | Parole! (1936) | Alan Hale | 0.3 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 206 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 173 | White Hunter (1936) | 0.3 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 204 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 49.3 | ||
| 173 | The Captain's Kid (1936) | May Robson | 0.8 | 40.5 | 60.20 | 163 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 176 | The Longest Night (1936) | Robert Young | 0.8 | 40.2 | 40.20 | 164 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 175 | Jailbreak (1936) | Barton MacLane | 0.9 | 43.2 | 64.70 | 159 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 176 | Shakedown (1936) | 0.7 | 33.5 | 33.50 | 181 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | ||
| 177 | Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) | 0.5 | 21.6 | 21.60 | 198 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 45.1 | ||
| 181 | Sing Me A Love Song (1936) | Ray Enright | 0.8 | 36.3 | 36.30 | 167 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 43.7 | |
| 181 | Border Flight (1936) | 0.6 | 28.3 | 28.30 | 189 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 43.5 | ||
| 182 | King of Hockey (1936) | Dick Purcell | 0.6 | 29.5 | 44.70 | 184 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 43.5 | |
| 182 | Pride of the Marines (1936) | Charles Bickford | 0.6 | 27.5 | 27.50 | 191 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 42.4 | |
| 185 | Man Hunt (1936) | Ricardo Cortez | 0.7 | 33.7 | 47.70 | 179 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 42.3 | |
| 184 | Spy Of Napolean (1936) | Richard Barthelmess | 0.2 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 215 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 41.7 | |
| 186 | Two Against The World (1936) | Humphrey Bogart | 0.6 | 29.8 | 40.20 | 183 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 188 | East Meets West (1936) | George Arliss | 0.9 | 43.9 | 43.90 | 157 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 186 | Boulder Dam (1936) | Lyle Talbot | 0.6 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 185 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 188 | The Amazing Adventure (1936) | 0.2 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 217 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 38.5 | ||
| 192 | The Bride Walks Out (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Young |
1.7 | 83.7 | 111.70 | 111 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 38.2 | |
| 188 | Mysterious Crossing (1936) | 0.6 | 26.6 | 26.60 | 190 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 37.4 | ||
| 190 | White Fang (1936) | Jane Darwell | 0.4 | 18.1 | 18.10 | 202 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 37.1 | |
| 193 | The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936) | Lew Ayres | 0.5 | 23.0 | 23.00 | 199 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 35.6 | |
| 193 | Bengal Tiger (1936) | Barton MacLane | 0.8 | 37.7 | 69.50 | 170 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 34.3 | |
| 193 | The Roaming Lady (1936) | Ralph Bellamy | 0.8 | 38.6 | 38.60 | 168 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 34.0 | |
| 195 | Spendthrift (1936) | Henry Fonda & Walter Wanger |
0.9 | 46.3 | 46.30 | 153 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 31.9 | |
| 196 | The Final Hour (1936) | 0.7 | 35.9 | 35.90 | 175 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 31.4 | ||
| 198 | Forgotten Faces (1936) | 0.6 | 31.6 | 31.60 | 182 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | ||
| 196 | Rhodes (1936) | 0.5 | 23.7 | 23.70 | 194 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 30.3 | ||
| 198 | When Knights Were Bold (1936) | 0.2 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 213 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | ||
| 200 | The 3 Wise Guys (1936) | Robert Young | 0.5 | 24.1 | 24.10 | 196 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 201 | Lady Of Secrets (1936) | 0.2 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 218 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.9 | ||
| 201 | The Big Game (1936) | 0.6 | 27.6 | 27.60 | 188 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 27.0 | ||
| 206 | Satan Met a Lady (1936) | Bette Davis | 0.9 | 44.3 | 52.30 | 155 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 203 | Come Closer Folks (1936) | 0.2 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 208 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 26.4 | ||
| 205 | Panic On The Air (1936) | 0.5 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 195 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 25.5 | ||
| 205 | The Witness Chair (1936) | 0.2 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 214 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | ||
| 207 | The Conquest of the Air (1936) | Laurence Olivier & Michael Rennie |
0.6 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 186 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 209 | The Singing Cowboy (1936) | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 222 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | ||
| 208 | The Old Coral (1936) | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 223 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | ||
| 211 | Second Wife (1936) | Gertrude Michael | 0.5 | 23.3 | 32.80 | 197 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 20.5 | |
| 210 | Talk Of The Devil (1936) | Carol Reed | 0.2 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 212 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 19.7 | |
| 212 | Man Of Affairs (1936) | George Arliss | 0.4 | 20.6 | 20.60 | 201 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 19.5 | |
| 212 | Murder With Pictures (1936) | 0.2 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 216 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 19.2 | ||
| 216 | Trailin' West (1936) | 0.4 | 19.2 | 31.00 | 203 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 19.1 | ||
| 213 | Make Way For A Lady (1936) | 0.2 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 209 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 18.8 | ||
| 217 | Forbidden Music (1936) Limited Release |
Jimmy Durante | 0.1 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 220 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.9 | |
| 217 | Don't Turn 'Em Loose (1936) | Betty Grable | 0.3 | 13.9 | 13.90 | 205 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 16.5 | |
| 217 | Juggernaut (1936) | Boris Karloff | 0.7 | 35.0 | 35.00 | 177 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 14.3 | |
| 218 | The Harvester (1936) | 0.1 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 219 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 13.0 | ||
| 221 | Dangerous Intrigue (1936) | 0.6 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 187 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 12.8 | ||
| 222 | Ride Ranger Ride (1936) | 0.1 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 221 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 12.2 | ||
| 222 | The Intruder (1936) | Buster Keaton & Lupita Tovar |
0.2 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 207 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 5.5 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers
Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers
Source 3: William Schaefer Warner Brothers Ledgers
Source 4: Year In Review Variety Editions
Source 5: Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise 1930-1942 by Tino Balio
Source 6: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 7: Wikipedia
Source 8: IMDb.com
Source 9: “Revenue sharing and the coming of sound” by H. Mark Glancy
Source 10: Hollywood Power Stats by Christopher Reynolds
Due to length concerns…..we went ahead and created a second table of information of 1936 movies….including all the adjusted Worldwide Grosses in our database.
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Hi Cogerson, glad you got on to doing another annual page. With 152 films, this one is very comprehensive. Lot’s of great films in 1936. Mr Deeds Goes to Town, Dodsworth, Camille and After the Thin Man are among the ones I remember best. But by far, my favourite is Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, a work of sheer genius in my view that entertained me as much as a child as an adult. I never noticed that it did not even receive one academy award nomination….yet another major failure of the academy!
HI BRUCE
1 As you know I rely a lot on your Annual Review stats so I share Phil’s general sentiments.
2 There’s a gap between 1949 and 1959 that’s broken by only and 1952 Annual Review. I take it that over time that gap will be bridged?
3 You may remember that in Field of Dreams James Earl Jones as an embittered and reclusive radical author whom Costner has been tracking down says to Kevin in horror when they finally meet “Oh my God you’re from the sixties! ” In similar circumstances and in relation to films I could unquestionably be identified as being ” from the fifties” as those were my formative and probably most nostalgic years as a moviegoer. Accordingly your 1950s annual reviews spark my keenest interest although I still treasure ALL of your yearly surveys.
Hey Bob….I can see doing 1950 and 1951 in the near future….because that would give us pages from 1936 to 1952……that seems like a pretty impressive amount of consecutive years. I will keep the fact that you are from the 1950s when I am thinking about the next page we want to do. Good stuff.
Hi Bruce, and there’ s also a little gap between 1959 and 1976 you may want to consider filling one day….considering that I was born in the 60s 🙂
Hey Phil….glad you like this page. I think these 152 movies is easily the biggest collection of movies with box office on the entire internet. I agree with you 100% about Modern Times….seeing it got no nominations…makes no sense at all. I like all the movies you liked except for Dodsworth….I was not impressed with that one at all. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this 1936 movie page.
HI LUPINO
1 I gulped for a moment because I thought you were resurrecting our Lonesome Pine argument for another round or two and I was reminded of the Jaws 2 tagline “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.”!
2 Turning to your actual gripe I think you are behind me in the queue for complaints because I have drawn attention many times to females who didn’t get their due credit on this site and and others who got credit that they didn’t deserve.. I have concluded that the site organisers feel that one wrong cancels out the other – ie the organisers are fans of the “Two wrongs make a right club”. Anyway I always find your posts interesting.
NB: I use the generalisation “organisers” because I’m never sure who is really calling the shots on this site – the Work Horse, W o C or Joel Hirschhorn or a combination of two/three of those..
HI AGAIN LUPINO
1 I meant to say if the Work Horse is the culprit who let you down over Sylvia it’s annoying and if he wasn’t such a nice fella I’m you would want to give him a good thrashing.
2 However be consoled with the thought that he short-changes even his own idols in the credits he lists for them. For example he has Cary Grant’s 1948 hit Every Girl Should Be Married down as Every Girl should Get Married. So he’s not gonna lose too much sleep over failing to render “the things that are Caesar’s” in relation to your idols and mine.
Hey Bob….I have added Ms. Sidney to the list of stars…..and I have corrected the Cary Grant movie title….that error has been out there since 2011…..that error is me simply typing in Grant titles with my memory…..maybe memory is not as impressive as I think it is…..lol. The waters are still safe….they are getting colder…..but we need one more weekend of tourist money….so jump right in.
HI BRUCE
Just pulling your leg about the Grant title as the same meaning applies to both the old and new slight variations and the important thing was Sylvia getting her due mention as Lupino fights Sylvia’s corner long and hard and deserves something for loyalty. And of course “Delilah” has now got her proper recognition !!!
Hey Bob….I am amazed it stayed wrong for so long. Thanks for the correction update….it was greatly appreciated. Glad Delilah finally got her proper recognition. I have even made her the star of Samson and Delilah on Victor Mature’s UMR page.
Hello Bruce,
It is a pleasure to review an annual chart. I love that. 152 films, big list On the other hand, I saw only 12. I really liked Mr Deed and After the Thin Man (love the Thin Man).
Sash an excellent job.
Hey Laurent….you might actually find some new movies listed here…..as I dug out all the ledgers when doing this yearly review. 12 is not too bad…..not that far behind my total. I liked Mr.Deeds and After the Thin Man too. Hope you have enjoyed your vacation.
These are the 174 1936 films I’ve seen from December 1992 when I saw film 8000 I have seen to the end of 2016. I update every year. This does not include 1936 films I saw before then like Laurel and Hardy’s Bohemian Girl and Our Relations, the Great Ziegfeld and others. Nor does it include any 1936 films I’ve first seen this year like Exclusive Story with Franchot Tone which I saw a few weeks ago as TCM saluted him one day. Key is film, studio, stars when I listed them, date seen and source (TV channel, tape or DVD)
36 HOURS TO KILL FOX BRIAN DONLEVY GLORIA STUART 2/3 2007 FXM
ACE DRUMMOND UNI 4/4 1993 TAPE (serial)
ADVENTURES OF FRANK MERRIWALL UNI JEAN ROGERS 8/9 1996 TAPE (serial)
AND SO THEY WERE MARRIED COL MELVYN DOUGLAS MARY ASTOR 8/30 2007 TCM
ANOTHER FACE RKO BRIAN DONLEVY 1/17 1993 AMC
ANTHONY ADVERSE WB FREDRIC MARCH OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND 8/1 1994 TMC
BENGAL TIGER WB BARTON MACLANE JUNE TRAVIS 3/17 1998 TAPE
BIG BROADCAST OF 1937 PAR JACK BENNY MARTHA RAYE 6/29 2014 TCM
BIG NOISE WB GUY KIBBEE WARREN HULL 1/19 2002 TCM
BLACK COIN STAGE & SCREEN XXX XXX 1/6 2007 DVD (serial)
BRIDE WALKS OUT RKO BARBARA STANWYCK GENE RAYMOND 7/18 1993 AMC
BRIDES ARE LIKE THAT FN ANITA LOUISE ROSS ALEXANDER 1/29 1999 TCM
BRIDGE OF SIGHS INVINCIBLE JACK LARUE ONSLOW STEVENS 10/29 2006 DVD
BUNKER BEAN RKO OWEN DAVIS JR. LUCILLE BALL 6/29 2000 TCM
CALL OF THE PRAIRIE PAR WILLIAM BOYD JAMES ELLISON 3/6 2000 WEST
CAPTAIN CALAMITY GN GEORGE HOUSTON MARIAN NIXON 12/7 1997 TAPE
CAPTAIN JANUARY FOX SHIRLEY TEMPLE 12/13 1995 FAM
CAPTAIN’S KID FN GUY KIBBEE MAY ROBSON 6/29 1999 TCM
CARYL OF THE MOUNTAINS RELIABLE 6/19 2015 DVD
CASE OF THE BLACK CAT FN RICARDO CORTEZ JUNE TRAVIS 10/14 2003 TCM
CATTLE THIEF COL KEN MAYNARD 3/5 2001 WEST
CAVALCADE OF THE WEST DIVERSION 5/29 2015 DVD
CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE FOX PAUL CAVANAUGH MINNA GAMBELL 4/20 2008 FXM
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS FOX WARNER OLAND KEYE LUKE 11/9 1997 AMC
CHARLIE CHAN’S SECRET FOX WARNER OLAND ASTRID ALLWYN 11/2 1997 AMC
CLUTCHING HAND STAGE & SCREEN XXX XXX 6/24 1997 TAPE (serial)
COLLEEN WB RUBY KEELER DICK POWELL 7/25 2002 TCM
COMIN’ ROUND THE MOUNTAIN REP GENE AUTRY ANN RUTHERFORD 10/6 2004 WEST
COUNTRY DOCTOR FOX JEAN HERSHOLT JUNE LANG 5/18 2008 FXM
COWBOY STAR COL CHARLES STARRETT 3/11 2001 WEST
CRAIG’S WIFE COL ROSALIND RUSSELL JOHN BOLES 1/7 2009 TCM
CRIMES OF STEPHEN HAWK (U.K.) MGM ERIC PORTMAN TOD SLAUGHTER 6/11 2013 DVD
CROOKED TRAIL SUPREME JOHNNY MACK BROWN 5/15 2008 DVD
CROWN VS. STEVENS (U.K.) WB PATRIC KNOWLES 9/18 2007 TCM
CUSTER’S LAST STAND STAGE & SCREEN XXX XXX 1/19 1998 TAPE (serial)
DESERT GOLD PAR MARSHA HUNT 4/5 1995 TAPE
DESERT PHANTOM SUPREME JOHNNY MACK BROWN 11/9 2009 DVD
DEVIL IS A SISSY MGM FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW JACKIE COOPER 7/20 1999 TCM
DIMPLES FOX SHIRLEY TEMPLE 12/12 1995 FAM
DON’T TURN ‘EM LOOSE RKO LEWIS STONE BRUCE CABOT 8/8 1993 AMC
DOOMED CARGO (U.K.) GAUMONT 8/25 2016 TCM
DOWN THE STRETCH FN 9/26 2016 TCM
DRACULA’S DAUGHTER UNI OTTO KRUEGER GLORIA HOLDEN 10/8 1997 SCI
DRIFT FENCE PAR XXX XXX 12/12 2000 WEST
EAGLE’S BROOD PAR WILLIAM BOYD JAMES ELLISON 1/7 2004 WEST
EARTHWORM TRACTORS FN JOE E. BROWN JUNE TRAVIS 7/29 1998 TCM
FACE IN THE FOG VICTORY XXX XXX 12/31 2009 DVD
FARMER IN THE DELL RKO JEAN PARKER 10/3 1993 AMC
FAST BULLETS RELIABLE XXX XXX 1/7 1995 21
FEUD OF THE WEST DIVERSION 4/16 2016 DVD
FLASH GORDON UNI BUSTER CRABBE JEAN ROGERS 9/7 2009 DVD (serial)
FOLLOW THE FLEET RKO FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS 4/7 1996 21
FRESHMAN LOVE WB FRANK MCHUGH PATRICIA ELLIS 1/29 1999 TCM
FRONTIER JUSTICE DIVERSION 9/29 2016 DVD
FUGITIVE IN THE SKY WB WARREN HULL JEAN MUIR 7/4 2007 TCM
GARDEN MURDER CASE MGM EDMUND LOWE VIRGINIA BRUCE 6/2 2005 TCM
GENERAL SPANKY MGM PHILLIPS HOLMES 1/25 1993 TNT
GHOST PATROL PURITAN XXX XXX 9/3 1995 21
GOD’S COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN WB GEORGE BRENT BEVERLY ROBERTS 8/8 1998 TCM
GOLDEN ARROW FN BETTE DAVIS DICK POWELL 5/6 1999 TCM
GORGEOUS HUSSY MGM JOAN CRAWFORD ROBERT TAYLOR 8/17 1998 TCM
GUN GRIT ATLANTIC JACK PERRIN XXX 8/26 2009 DVD
HAIR TRIGGER CASEY ATLANTIC JACK PERRIN BETTY MACK 9/15 2009 DVD
HEARTS DIVIDED FN DICK POWELL MARION DAVIES 4/22 2003 TCM
HEARTS IN BONDAGE REP JAMES DUNN MAE CLARKE 11/27 1998 CUNY
HERE COMES CARTER FN ROSS ALEXANDER ANNE NAGEL 10/23 2006 TCM
HEROES OF THE RANGE COL KEN MAYNARD JUNE GALE 11/6 2005 WEST
HIS BROTHER’S WIFE MGM ROBERT TAYLOR BARBARA STANWYCK 7/28 2000 TCM
HIS FAMILY TREE RKO JAMES BARTON ADDISON RANDALL 5/4 2005 TCM
HOPALONG CASSIDY RETURNS PAR WILLIAM BOYD GABBY HAYES 3/26 2000 WEST
HOT MONEY WB ROSS ALEXANDER BEVERLY ROBERTS 1/18 1999 TCM
HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES REP MAE CLARKE PHILLIPS HOLMES 12/5 1992 7
HOUSE OF SECRETS CHESTERFIELD LESLIE FENTON MURIEL EVANS 10/21 2010 DVD
I MARRIED A DOCTOR WB PAT O’BRIEN ROSS ALEXANDER 3/18 2006 TCM
INVISIBLE RAY UNI BORIS KARLOFF BELA LUGOSI 7/27 1997 SCI
ISLE OF FURY WB MARGARET LINDSAY HUMPHREY BOGART 1/31 1999 TCM
JAILBREAK WB 3/21 2016 TCM
KELLY THE SECOND MGM PATSY KELLY MAXIE ROSENBLOOM 7/16 2006 TCM
KING OF HOCKEY WB DICK PURCELL ANNE NAGEL 7/30 1998 TCM
LADIES IN LOVE FOX JANET GAYNOR CONSTANCE BENNETT 4/3 2000 FXM
LAST OF THE WARRENS SUPREME BOB STEELE CHARLES KING 11/11 2013 DVD
LAST OUTLAW RKO HARRY CAREY HOOT GIBSON 5/21 1995 TNT
LAW IN HER HANDS FN MARGARET LINDSAY GLENDA FARRELL 7/3 2003 TCM
LAWLESS NINETIES REP 3/2 2015 MOVIES
LION MAN FIRST DIVISION JON HALL 7/11 2010 DVD
LITTLE BIG SHOT WB ROBERT ARMSTRONG SYBIL JASON 6/17 2001 TCM
LONELY TRAIL REP JOHN WAYNE ANN RUTHERFORD 5/19 1996 AMC
LONGEST NIGHT MGM ROBERT YOUNG FLORENCE RICE 2/22 2000 TCM
LOVE BEGINS AT TWENTY FN WARREN HULL PATRICIA ELLIS 6/16 2003 TCM
LOVE IS ON THE AIR FN RONALD REAGAN JUNE TRAVIS 3/14 2004 TCM
LOVE ON A BET RKO GENE RAYMOND 5/6 1993 AMC
LOVE ON THE RUN MGM JOAN CRAWFORD CLARK GABLE 1/29 2001 TCM
MAKE WAY FOR A LADY RKO ANNE SHIRLEY HERBERT MARSHALL 7/27 1993 AMC
MAN WHO LIVED TWICE COL RALPH BELLAMY MARIAN MARSH 4/9 2012 TCM
MARIJUANA ROAD SHOW ATTRACTIONS XXX XXX 5/10 2008 TCM
MISTER CINDERELLA MGM JACK HALEY 8/10 1998 TCM
M’LISS RKO ANNE SHIRLEY JOHN BEAL 1/12 1994 AMC
MORE THAN A SECRETARY COL JEAN ARTHUR GEORGE BRENT 9/6 2008 TCM
MUMMY’S BOYS RKO WHEELER & WOOLSEY BARBARA PEPPER 7/19 1998 AMC
MURDER BY AN ARISTOCRAT FN MARGUERITE CHURCHILL LYLE TALBOT 5/11 2004 TCM
MURDER IN THE RED BARN (U.K.) OLYMPIC PICTURES TOD SLAUGHTER ERIC PORTMAN 4/10 2013 DVD
MURDER OF DR. HARRIGAN WB MARY ASTOR RICARDO CORTEZ 3/19 2012 TCM
MURDER WITH PICTURES PAR LEW AYRES GAIL PATRICK 5/23 2014 DVD
MUSS ‘EM UP RKO PRESTON FOSTER MARGARET CALLAHAN 4/10 2004 TCM
NIGHT WAITRESS RKO MARGOT GRAHAME DON ‘RED’ BARRY 9/26 1993 AMC
NINE DAYS A QUEEN (U.K.) GAUMONT BRITISH NOVA PILBEAM 9/25 1994 CUNY
OLD HUTCH MGM WALLACE BEERY ELIZABETH PATTERSON 6/9 2000 TCM
ONE FATAL HOUR FN HUMPHREY BOGART BEVERLY ROBERTS 1/21 1999 TCM
ONE RAINY AFTERNOON UA FRANCIS LEDERER IDA LUPINO 9/11 2007 DVD
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN COL BING CROSBY MADGE EVANS 12/6 2005 TCM
PETTICOAT FEVER MGM ROBERT MONTGOMERY MYRNA LOY 9/30 2004 TCM
PHANTOM RIDER UNI 9/4 2012 DVD
PICCADILLY JIM MGM ROBERT MONTGOMERY MADGE EVANS 1/22 2001 TCM
PLOT THICKENS RKO ZASU PITTS LOUISE LATIMER 12/22 1998 AMC
PRISON SHADOWS VICTORY EDDIE NUGENT LUCILLE LUND 1/1 2007 DVD
PRISON TRAIN EQUITY FRED KEATING LINDA WINTERS 11/1 2006 DVD
PUBLIC ENEMY’S WIFE WB PAT O’BRIEN MARGARET LINDSAY 9/29 2007 TCM
RED RIVER VALLEY REP GENE AUTRY FRANCES GRANT 4/6 2005 WEST
REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES ACADEMY XXX XXX 11/4 2011 DVD
RHODES OF AFRICA (U.K.) GAUMONT BRITISH WALTER HUSTON OSCAR HOMOLKA 11/18 2008 TCM
ROAD GANG FN 3/16 2016 TCM
ROAD TO GLORY FOX FREDRIC MARCH WARNER BAXTER 6/7 1998 AMC
ROAMIN’ WILD RELIABLE 5/18 2016 DVD
ROBIN HOOD OF EL DORADO MGM WARNER BAXTER 4/20 1993 TNT
ROGUE OF THE RANGE SUPREME JOHNNY MACK BROWN 11/3 2009 DVD
ROMANCE AND RICHES (U.K.) GN CARY GRANT MARY BRIAN 8/7 1994 21
SAGEBRUSH TROUBADOR REP GENE AUTRY 3/24 2004 WEST
SATAN MET A LADY WB WARREN WILLIAM BETTE DAVIS 1/19 1999 TCM
SHADOW OF CHINATOWN VICTORY 1/4 2012 DVD
SING BABY SING FOX ALICE FAYE ADOLPHE MENJOU 12/26 2000 FXM
SING ME A LOVE SONG FN XXX XXX 10/18 1998 TCM
SINGING COWBOY REP GENE AUTRY 1/8 2004 WEST
SINGING VAGABOND REP GENE AUTRY ANN RUTHERFORD 11/4 2004 WEST
SITTING ON THE MOON REP XXX XXX 2/22 2008 DVD
SMALL TOWN GIRL MGM JANET GAYNOR ROBERT TAYLOR 5/20 2003 TCM
SMARTEST GIRL IN TOWN RKO ANN SOTHERN GENE RAYMOND 11/28 1993 AMC
SONG OF THE GRINGO GN TEX RITTER 3/12 2011 DVD
SONG OF THE SADDLE FN DICK FORAN 7/23 2011 TCM
SONS O’ GUNS WB JOAN BLONDELL JOE E. BROWN 9/1 2002 TCM
SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR RKO RICHARD DIX 11/29 1992 AMC
SPEED MGM JAMES STEWART WENDY BARRIE 5/1 2006 TCM
STAGE STRUCK FN DICK POWELL JOAN BLONDELL 11/29 2004 TCM
STORMY TRAILS COLONY 10/15 2013 DVD
STOWAWAY FOX SHIRLEY TEMPLE ROBERT YOUNG 5/5 1996 AMC
SUZY MGM JEAN HARLOW FRANCHOT TONE 12/20 2000 TCM
SWORN ENEMY MGM ROBERT YOUNG FLORENCE RICE 10/12 2005 TCM
THANK YOU JEEVES FOX DAVID NIVEN 3/30 1993 AMC
THREE LIVE GHOSTS MGM RICHARD ARLEN 4/24 2003 TCM
THREE MEN ON A HORSE FN JOAN BLONDELL 10/17 1999 TCM
THREE ON THE TRAIL PAR WILLIAM BOYD JAMES ELLISON 2/27 2000 WEST
TIMES SQUARE LADY MGM ROBERT TAYLOR VIRGINIA BRUCE 11/30 1998 TCM
TIMES SQUARE PLAYBOY WB WARREN WILLIAM 1/30 1999 TCM
TOUGH GUY MGM JACKIE COOPER JEAN HERSHOLT 9/16 2003 TCM
TRAIL DUST PAR WILLIAM BOYD 4/19 2000 WEST
TRAILIN’ WEST WB DICK FORAN 8/21 1993 TNT
TREACHERY RIDES THE RANGE WB DICK FORAN 7/23 2011 TCM
TROUBLE FOR TWO MGM ROSALIND RUSSELL ROBERT MONTGOMERY 12/10 1993 TNT
TWO IN REVOLT RKO XXX XXX 11/11 1992 AMC
TWO IN THE DARK RKO MARGOT GRAHAME 1/11 1993 AMC
UNDER TWO FLAGS FOX RONALD COLMAN CLAUDETTE COLBERT 3/24 1994 AMC
UNGUARDED HOUR MGM FRANCHOT TONE LORETTA YOUNG 1/8 2000 TCM
VENGEANCE OF RANNAH RELIABLE 8/19 2016 DVD
VOICE OF BUGLE ANN MGM LIONEL BARRYMORE MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN 3/20 2011 TCM
WALKING DEAD WB BORIS KARLOFF EDMUND GWENN 10/7 1998 TCM
WALKING ON AIR RKO GENE RAYMOND ANN SOTHERN 1/23 1999 TCM
WANTED: JANE TURNER RKO LEE TRACY GLORIA STUART 7/12 2000 TCM
WE WENT TO COLLEGE MGM XXX XXX 12/10 2007 TCM
WHITE ANGEL FN KAY FRANCIS IAN HUNTER 6/18 2001 TCM
WILD HORSE ROUND-UP AMBASSADOR 6/22 2015 DVD
WITNESS CHAIR RKO 1/26 2013 TCM
WOMAN REBELS RKO KATHARINE HEPBURN HERBERT MARSHALL 3/20 1993 AMC
WOMEN ARE TROUBLE MGM 5/9 2014 TCM
YELLOW DUST RKO RICHARD DIX LEILA HYAMS 10/3 1993 AMC
YELLOWSTONE UNI XXX XXX 10/21 1997 TAPE
FN is First National, a fairly big company in the 1920’s that Warner Brothers bought out about 1929/ Up until the early 1940’s Warners would release a number of their films as FirstNational Pictures. So Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis and others LL have First National pictures in their resumes.
No matter how much space I put between the entries they all seem to jam together.
It is easy to read….even with them being jammed together.
Hey Dan…..wow….what a massive list. Thanks for sharing your list….which now has another home….good to have the information listed in more than one place. Your comment on Laurel and Hardy makes me realize I need to get a page on them. I was looking at a library book just yesterday…but once again….almost nothing that would help me figure out box office grosses. It is amazing that almost nothing is out there that talks about the finances of their movies. Makes me think it was a corporate issue to keep that information from getting out…wonder if their contracts had a profit clause.
Thanks for the key to understanding your list…and the info on First National….the Harrison Report always lists Warner and First National together. Your total of 174 1936 movies is truly impressive. I bow to your vast movie watching history. Thanks for the feedback.
Another complete classic year! I love it!!! And a good year it was, judging by all the favs out of the 52 films I’ve seen 🙂
The great Ziegfeld with an Oscar winning performance by my very own “local girl done good” Louise Rainer. 3 good ones with Sylvia Sidney, the wonderful comedy (ask Pierre) Desire, Chaplin’s Modern Times, Dodsworth, Camille with Garbo dying graciously, the first Mae West I’ve ever seen, Go West, young Man, the better and highly criticized Klondike Annie, Come and get it, featuring Frances Farmer in her best performance before her descent into alcoholism and mental institutions, the underrated Rembrandt, Valiant is the word for Carrie, a “Madame X” like weepie boasting a fine performance by Gladys George,Theodora Goes Wild, some more Astaire, Rogers and Gold Diggers, Lloyds of London, Mr. Deeds and My man Godfrey. The enchanting Miss Sullavan didn’t have a good box office year, and by the one film I’ve seen, Next Time We Love, rightfully so. Bette Davis was still fighting WB for better parts, while others, like Loy and Crawford, were firmly established. Nice to see that Garden of Allah, lavishly produced in lush Technicolor but with a script that demanded a lot from the audience, did fairly well, landing on the charts surrounded by box office giants like Crawford, Temple, Dunne, Robert Taylor and Mae West. As always, thank you very much Mister Cogerson!
Hey Lupino
1. Tally count…..Dan 174, you 52, Flora 36, Steve 28, me 21 and Laurent 12….so another silver medal for you.
2. Rainer got an Oscar for her role in The Great Ziegfeld….so I would say she did very well indeed.
3. I see I only listed your girl Sylvia two times in the UMR column….sorry about that.
4. I enjoyed Come and Get as well….the first of three Oscar winning performances for Walter Brennan….I have often thought a Frances Farmer page is one that we should do.
5. You are right Bette Davis did not have a stellar 1936…but she was on the verge off liftoff….as her peak was just about to start….and would last a very long time.
6. Myrna Loy had a very solid and busy year….4 of the Top 23 hits.
7. I have not seen Garden of Allah….but it sounds like an interesting one to check out.
Thanks for the comment, visit and tally count….all are greatly appreciated.
Bruce, have you not learned ANYTHING from my discussion about billing with Bob? Just because you give MY GIRL Sylvia no credit at all for THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE (your Number 9) doesn’t mean she wasn’t in it 😉
Great thought about Frances Farmer- although I doubt she had a lot of box office glory, her life certainly is worth talking about on her own page.
Taking the chance to name a fav from 1936 I have forgotten to include in my former post: These Three. Although badly watered down due to censorship, still a good movie with the lovely Merle Oberon.
Hey Lupino….not sure what I was thinking….but I have corrected my error….as now Sylvia is listed with her three movies. I even gave her top billing….lol. I think Frances Farmer would make a good addition….especially if her numbers are easy to find…lol. I actually just watched These Three a few weeks ago…..good movie for sure. Bonita Granville was amazing….such evil in that role.