Fury (1936)

Fury (1936)

[8] In director Fritz Lang's first English-language film, Spencer Tracy stars as a man nearly lynched and presumed dead for a crime he didn't commit. His grieving fiancée, played by Sylvia Sidney, soon learns he's not only still alive, but…
Wedding Present (1936)

Wedding Present (1936)

[6] Cary Grant and Joan Bennett star in this fast-paced screwball comedy about two newspaper reporters who flirt with the idea of marriage during their headline-chasing adventures. Through no fault of the capable and charismatic leads, Wedding Present is maybe…
My Man Godfrey (1936)

My Man Godfrey (1936)

[7] William Powell and Carole Lombard (who were married for a few years before making this film together) star in this screwball comedy from director Gregory LaCava (Stage Door). Powell plays Godfrey, a homeless man living in a New York…
Klondike Annie (1936)

Klondike Annie (1936)

[6] After the Hays Code was enforced in 1934, reigning in sexuality and violence in Hollywood's output, Mae West's brand of sexual innuendo was greatly diminished. But the old broad still has some appeal in Klondike Annie. West plays a…
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

[8] Gary Cooper (Friendly Persuasion, Ball of Fire) stars as Longfellow Deeds, a small-town idealist who inherits twenty million dollars and moves to New York City, where he becomes increasingly frustrated with the myriad people who try to take advantage…
The Petrified Forest (1936)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

[5] Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart star in this overly-talky stage play adaptation about disparate characters whose lives intersect when a notorious criminal on the lam (Bogart) takes them all hostage at a gas station diner in the…
Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

[6] Cary Grant and Joan Blondell star as a private eye and a manicurist-turned-journalist who help solve a mystery that began as a jewelry theft ring and escalates to the accidental shooting death of a baby in Central Park. Yeah,…
Sabotage (1936)

Sabotage (1936)

[7] Sylvia Sidney and Oskar Homolka star in this Alfred Hitchcock suspense yarn about a movie theater owner (Homolka) who is conspiring to set off a bomb in London. While a Scotland Yard detective (John Loder) tries to identify and…
Anthony Adverse (1936)

Anthony Adverse (1936)

[6] In 18th century Italy, an orphan boy comes of age with the help of nuns and a kindly mentor, falls in love, gets embroiled in the slave trade, and fights for his inheritance in this adaptation of Hervey Allen's…
Love on the Run (1936)

Love on the Run (1936)

[6] This is a serendipitous romantic comedy pairing frequent costars Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. Gable plays a reporter who runs away with a press-weary heiress, hoping to snag the headline of the century. But naturally, he falls in love…