Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1936

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip36banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1936: World Premieres</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=modtimes.html style="text-decoration:none">Modern Times</a></b></Font> Dir. Charlie Chaplin. With Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=dodswort.html style="text-decoration:none">Dodsworth</a></b></Font> Dir. William Wyler. With Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Camille</Font></b></Font> Dir. George Cukor. With Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Henry Daniell <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Libeled Lady</Font></b></Font> Dir. Jack Conway. With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Swing Time</Font></b></Font> Dir. George Stevens. With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Come and Get It</Font></b></Font> Dirs. Howard Hawks & William Wyler. With Edward Arnold <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">My Man Godfrey</Font></b></Font> Dir. Gregory La Cava. With William Powell, Carole Lombard <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Follow the Fleet</Font></b></Font> Dir. Mark Sandrich. With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1936</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=gretzieg.html style="text-decoration:none">The Great Ziegfeld</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. With William Powell, Luise Rainer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=modtimes.html style="text-decoration:none">Modern Times</a></b></Font> Dir. Charlie Chaplin. With Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A+</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1936</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Anthony Adverse</b></Font> Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. With Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Garden of Allah</b></Font> Dir. Richard Boleslawski. With Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Gorgeous Hussy</b></Font> Dir. Clarence Brown. With Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Reefer Madness</b></Font> Dir. Louis Gasnier. With Kenneth Craig, Dorothy Short, Dave O'Brien <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>F</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Romeo and Juliet</b></Font> Dir. George Cukor. With Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Satan Met a Lady</b></Font> Dir. William Dieterle. With Warren William, Bette Davis, Marie Wilson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Theodora Goes Wild</b></Font> Dir. Richard Boleslawski. With Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>These Three</b></Font> Dir. William Wyler. With Merle Oberon, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=3smgirls.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Three Smart Girls</b></a></Font> Dir. Henry Koster. With Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Barbara Read <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Valiant Is the Word for Carrie</b></Font> Dir. Wesley Ruggles. With Gladys George, Jackie Moran <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Also from 1936</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fantastic</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mr. Deeds Goes to Town</b></Font> Dir. Frank Capra. With Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur (<Font Size=-1><b>A&#150?</b></Font>)<br> <hr> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Still to Come from 1936</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Ten Most Enticing Prospects:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Craig's Wife</b></Font> Dir. Dorothy Arzner. With Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Crime of Monsieur Lange</b></Font> Dir. Jean Renoir. With Rene L&#233f&#232vre, Florelle, Jules Berry<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>A Day in the Country</b></Font> Dir. Jean Renoir. With Sylvia Bataille, Georges D'Arnoux<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Desire</b></Font> Dir. Frank Borzage. With Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Devil Doll</b></Font> Dir. Tod Browning. With Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Fury</b></Font> Dir. Fritz Lang. With Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel, Walter Brennan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Gold Diggers of 1937</b></Font> Dirs. Lloyd Bacon & Busby Berkeley. With Dick Powell, Joan Blondell<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Osaka Elegy</b></Font> Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi. With Isuzu Yamada, Seichi Takegawa, Chiyoko Okura<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>San Francisco</b></Font> Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. With Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Sisters of the Gion</b></Font> Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi. With Isuzu Yamada, Y&#244ko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya<br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Further Research:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>After the Thin Man</b></Font> Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. With William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>As You Like It</b></Font> Dir. Paul Czinner. With Henry Ainley, Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Born to Dance</b></Font> Dir. Roy Del Ruth. With Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Bride Walks Out</b></Font> Dir. Leigh Jason. With Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Charge of the Light Brigade</b></Font> Dir. Michael Curtiz. With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Ex-Mrs. Bradford</b></Font> Dir. Stephen Roberts. With William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The General Died at Dawn</b></Font> Dir. Lewis Milestone. With Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Golden Arrow</b></Font> Dir. Alfred E. Green. With Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Green Pastures</b></Font> Dir. Marc Connelly & William Keighley. With Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Last of the Mohicans</b></Font> Dir. George B. Seitz. With Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Lloyd's of London</b></Font> Dir. Henry King. With Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Guy Standing<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Lower Depths</b></Font> Dir. Jean Renoir. With Jean Gabin, Junie Astor, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mary of Scotland</b></Font> Dir. John Ford. With Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Milky Way</b></Font> Dir. Leo McCarey. With Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Night Mail</b></Font> Dirs. Harry Watt & Basil Wright. Documentary about English mail delivery<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Petrified Forest</b></Font> Dir. Archie Mayo. With Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Humprhey Bogart<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Pigskin Parade</b></Font> Dir. David Butler. With Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, Judy Garland<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Rembrandt</b></Font> Dir. Alexander Korda. With Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Riffraff</b></Font> Dir. J. Walter Ruben. With Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Rose-Marie</b></Font> Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. With Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Sabotage</b></Font> Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Secret Agent</b></Font> Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Show Boat</b></Font> Dir. James Whale. With Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Story of Louis Pasteur</b></Font> Dir. William Dieterle. With Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Suzy</b></Font> Dir. George Fitzmaurice. With Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Cary Grant, Lewis Stone<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</b></Font> Dir. George King. With Tod Slaughter<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>A Tale of Two Cities</b></Font> Dir. Jack Conway. With Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Texas Rangers</b></Font> Dir. King Vidor. With Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>That Girl from Paris</b></Font> Dir. Leigh Jason. With Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Gene Raymond, Mischa Auer<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Things to Come</b></Font> Dir. William Cameron Menzies. With Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Wife vs. Secretary</b></Font> Dir. Clarence Brown. With Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Winterset</b></Font> Dir. Alfred Santell. 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