1936 in film
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Events
- January 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon
- September 28 - The Marx Brothers' Harpo Marx marries actress Susan Fleming
Top grossing films
- North America
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Best Actor: Paul Muni - The Story of Louis Pasteur
- Best Actress: Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan - Come and Get It
- Best Supporting Actress: Gale Sondergaard - Anthony Adverse
Films released in 1936
- After the Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
- The Alamo
- Anthony Adverse, starring Fredric March
- The Bohemian Girl, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
- Cafe Mascot, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Camille, starring Greta Garbo
- Captain January, starring Shirley Temple
- Ceiling Zero, starring James Cagney
- The Charge of the Light Brigade, starring Errol Flynn
- Come and Get It
- Dodsworth, starring Walter Huston
- Follow the Fleet, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
- Fury, starring Sylvia Sidney and Spencer Tracy
- The Great Ziegfeld, starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer
- Green Pastures, adopted from the 1923 stage play of the same name, starring Eddie Anderson -(film mentioned in article)
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, starring Roland Young and Ralph Richardson
- Mayerling, directed by Anatole Litvak starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux
- Modern Times, written, directed by and starring Charles Chaplin
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur; directed by Frank Capra
- My Man Godfrey, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard
- Man of the Frontier, starring Gene Autry
- The Petrified Forest, starring Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis
- Reefer Madness, (also known as Tell Your Children)
- Romeo and Juliet, starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone
- Rose-Marie, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy -(film mentioned in article)
- Sabotage, an Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring Sylvia Sidney and Oskar Homolka
- San Francisco, starring Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald
- Secret Agent, an Alfred Hitchcock thriller starring John Gielgud, Peter Lorre and Madeleine Carroll
- Swing Time, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
- Things to Come, based on the story by H.G. Wells
- The Story of Louis Pasteur, starring Paul Muni
Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
- Laurel and Hardy (1926-1940)
Animated short film series
- Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
- Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
- Screen Songs (1929-1938)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Scrappy (1931-1941)
- Betty Boop (1932-1939)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- ComiColor Cartoons (1933-1936)
- Happy Harmonies (1934-1938)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
- Rainbow Parades (1935-1936)
- Meany, Miny, and Moe (1936-1937)
Births
- January 3 - Georgina Spelvin, pornographic film actress
- February 11 - Burt Reynolds, United States actor
- February 23 - Majel Barrett, United States actress
- May 9 - Glenda Jackson, British actress and politician
- August 18 - Robert Redford, actor, director
- October 19 - Irina Demick, French actress (d. 2004)
- December 25 - Ismail Merchant Indian film producer
Deaths
- January 9 – John Gilbert, American actor
- October 17 - Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress
Categories
1936 | 1936 films | Years in film