1936 in film

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The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Events

May 29 - Fritz Lang's first Hollywood film, Fury, starring Spencer Tracy and Bruce Cabot, is released.
February 15 - first Republic serial, Darkest Africa, is released.

Top-grossing films

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Rentals
1.	San Francisco	MGM	$5,273,000^[1]
2.	The Great Ziegfeld	MGM	$4,673,000^[1]
3.	Rose Marie	MGM	$3,515,000^[1]
4.	These Three	United Artists
5.	Camille	MGM	$2,842,000^[1]
6.	Libeled Lady	MGM	$2,723,000^[1]
7.	Three Smart Girls	Universal Pictures
8.	Anthony Adverse	Warner Bros.	$2,750,000^[2]
9.	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Warner Bros.	$2,736,000^[2]
10.	Follow the Fleet	RKO	$2,707,000^[3]
11.	Swing Time	RKO	$2,618,000^[3]
12.	Romeo and Juliet	MGM	$2,075,000^[1]

Academy Awards

Top Ten Money Making Stars

Rank	Actor/Actress
1.	Shirley Temple
2.	Clark Gable
3.	Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
4.	Robert Taylor
5.	Joe E. Brown
6.	Dick Powell
7.	Joan Crawford
8.	Claudette Colbert
9.	Jeanette MacDonald
10.	Gary Cooper

A poll of the top Western stars was also published for the first time.^[5]

Rank	Actor/Actress
1.	Buck Jones
2.	George O'Brien
3.	Gene Autry
4.	William Boyd
5.	Ken Maynard
6.	Dick Foran
7.	John Wayne
8.	Tim McCoy
9.	Hoot Gibson
10.	Buster Crabbe

1936 film releases

U.S.A. unless stated.

Notable films released in 1936

U.S.A. unless stated.

Serials

Comedy film series

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
Buster Keaton (1917–1928)
Laurel and Hardy (1927-1940)
Our Gang (1922–1944)
Harry Langdon (1924-1936)
Wheeler & Woolsey (1929–1937)
The Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
The Three Stooges (1933–1962)

Animated short film series

Births

January 22 - Nyree Dawn Porter, English actress (d. 2001)
January 27 - Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001)
January 28 - Alan Alda, American actor
February 11 - Burt Reynolds, American actor (d. 2018)
March 1 - Georgina Spelvin, pornographic film actress
March 5 - Dean Stockwell, American actor
March 19 - Ursula Andress, Swiss actress
May 1 - Danièle Huillet, French director (d. 2006)
May 9 - Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
May 17 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and performance artist (d. 2010)
June 4 - Bruce Dern, American actor
July 5 - Shirley Knight, American actress
August 13 - Vyjayanthimala, Indian actress, politician, dancer and singer
August 18 - Robert Redford, American actor and director
August 25 - Hugh Hudson, English director
October 9 - Brian Blessed, English actor
October 16 - Irina Demick, French actress (d. 2004)
December 8 - David Carradine, American actor and martial artist (d. 2009)
December 10 - Howard Smith, American journalist, director and producer (d. 2014)
December 23 - Frederic Forrest, American actor
December 25 - Ismail Merchant, Indian film producer (d. 2005)
December 29 - Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (d. 2017)

Deaths

January 9 – John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1897)
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 17 - Henry B. Walthall, American actor (b. 1897)
September 14 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
October 17 - Suzanne Bianchetti, French actress (b. 1889)

Debuts

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
1 2 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television. 15.
1 2 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994
↑ "The Biggest Money Making Stars of 1936". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
↑ "Exhibitors Name Biggest Western Draws". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 18. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

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[Mannix-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .

[wb-2] 1 2 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television. 15.

[rko-3] 1 2 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994

[1936Poll-4] "The Biggest Money Making Stars of 1936". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

[5] "Exhibitors Name Biggest Western Draws". Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. January 9, 1937. p. 18. Retrieved April 24, 2018.