Movies from 1936

Aces and Eights (1936)

62 mins     Western      

When it comes to early westerns I often find them now more amusing that entertaining and that is certainly the case of "Aces and Eights". Not only is it comically convoluted and features the false looking action of a bygone e...

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)

80 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

At just 61 minutes long and having fallen into the public domain "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss" which is also known as "The Amazing Adventure" is the sort of movie where your expectations are not really high. And if trut...

The Big Show (1936)

71 mins     Western      

You shouldn't be able to but there are some movies which you can judge just by reading through the credits and one of these is "The Big Show" from 1936. So to start with we have Gene Autry who is down for two roles which mean...

Blazing Justice (1936)

60 mins     Western      

It's amusing watching some old westerns because they quite literally could have been made on another planet or even as a spoof because of their unnatural dialogue, characters and styling. That is how it feels when watching "B...

Brand of the Outlaws (1936)

60 mins     Western      

If I was given a script now about an innocent cowboy who gets branded with a hot iron and set up for murder by a man who has been masquerading as a lawman I could envisage a gritty, dirty western. Unfortunately the script was...

The Bride Walks Out (1936)

75 mins     Comedy, Romance      

I could base my review of "The Bride Walks Out" on how dated it is, visually when we have a married couple sleeping in separate beds to the whole old fashioned idea of a wife's place being in the home but heck this is a movie...

By the Bluest of Seas (1936)

71 mins     Drama, Foreign      

So we have a storyline which sees two friends falling for the same woman and I will say now there is nothing special about this. To put it into context if this was a Hollywood movie I could quite easy picture Kirk Douglas and...

The Call of Justice (1936)

59 mins     Western      

"The Call of Justice" was made in 1936 but feels like it was made in 1930 because it has that incredibly fake nature of the early talkies where not a single person says their lines in a natural way, not that the dialogue they...

Follow the Fleet (1936)

110 mins     Comedy, Musical, Romance      

As a rule I don't enjoy musicals which come up short on storyline and have musical scenes thrown in which have little relevance to the story, but it is is hard not to like "Follow the Fleet". And the simple reason that it's h...

Gun Grit (1936)

55 mins     Comedy, Western      

The opening of "Gun Grit", also known as "Protection Racket", sees a group of gangsters getting out of their car and walking to their home and the reason why you know they are gangsters is because they are carrying violin cas...

Hair-Trigger Casey (1936)

59 mins     Western      

"Hair-Trigger Casey" was another one of those Jack Perrin westerns from the 30s which tried to be clever by making things contemporary. As such the movie starts with Casey in the army, dressed up in his smart Captain's unifor...

Idaho Kid (1936)

59 mins     Western      

I wonder whether as a kid George Lucas watched "Idaho Kid" as the whole storyline which sees Todd's real father unwittingly aiming to gun his son down reminded me of "Star Wars" and Luke and his father but in reverse. Of cour...

King of the Pecos (1936)

54 mins     Western      

Every once in a while I go on a western spree, watching a whole hoard of old hour long westerns from the 1930s and 40s as the briefness of these movies appeals to me. The thing is that many of these westerns now end up feelin...

Last of the Warrens (1936)

90 mins     Western      

Have you ever read in the local paper about a postman being tried for stealing the mail they are entrusted to deliver? I have and I guess way back in the 1930s it was going on then as well with this Bob Steele western built a...

Law and Order (1936)

58 mins     Western      

Some times it is hard to put yourself in the mindset of an audience when watching an old movie especially when you are watching an old western. It is the problem I found myself with as I watched "Law and Order" which was orig...

The Lawless Nineties (1936)

55 mins     Western      

For me, remembering I have watched probably 100 or more of these early 1 hour westerns, "The Lawless Nineties" is just another one made for the Saturday morning crowd who rushed down to the picture house for their weekly dose...

Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936)

75 mins     Western      

Well I will say one thing for "Lightnin' Bill Carson" it certainly has a lot more storyline than you normally get from one of these 1930s westerns, it also has more Aces than you tend to see in movies as well. But whilst the ...

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

98 mins     Drama, Family      

I remember as a young boy being given a book with the story of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in it, I only read a couple of pages as it didn't appeal to me. And to be honest I expected to feel the same when I sat down to watch the...

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

115 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Over time some of cinema's most popular movies have come at the hands of director Frank Capra. He gave us "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and of course "It's a Wonderful Life" amongst others. He also gave us "Mr. Deeds Goes to...

My Man Godfrey (1936)

94 mins     Comedy, Romance      

It may be a cliche but "they don't make them like they use to" and after watching the simply brilliant "My Man Godfrey" you will find yourself agreeing. Here is an early screwball comedy which puts its foot to the floor in th...