Rose Hobart

Name: Rose Hobart
Genre: Mystery
Released: 1936-12-09
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Noble Johnson, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar

December 9, 1936
Directed by
Joseph Cornell

Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect. Through Cornell's collage editing, Hobart becomes a singular object of desire and dread, trapped in an exotic paradise.