Rose Hobart
Rose Hobart
Mystery

Rose Hobart

1936
20 min
5.3
53.0%
User Score
(46 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Joseph Cornell

STARRING

Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Noble Johnson, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar

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Cast

Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart

Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson

Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Georges Renavent

Georges Renavent

Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lupita Tovar

Lupita Tovar

Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)