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Hollywood in 1936

Screwball comedy, lavish musicals, and star-driven studio pictures hit a confident stride.

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1936 · Comedy

Modern Times

The Tramp battles assembly lines, unemployment, and modern industrial life in Chaplin’s last mostly silent feature.

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1936 · Screwball comedy

My Man Godfrey

A forgotten man becomes butler to a wealthy family in a screwball comedy with class satire underneath.

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1936 · Drama

San Francisco

Gable headlines a romantic disaster drama culminating in MGM’s recreation of the 1906 earthquake.

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1936 · Musical comedy

Swing Time

A romantic musical built around some of the most celebrated dances in the Astaire-Rogers cycle.

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