Rose Hobart (1936)

Name: Rose Hobart
Released: 1936-12-09
Rating: 5.40

1936-12-09 · 20 min · Rating 5.40/10 (47 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.