Official poster for Rose Hobart (1936)

Rose Hobart

Dec 9, 1936 0h 20mMystery
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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.

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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.

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Dec 9, 1936
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United States of America

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