Rose Hobart (1936)
Overview
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.
Cast
Rose Hobart
Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Bickford
Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lupita Tovar
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