Rose Hobart

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Rose Hobart (born Rose Kefer) was an American actress and Screen Actors Guild official. When Hobart was 15, she debuted professionally in Cappy Ricks, a Chautauqua production. She was accepted for the 18-week tour because she told officials that she was 18. At that same age, she was cast in Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, which opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hobart's Broadway stage debut was on September 17, 1923 at the Knickerbocker Theater, playing a young girl in Lullaby. In 1925, she played Charmian in Caesar and Cleopatra. Hobart was an original member of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre. In 1928, she made her London debut, playing Nona Rolf in The Comic Artist. During her career in theater, she toured with Noël Coward in The Vortex and was cast opposite Helen Hayes in What Every Woman Knows. Her performance as Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday won her a Hollywood contract. Hobart appeared in more than 40 motion pictures over a 20-year period. Her first film role was the part of Julie in the first talking picture version of Liliom, made by Fox Film Corporation in 1930, starring Charles Farrell in the title role, and directed by Frank Borzage. Under contract to Universal, Hobart starred in A Lady Surrenders, East of Borneo, and Scandal for Sale. On loan to other studios, she appeared in Chances and Compromised. In 1931, she co-starred with Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins in Rouben Mamoulian's original film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. She played the role of Muriel, Jekyll's fiancée. In 1936, Surrealist artist Joseph Cornell, who bought a print of East of Borneo to screen at home, became smitten with the actress, and cut out nearly all the parts that did not include her. He also showed the film at silent film speed and projected it through a blue-tinted lens. He named the resulting work Rose Hobart. Hobart often played the "other woman" in movies during the 1940s, with her last major film role in Bride of Vengeance. The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated Hobart in 1949, effectively ending her career. She believed that she first came to the attention of anti-Communist activists because of her commitment to improving working conditions for actors in Hollywood.

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Total trailers found: 47

Universal Horror Trailer (1998)

08 October 1998

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

Bogart: The Untold Story Trailer (1997)

05 January 1997

Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.

Ziegfeld Girl Trailer (1941)

25 April 1941

Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case Trailer (1943)

09 December 1943

The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.

Salute to the Marines Trailer (1943)

02 September 1943

It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.

Swing Shift Maisie Trailer (1943)

01 October 1943

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin.

Wolf of New York Trailer (1940)

23 January 1940

A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.

Bride of Vengeance Trailer (1949)

07 April 1949

The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara.

No Hands on the Clock Trailer (1941)

01 December 1941

A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.

Scandal for Sale Trailer (1932)

01 April 1932

A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.

The Mad Ghoul Trailer (1943)

12 November 1943

A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.

Liliom Trailer (1930)

27 September 1930

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong.

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Trailer (1943)

05 January 1943

A movie serial in 12 chapters: The famous comic strip character is on a mission to protect a secret tunnel passage between China and India.

Convention Girl Trailer (1935)

30 October 1935

Wily hotel 'hostess' Babe LaVal navigates booming business, cabaret calls and shady deals in Atlantic City.

Singapore Woman Trailer (1941)

17 May 1941

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

The Shadow Laughs Trailer (1933)

26 March 1933

The police investigate a bank robbery, and when they don't seem to be making much headway, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate it on his own.

Claudia and David Trailer (1946)

25 February 1946

The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.

Susan and God Trailer (1940)

07 June 1940

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

The Cat Creeps Trailer (1946)

17 May 1946

A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant Trailer (1942)

01 November 1942

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Trailer (1931)

24 December 1931

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated.

Chances Trailer (1931)

18 July 1931

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom believes that Rose is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack and only turned to Tom on the rebound.

I'll Sell My Life Trailer (1941)

12 September 1941

A woman hoping to raise cash to pay for an operation to restore her blind brother's eyesight finds herself implicated in a nightclub murder.

The Soul of a Monster Trailer (1944)

17 August 1944

A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?

A Gentleman at Heart Trailer (1942)

16 January 1942

After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business.

Song of the Open Road Trailer (1944)

21 June 1944

A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids.

Rose Hobart Trailer (1936)

09 December 1936

Cornell employs clips from 1931's jungle melodrama East of Borneo – more specifically, clips of its lead actress, Rose Hobart – to disquieting effect.

Compromised Trailer (1931)

19 November 1931

Poor working-class girl Stella marries wealthy Sidney Brock, recently jilted by his fiancée and social equal Connie.

Tower of London Trailer (1939)

17 November 1939

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England.

Mr. and Mrs. North Trailer (1942)

23 January 1942

Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.

The Trouble with Women Trailer (1947)

25 June 1947

A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wife-beating.

East of Borneo Trailer (1931)

01 August 1931

Mrs. Linda Randolph treks through darkened jungles to the land of Maradu to find her missing husband Allan, who'd left her years before when he believed she was in love with another.

Nothing But the Truth Trailer (1941)

10 October 1941

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.

Who Is Hope Schuyler? Trailer (1942)

17 April 1942

A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts.

Cass Timberlane Trailer (1947)

06 November 1947

Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley.

Canyon Passage Trailer (1946)

17 July 1946

In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.

Isle of the Dead Trailer (1945)

01 September 1945

On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people—a superstitious old peasant—suspects a young woman of being a vampiric demon.

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid Trailer (1997)

05 January 1997

This documentary, originally presented on the television series The South Bank Show, covers actor Humphrey Bogart's life and career, including archival footage and interviews with Lauren Bacall and his son Stephen Bogart.

Rose Hobart 2 Trailer (2007)

09 May 2007

An ongoing exploration of the films of Rose Hobart and a re-duplication of Joseph Cornell's infamouse

Conflict Trailer (1945)

15 June 1945

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

The Farmer's Daughter Trailer (1947)

26 March 1947

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

A Night at Earl Carroll's Trailer (1940)

06 December 1940

Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club.

Gallant Lady Trailer (1942)

29 May 1942

A female doctor is sent to prison for a mercy killing. She manages to escape, get married and lead a model life, but one day her secret is exposed.

The Brighton Strangler Trailer (1945)

10 May 1945

After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.

Mickey Trailer (1948)

23 June 1948

A pretty, tomboyish teenager comes of age in an American small town.

A Lady Surrenders Trailer (1930)

06 October 1930

A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip.

Lady Be Good Trailer (1941)

18 September 1941

Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.