Rose Hobart

5.3

20m

1936

Mystery

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.

Starring

Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Noble Johnson, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar

Directed By

Joseph Cornell