Rose Hobart

Name: Rose Hobart
Released: 1936

Joseph Cornell

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Synopsis

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.

Year1936

CountryUnited States

DirectorJoseph Cornell

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