Rose Hobart
Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart (1936)

PG-1312/9/1936Mystery0h 20m
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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.

Joseph Cornell

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