Rose Hobart

Rose Hobart

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.

  • Title: Rose Hobart
  • Popularity: 1.306
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1906-05-01
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Роуз Хобарт, Rose Kefer
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Rose Hobart Movies

  • 1931
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    7.3 1931 HD

    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...

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  • 1945
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    Conflict

    Conflict

    6.5 1945 HD

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

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  • 1939
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    Tower of London

    Tower of London

    5.9 1939 HD

    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,...

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  • 1946
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    Canyon Passage

    Canyon Passage

    6.6 1946 HD

    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...

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  • 1947
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    The Farmer's Daughter

    The Farmer's Daughter

    6.9 1947 HD

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

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  • 1944
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    The Soul of a Monster

    The Soul of a Monster

    4.8 1944 HD

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

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  • 1943
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    The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

    The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

    3.7 1943 HD

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

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  • 1943
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    The Mad Ghoul

    The Mad Ghoul

    6 1943 HD

    A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as...

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  • 1941
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    Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

    7.1 1941 HD

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

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  • 1942
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    Mr. and Mrs. North

    Mr. and Mrs. North

    4.5 1942 HD

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

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  • 1947
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    Cass Timberlane

    Cass Timberlane

    5.9 1947 HD

    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...

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  • 1945
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    The Brighton Strangler

    The Brighton Strangler

    5.9 1945 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    No Hands on the Clock

    No Hands on the Clock

    4.9 1941 HD

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

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  • 1930
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    Liliom

    Liliom

    6.6 1930 HD

    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...

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  • 1931
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    East of Borneo

    East of Borneo

    5 1931 HD

    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...

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  • 1932
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    Scandal for Sale

    Scandal for Sale

    7 1932 HD

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

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  • 1940
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    Wolf of New York

    Wolf of New York

    7 1940 HD

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

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  • 1931
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    Chances

    Chances

    7 1931 HD

    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...

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  • 1944
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    Song of the Open Road

    Song of the Open Road

    1 1944 HD

    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...

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  • 1935
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    Convention Girl

    Convention Girl

    6 1935 HD

    Wily hotel 'hostess' Babe LaVal navigates booming business, cabaret calls and shady deals in Atlantic City. She meets a soup magnate, and begins to...

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  • 1948
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    Mickey

    Mickey

    6 1948 HD

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

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  • 1997
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    Bogart: The Untold Story

    Bogart: The Untold Story

    1 1997 HD

    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...

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  • 1946
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    Claudia and David

    Claudia and David

    6 1946 HD

    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...

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  • 1930
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    A Lady Surrenders

    A Lady Surrenders

    3.5 1930 HD

    A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he...

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  • 1941
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    I'll Sell My Life

    I'll Sell My Life

    6 1941 HD

    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.

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  • 1940
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    A Night at Earl Carroll's

    A Night at Earl Carroll's

    3.5 1940 HD

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

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  • 1941
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    Ziegfeld Girl

    Ziegfeld Girl

    6.5 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1940
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    Susan and God

    Susan and God

    6.5 1940 HD

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

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  • 1933
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    The Shadow Laughs

    The Shadow Laughs

    4.6 1933 HD

    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.

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  • 1997
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    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

    Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

    1 1997 HD

    This documentary, originally presented on the television series The South Bank Show, covers actor Humphrey Bogart's life and career, including...

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  • 1949
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    Bride of Vengeance

    Bride of Vengeance

    4.5 1949 HD

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

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  • 1931
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    Compromised

    Compromised

    1 1931 HD

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

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  • 1941
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    Lady Be Good

    Lady Be Good

    5.4 1941 HD

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

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  • 1942
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    A Gentleman at Heart

    A Gentleman at Heart

    6 1942 HD

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

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  • 1943
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    Salute to the Marines

    Salute to the Marines

    6.8 1943 HD

    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...

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  • 1947
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    The Trouble with Women

    The Trouble with Women

    1 1947 HD

    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...

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  • 1943
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    The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

    The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

    5 1943 HD

    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.

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  • 1936
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    Rose Hobart

    Rose Hobart

    5.33 1936 HD

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

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  • 1998
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    Universal Horror

    Universal Horror

    7.2 1998 HD

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

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  • 1941
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    Singapore Woman

    Singapore Woman

    6.8 1941 HD

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

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  • 1942
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    Who Is Hope Schuyler?

    Who Is Hope Schuyler?

    4 1942 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    Gallant Lady

    Gallant Lady

    5 1942 HD

    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.

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  • 1946
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    The Cat Creeps

    The Cat Creeps

    4.8 1946 HD

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

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  • 1945
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    Isle of the Dead

    Isle of the Dead

    6.036 1945 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

    Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

    5.3 1942 HD

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

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  • 2007
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    Rose Hobart 2

    Rose Hobart 2

    1 2007 HD

    An ongoing exploration of the films of Rose Hobart and a re-duplication of Joseph Cornell's infamous found footage masterpiece

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  • 1943
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    Swing Shift Maisie

    Swing Shift Maisie

    6.5 1943 HD

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

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

    The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1971
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    Cannon

    Cannon

    6.5 1971 HD

    Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the...

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

    The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

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  • 1970
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    Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

    7.807 1970 HD

    Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the...

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  • 1967
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    The Invaders

    The Invaders

    6.8 1967 HD

    The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for...

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