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The President's Mystery is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Henry Wilcoxon, Betty Furness, Sidney Blackmer and Evelyn Brent.It was based on a novel inspired by an outline by the sitting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with all proceeds of both the book and films going to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation [1] It was produced and distributed by Republic ...
The Plow That Broke the Plains had its first showing at the White House in March 1936. After several private showings, the film was officially released to the public at the Mayflower Hotel on May 10, 1936. [14] Following President Roosevelt's private showing, FDR praised Lorentz for his work and wanted to show it to a joint session of Congress. [8]
A former Governor of New York who had easily carried the state four years earlier, Franklin Roosevelt won New York State in 1936 by an even more decisive margin. Roosevelt took 58.85% of the vote versus Alf Landon's 38.97%, a margin of 19.88%.
Although it was released at the end of 1935 and appears on the List of American films of 1935, A Tale in Two Cities was one of ten films competing for the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1936 at the 9th Academy Awards on March 4, 1937.
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.
Roosevelt, in his career as New York City Police Commissioner, appears as a major character in the 1997 novel The Alienist, well as its sequel The Angel of Darkness. For a comprehensive study of Roosevelt's legacy, especially in cultural depictions, see Michael Patrick Cullinane, Theodore Roosevelt's Ghost: The History and Memory of an American ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.