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1939 has been considered a golden year for films.
What is your favorite?
The Women
Gone With The Wind
The Thin Man
What is your favorite?
The Women
Gone With The Wind
The Thin Man
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sat, May 10, 2008 - 7:47 AMThe Wizard of Oz
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Only Angels Have Wings
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Little Princess
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sat, May 10, 2008 - 9:26 AMThe Rules of the Game (La Règle du jeu)
The Women
Only Angels Have Wings
Le Jour Se Leve
and sentimental favorite
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sat, May 10, 2008 - 10:10 PMI totally forgot about Dark Victory! -
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sat, May 24, 2008 - 10:01 PM
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
GWTW
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
On Borrowed Time
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Sun, May 25, 2008 - 7:52 PMDon't remember 'On Borrowed Time' . Who's in it? What's it about? -
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Mon, May 26, 2008 - 9:30 AMIf I could list "Only Angels Have Wings" as 5 of my top ten, I would. It doesn't have the flash of many of the other masterpieces of that year, or even Howard Hawks' own catalog, but it gets its hooks in and never lets go. It reminds me of Michael Powell's masterpiece "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" which isn't spectacular like "The Red Shoes" or "Black Naricssus" or innovative like "Peeping Tom", but it's the one that moves me the most because it seems the most attached to real human characters. -
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Mon, May 26, 2008 - 10:10 PM>Don't remember 'On Borrowed Time'. Who's in it? What's it about?
Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke & child actor Bobs Watson, who is terrific. Lionel's an old man who cheats Death by getting him to go up a tree, and then keeps him there. It was (or really appears to be) shot on the same set as the Kansas farm from "Wizard of Oz," released that same year. The play was revived on Broadway by the late George C. Scott. -
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sat, July 5, 2008 - 3:13 AMYou Can't Cheat An Honest Man
Son of Frankenstein
Stagecoach
The Great Man Votes
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sat, August 23, 2008 - 10:24 PMIf you're old enough to remember "Science Fiction Theatre" and it's host Truman Bradley (who was also a radio announcer) you might recall that he is Pud's father (Dr. Northrup) who gives a ride to Mr. Brink, leading to his death in an automobile crash. This is after Mr. Brink (one of Sir Cedric Hardwickes' best parts) declines to ride with a coughing, tubercular, Hans Conried.
"Aunt Demetria's a pismire!" I LOVE that movie.
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sun, July 6, 2008 - 9:32 PMI thought "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" was pretty spectacular, more than "The Red Shoes". Some of the visuals were quite impressive on a big screen (in a movie theater, that is). That plus the scope of the whole movie. -
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Fri, August 22, 2008 - 4:08 PMWow, tough one! That was a good year.
my picks, in no particular order:
- Destry Rides Again -- I love Westerns & Marlene Dietrich, so both together is fantastic!
- Dodge City -- one of my favourite genres and Errol Flynn too!
- The Wizard of Oz -- of course
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington -- Simply a superb film no matter the year.
- The Women -- no explanation necessary I'm sure.
- Ninotchka -- Not my favourite Garbo film by any means, but a good one for 1939.
- Goodbye Mr. Chips -- a beautiful, emotional film with great acting.
- Wuthering Heights -- A wonderful rendition of the classic novel.
- Gone with the Wind -- Obviously.
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Re: Favorite 1939 Film
Sun, June 28, 2009 - 8:15 PMTCM will have a restrospective showing of the films of 1939 during the month of July. As I recall every Thursday night they will show several of those fabulous films of that year.
Some of my favorites:
GWTW
Gunga Din
Wizard of Oz
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Stagecoach
Dark Victory
The Rules of the Game
