1939 in film
The year 1939 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the greatest year in film history". Hollywood was at the height of its Golden Age, and this particular year saw the release of an unusually large number of exceptional movies, many of which have been honored as all-time classics, when multitudes of other films of the era have been largely forgotten.
August 15 - The Wizard of Oz premieres in the US.
December 15 - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Georgia , USA with a 3-day festival.
Top grossing films (U.S.)
Academy Awards
Films released in 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever , starring Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Cecilia Parker , and Fay Holden
Another Thin Man , starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Ask a Policeman
At the Circus
Babes in Arms
Bachelor Mother
Barricade
Beau Geste , starring Gary Cooper and Ray Milland
Boys' Reformatory
Dark Victory , starring Bette Davis (favorite role)
Daughter of The Tong
Destry Rides Again , starring James Stewart
Dodge City , starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
Drums Along the Mohawk , directed by John Ford , starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert
Each Dawn I Die
Everything Happens At Night
The Four Feathers starring John Clements and Ralph Richardson
Five Came Back starring Lucille Ball
Frontier Marshal
Gone with the Wind , starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh
Goodbye, Mr. Chips , starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson
The Gorilla (1939)
Gulliver's Travels
The Hardys Ride High , starring Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Cecilia Parker , and Fay Holden
Hollywood Cavalcade , starring Alice Faye , Don Ameche , J. Edward Bromberg , Alan Curtis
The Hound of the Baskervilles , starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
The Hunchback of Notre Dame , starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara
The Marines Fly High , starring Lucille Ball
In Name Only , starring Cary Grant , Carole Lombard and Kay Francis
Intermezzo , starring Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard
Jamaica Inn , by Alfred Hitchcock
Jesse James , starring Tyrone Power , Henry Fonda , Nancy Kelly , and Randolph Scott
Judge Hardy and Son Starring Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Cecilia Parker , and Fay Holden
King Of The Underworld
Le Jour se lève (Daybreak )
Let Us Live starring Maureen O'Sullivan and Henry Fonda
The Light that Failed , starring Ronald Colman
Love Affair
Mexicali Rose , starring Gene Autry
Midnight
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , starring James Stewart , Jean Arthur , and Claude Rains
Of Mice and Men , starring Burgess Meredith , Betty Field , Lon Chaney Jr.
On Dress Parade , starring The Dead End Kids
Only Angels Have Wings , with Cary Grant and Jean Arthur
On Your Toes , screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley et al. (film mentioned in article)
Ninotchka , starring Greta Garbo
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Bette Davis and Errol Flynn
Q Planes , starring Ralph Richardson and Sir Laurence Olivier
Range War , a Hopalong Cassidy western starring William Boyd
The Roaring Twenties
The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu ), by Jean Renoir
Seven Little Australians directed by Arthur Greville Collins
The Son of Frankenstein , starring Boris Karloff
The Spy in Black
They Shall have Music , starring Jascha Heifetz , Joel McCrea , Andrea Leeds , and Walter Brennan
Stagecoach , directed by John Ford , starring John Wayne , Claire Trevor , Berton Churchill
Stanley and Livingstone , starring Spencer Tracy and Sir Cedric Hardwicke
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Three Texas Steers , starring John Wayne , directed by George Sherman
Tower of London , starring Basil Rathbone , Boris Karloff and Vincent Price
The Wizard of Oz , starring Judy Garland and Ray Bolger
The Women , with Norma Shearer , Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell
Wuthering Heights , starring Merle Oberon , Sir Laurence Olivier , David Niven and Flora Robson
Wyoming Outlaw , starring John Wayne , directed by George Sherman
Young Mr. Lincoln , directed by John Ford , starring Henry Fonda
Serials
Short film series
Animated short film series
Births
January 10 - Sal Mineo , actor (+ 1976 )
February 3 - Michael Cimino , director
February 6 - Mike Farrell , American actor
February 9 - Janet Suzman , actress
March 5 - Samantha Eggar , actress
April 7 - Francis Ford Coppola , director, producer, writer
April 12 - Alan Ayckbourn , writer
April 13 - Paul Sorvino , actor
May 13 - Harvey Keitel , actor
May 19 - Nancy Kwan , actress
May 25 - Ian McKellen , actor
May 30 - Michael J. Pollard , actor
July 30 - Peter Bogdanovich , director
July 31 - France Nuyen , actress
August 2 - Wes Craven , director, producer, writer
August 12 - George Hamilton , actor
August 25 - John Badham , director
August 29 - Joel Schumacher , director
August 30 - Elizabeth Ashley , actress
September 1 - Lily Tomlin , actress
September 18 - Frankie Avalon , actor, singer
September 29 - Larry Linville , American actor (d. April 10, 2000)
October 8 - Paul Hogan , actor
October 22 - Tony Roberts , actor
October 24 - F. Murray Abraham , actor
October 27 - John Cleese , actor
October 28 - Jane Alexander , actress
November 22 - Allen Garfield , actor
Film Debuts
Deaths
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