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Overview of the events of 1939 in film
The year
1939 in film
is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten
Best Picture-nominated
films that year include classics in multiple genres.
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Top-grossing films (U.S.)
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The top ten 1939 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1939
Rank
|
Title
|
Distributor
|
Domestic rentals
|
1
|
Gone with the Wind
|
MGM
/
Selznick International
|
$18,000,000
[2]
|
2
|
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
|
Columbia
|
$3,500,000
[3]
|
3
|
Jesse James
|
20th Century Fox
|
$2,335,000
[4]
|
4
|
Babes in Arms
|
MGM
|
$2,311,000
[5]
|
5
|
The Wizard of Oz
|
$2,048,000
[5]
|
6
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
$1,777,000
[5]
|
7
|
Dodge City
|
Warner Bros.
|
$1,668,000
[6]
|
8
|
The Rains Came
|
20th Century Fox
|
$1,656,000
[4]
|
9
|
The Women
|
MGM
|
$1,610,000
[5]
|
10
|
Drums Along the Mohawk
|
20th Century Fox
|
$1,558,000
[4]
|
Events
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Film historians often rate 1939 as "the greatest year in the history of Hollywood".
[7]
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Hollywood studios were at the height of their
Golden Age
, producing a number of exceptional motion pictures, many of which became honored as all-time classic films.
- February 15 ?
John Ford
's Western film
Stagecoach
starring
John Wayne
premieres in New York City and Los Angeles.
- March 31 ? Release of the
20th Century Fox
film version of
The Hound of the Baskervilles
, first of a
Sherlock Holmes film series
starring
Basil Rathbone
as
Sherlock Holmes
and
Nigel Bruce
as
Dr. Watson
.
- June 10 ? MGM's first successful animated character,
Barney Bear
, makes his debut in
The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
.
- August 10 ?
The Wizard of Oz
premieres at the Orpheum Theatre in
Green Bay, Wisconsin
. Its Hollywood premiere takes place on August 15 at
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
in Los Angeles.
- October 17 ?
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
premieres in
Washington, D.C.
- November 6 ?
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
debuts on radio in the United States with gossip columnist
Hedda Hopper
as host; the show runs until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure among the
Hollywood
elite.
- December 15 ? The epic historical romance film
Gone with the Wind
, starring
Vivien Leigh
,
Clark Gable
,
Olivia de Havilland
and
Leslie Howard
, premieres at
Loew's Grand Theatre
in
Atlanta
, Georgia, with a three-day-long festival. Based on
Margaret Mitchell
's
best-selling novel
of 1936, it is the longest American film made up to this date (at nearly four hours) and rapidly becomes the
highest-grossing film up to this time
.
- Canada
establishes a National Film Commission, predecessor of the
National Film Board of Canada
, with
John Grierson
as first Commissioner.
Nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Director
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The year 1939 was one in which the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
nominated ten films for
Best Picture
:
These films came from a wide variety of
film genres
and sources for their stories and settings, including: historical fiction (
Gone with the Wind
), contemporary affairs (
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
and
Of Mice and Men
), love stories, classic novels (
Wuthering Heights
), fantasies/musicals, (
The Wizard of Oz
),
tragic plays
(
Dark Victory
), westerns (
Stagecoach
), and comedies (
Ninotchka
).
Each of the five nominees for Best Director of 1939 were or went on to become a legendary film director with multiple acclaimed films to his credit:
Frank Capra
(previous winner of the award),
Victor Fleming
,
John Ford
(who won a record four Best Director awards),
Sam Wood
, and
William Wyler
(who leads all directors in nominations with 11 while having three wins).
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Academy Awards
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Gone with the Wind
received in all ten Academy Awards (eight competitive, two honorary) from thirteen nominations.
1939 film releases
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United States
January?March
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- January 1939
- 13 January
- 14 January
- 27 January
- 28 January
- February 1939
- 3 February
- 10 February
- 17 February
- March 1939
- 3 March
- 10 March
- 13 March
- 17 March
- 24 March
- 29 March
- 31 March
April?June
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- April 1939
- 1 April
- 7 April
- 11 April
- 14 April
- 16 April
- 22 April
- 29 April
- May 1939
- 5 May
- 6 May
- 19 May
- 20 May
- 25 May
- 26 May
- June 1939
- 2 June
- 9 June
- 10 June
- 16 June
- 20 June
- 23 June
- 30 June
July?September
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- July 1939
- 4 July
- 7 July
- 13 July
- 21 July
- 28 July
- August 1939
- 4 August
- 6 August
- 10 August
- 11 August
- 18 August
- 19 August
- 26 August
- 28 August
- 31 August
- September 1939
- 2 September
- 5 September
- 7 September
- 8 September
- 9 September
- 15 September
- 22 September
- 29 September
October?December
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- October 1939
- 6 October
- 13 October
- 17 October
- 20 October
- 23 October
- November 1939
- 2 November
- 3 November
- 10 November
- 11 November
- 17 November
- 22 November
- 23 November
- December 1939
- 2 December
- 8 December
- 15 December
- 16 December
- 22 December
- 29 December
Notable films released in 1939
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United States
unless stated
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
, starring
Mickey Rooney
and
Rex Ingram
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
, starring
Basil Rathbone
and
Nigel Bruce
- Allegheny Uprising
, starring
Claire Trevor
and
John Wayne
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
- The Angels Wash Their Faces
, starring
Ann Sheridan
and the
Dead End Kids
- The Amazing Mr. Williams
, starring
Melvyn Douglas
and
Joan Blondell
- Another Thin Man
, starring
William Powell
and
Myrna Loy
- The Arizona Kid
, starring
Roy Rogers
- The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
? (
GB
)
- Ask a Policeman
, starring
Will Hay
,
Graham Moffatt
and
Moore Marriott
? (
GB
)
- At the Circus
, starring the
Marx Brothers
- Babes in Arms
, directed by
Busby Berkeley
, starring
Mickey Rooney
and
Judy Garland
- Bachelor Mother
, starring
Ginger Rogers
and
David Niven
- Bad Lands
, starring
Robert Barrat
and
Robert Coote
- Barricade
, starring
Alice Faye
and
Warner Baxter
- Beau Geste
, directed by
William Wellman
, starring
Gary Cooper
and
Ray Milland
- Bel Ami
? (
Germany
)
- Blackmail
, starring
Edward G. Robinson
- Blue Montana Skies
, starring
Gene Autry
- Boy Slaves
- Boys' Reformatory
, starring
Frankie Darro
- The Bronze Buckaroo
, starring
Herb Jeffries
- Dark Victory
, starring
Bette Davis
,
George Brent
,
Humphrey Bogart
,
Geraldine Fitzgerald
,
Ronald Reagan
- Daughter of the Tong
, starring
Evelyn Brent
and
Grant Withers
- Days of Jesse James
, directed by
Joseph Kane
, starring
Roy Rogers
- Destry Rides Again
, directed by
George Marshall
, starring
Marlene Dietrich
and
James Stewart
- Dodge City
, directed by
Michael Curtiz
, starring
Errol Flynn
and
Olivia de Havilland
- Drums Along the Mohawk
, directed by
John Ford
, starring
Henry Fonda
and
Claudette Colbert
- The Face at the Window
, starring
Tod Slaughter
- First Love
, starring
Deanna Durbin
and
Robert Stack
- Five Came Back
, directed by
John Farrow
, starring
Lucille Ball
and
Chester Morris
- The Flying Deuces
, directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
, starring
Laurel and Hardy
- The Flying Irishman
, starring
Douglas Corrigan
- The Four Feathers
, starring
John Clements
and
Ralph Richardson
? (
GB
)
- The Four Just Men
, directed by
Walter Forde
(
GB
)
- Frontier Marshal
, starring
Randolph Scott
,
Caesar Romero
,
John Carradine
- Full Confession
, starring
Victor McLaglen
- The Girl from Mexico
, starring
Lupe Velez
- A Girl Must Live
, directed by
Carol Reed
, starring
Margaret Lockwood
? (
GB
)
- Golden Boy
, starring
Barbara Stanwyck
,
William Holden
,
Adolphe Menjou
- Gone with the Wind
, directed by
Victor Fleming
, starring
Vivien Leigh
,
Clark Gable
,
Olivia de Havilland
,
Leslie Howard
,
Hattie McDaniel
?
Academy Awards
for best picture, director, actress and supporting actress
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
, directed by
Sam Wood
, starring
Robert Donat
and
Greer Garson
. Academy Award for best actor. ? (
GB
)
- Gulliver's Travels
, starring
Jessica Dragonette
and
Lanny Ross
- Gunga Din
, directed by
George Stevens
, starring
Cary Grant
,
Victor McLaglen
,
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
,
Sam Jaffe
- The Hardys Ride High
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
, starring
Glenn Ford
- Hello Janine!
, starring
Marika Rokk
? (
Germany
)
- Hollywood Cavalcade
, starring
Alice Faye
,
Don Ameche
,
J. Edward Bromberg
,
Alan Curtis
- Honolulu
, starring
Eleanor Powell
,
Burns and Allen
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
, first in
Sherlock Holmes
series starring
Basil Rathbone
and
Nigel Bruce
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
, directed by
William Dieterle
, starring
Charles Laughton
and
Maureen O'Hara
- Jamaica Inn
, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
, starring
Charles Laughton
and
Maureen O'Hara
? (
GB
)
- Jesse James
, directed by
Henry King (director)
, starring
Tyrone Power
,
Henry Fonda
,
Nancy Kelly
,
Randolph Scott
- Juarez
, directed by
William Dieterle
, starring
Paul Muni
,
Bette Davis
,
Claude Rains
,
John Garfield
,
Brian Aherne
- Le Jour se leve
(Daybreak), directed by
Marcel Carne
, starring
Jean Gabin
and
Arletty
? (
France
)
- Judge Hardy and Son
, starring
Lewis Stone
,
Mickey Rooney
,
Cecilia Parker
,
Fay Holden
- Made For Each Other
, starring
Carole Lombard
,
James Stewart
, and
Charles Coburn
- Maisie
, starring
Robert Young
and
Ann Sothern
- The Man in the Iron Mask
, starring
Louis Hayward
,
Joan Bennett
,
Warren William
- Man of Conquest
, starring
Richard Dix
,
Gail Patrick
,
Joan Fontaine
- Mexicali Rose
, starring
Gene Autry
- Midnight
, starring
Claudette Colbert
and
Don Ameche
- The Mikado
, a
Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta, first British film shot in
Technicolor
? (
GB
)
- Million Dollar Legs
, starring
Betty Grable
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
, starring
Peter Lorre
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
, directed by
Frank Capra
, starring
James Stewart
,
Jean Arthur
,
Claude Rains
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown
, starring
Boris Karloff
- The Mystery of Mr. Wong
, starring
Boris Karloff
- Of Mice and Men
, directed by
Lewis Milestone
, starring
Burgess Meredith
,
Betty Field
,
Lon Chaney Jr.
- Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
, a comedy short starring
The Three Stooges
- The Oklahoma Kid
, starring
James Cagney
,
Humphrey Bogart
,
Donald Crisp
- The Old Maid
, starring
Bette Davis
and
Miriam Hopkins
- On Borrowed Time
, starring
Lionel Barrymore
and
Cedric Hardwicke
- On Dress Parade
, starring
The Dead End Kids
- On the Night of the Fire
(aka The Fugitive), starring
Ralph Richardson
? (
GB
)
- On Your Toes
, screenplay by
Lawrence Riley
, starring
Vera Zorina
and
Eddie Albert
- Only Angels Have Wings
, starring
Cary Grant
,
Rita Hayworth
and
Jean Arthur
- The Rains Came
, starring
Tyrone Power
and
Myrna Loy
- Range War
, a
Hopalong Cassidy
western starring
William Boyd
- Remember?
, starring
Greer Garson
,
Robert Taylor
,
Lew Ayres
- The Return of Doctor X
, a
horror film
starring
Humphrey Bogart
- The Roaring Twenties
, starring
James Cagney
,
Priscilla Lane
,
Humphrey Bogart
- The Rules of the Game
(La regle du jeu), directed by
Jean Renoir
? (
France
)
- The Saint in London
, starring
George Sanders
- The Saint Strikes Back
, starring
George Sanders
- Seven Little Australians
, directed by
Arthur Greville Collins
? (
Australia
)
- Son of Frankenstein
, starring
Basil Rathbone
,
Boris Karloff
,
Bela Lugosi
- De Spooktrein
(The Ghost Train) ? (
Netherlands
)
- The Spy in Black
, directed by
Michael Powell
, starring
Conrad Veidt
and
Valerie Hobson
? (
GB
)
- Stagecoach
, directed by
John Ford
, starring
John Wayne
,
Claire Trevor
,
Berton Churchill
,
John Carradine
- Stanley and Livingstone
, starring
Spencer Tracy
and
Cedric Hardwicke
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
(Zangiku monogatari), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
? (
Japan
)
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
, starring
Fred Astaire
and
Ginger Rogers
- Susannah of the Mounties
, starring
Shirley Temple
and
Randolph Scott
- Swanee River
, starring
Don Ameche
- Tarzan Finds a Son!
, starring
Johnny Weissmuller
- These Glamour Girls
, starring
Lew Ayres
,
Lana Turner
,
Tom Brown
- They Made Me a Criminal
, starring
John Garfield
- They Shall Have Music
, starring
Jascha Heifetz
,
Joel McCrea
,
Andrea Leeds
,
Walter Brennan
- The Three Musketeers
, starring
Don Ameche
and
The Ritz Brothers
- Three Smart Girls Grow Up
, starring
Deanna Durbin
and
Robert Cummings
- Three Texas Steers
, directed by
George Sherman
, starring
John Wayne
- Tower of London
, starring
Basil Rathbone
,
Boris Karloff
,
Vincent Price
- Tsuchi
(Japan)
- The Trip to Tilsit
(Die Reise nach Tilsit) ? (
Germany
)
- Way Down South
, directed by
Leslie Goodwins
and
Bernard Vorhaus
- Wilton's Zoo
(Boefje), directed by
Douglas Sirk
? (
Netherlands
)
- The Wizard of Oz
, directed by
Victor Fleming
, starring
Judy Garland
,
Frank Morgan
,
Ray Bolger
,
Bert Lahr
,
Jack Haley
,
Margaret Hamilton
- The Women
, directed by
George Cukor
, starring
Norma Shearer
,
Joan Crawford
,
Rosalind Russell
- Wuthering Heights
, directed by
William Wyler
, starring
Merle Oberon
,
Laurence Olivier
,
David Niven
,
Flora Robson
- Wyoming Outlaw
, starring
John Wayne
, directed by
George Sherman
Serials
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Comedy film series
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Animated short film series
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Births
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]
- January 8 ?
Ruth Maleczech
, American actress (died
2013
)
- January 9 ?
Susannah York
, English actress (died
2011
)
- January 10 ?
Sal Mineo
, American actor (died
1976
)
- January 17 ?
Maury Povich
, American television personality
- January 22 ?
Sonny Chiba
, Japanese actor and martial artist (died
2021
)
- January 26 ?
Scott Glenn
, American actor
- January 30 ?
Janos Zsombolyai
, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter (died
2015
)
- February 3 ?
Michael Cimino
, American director, producer and screenwriter (died
2016
)
- February 6 ?
Mike Farrell
, American actor
- February 9 ?
Janet Suzman
, South African actress and director
- February 16 ?
Angelo Infanti
, Italian actor (died
2010
)
- February 20 ?
Antonina Girycz
, Polish actress (died
2022
)
- February 24 ?
Marisa Mell
, Austrian actress (died
1992
)
- February 28 ?
Tommy Tune
, American dancer, choreographer and actor
- March 4
- March 5
- March 7 ?
Michael Chow
, Chinese-born British-American former actor
- March 14
- March 21 ?
Marino Mase
, Italian actor (died
2022
)
- March 26 -
Phillip R. Allen
, American actor (died
2012
)
- March 28 ?
Vic Vargas
, Filipino actor (died
2003
)
- March 29 ?
Terence Hill
, Italian actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- April 1 ?
Ali MacGraw
, American actress
- April 5 ?
Roger Davis
, American actor
- April 7 ?
Francis Ford Coppola
, director; producer; screenwriter
- April 9 ?
Romeo Vasquez
, Filipino actor (died
2017
)
- April 11 ?
Louise Lasser
, American actress, writer and director
- April 13 ?
Paul Sorvino
, American actor (died
2022
)
- April 22 ?
Mark Jones
, English actor (died
2010
)
- April 23
- May 4 ?
Paul Gleason
, American actor (died
2006
)
- May 7
- May 13 ?
Harvey Keitel
, American actor
- May 15 ?
Barbara Hammer
, American filmmaker (died
2019
)
- May 19
- May 22 ?
Paul Winfield
, American actor (died
2004
)
- May 23 ?
Reinhard Hauff
, German film director
- May 25 ?
Ian McKellen
, English actor
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- May 28 ?
Beth Howland
, American actress (died
2015
)
- May 30 ?
Michael J. Pollard
, American actor (died
2019
)
- June 4 ?
Henri Pachard
, American film director (died
2008
)
- June 8 ?
Bernie Casey
, American actor (died
2017
)
- June 11 ?
Christina Crawford
, American actress
- June 24 ?
Michael Gothard
, English actor (died
1992
)
- June 25 ?
Barbara Montgomery
, American actress and director
- July 1
- July 5 ?
Sergio Di Stefano
, Italian actor and voice actor (died
2010
)
- July 15
- July 16 ?
Corin Redgrave
, British actor, political activist (died
2010
)
- July 21 ?
Sondra James
, American sound coordinator and actress (died
2021
)
- July 22 -
Gila Almagor
, Israeli actress
- July 28 ?
Charles Cyphers
, American actor
- July 30 ?
Peter Bogdanovich
, American director, producer and screenwriter (died
2022
)
- July 31 ?
France Nuyen
, French actress
- August 1 ?
Terry Kiser
, American actor
- August 2
- August 4 ?
Mapita Cortes
, Mexican actress (died
2006
)
- August 7 ?
Anjanette Comer
, American actress
- August 9 ?
Bulle Ogier
, French actress
- August 12
- August 16 -
Carole Shelley
, English actress (died
2018
)
- August 20 ?
Fernando Poe Jr.
, Filipino actor (died
2004
)
- August 23 ?
Fernando Lujan
, Mexican actor (died
2019
)
- August 25 ?
John Badham
, English-American director
- August 29 ?
Joel Schumacher
, American film director, producer and screenwriter (died
2020
)
- August 30 ?
Elizabeth Ashley
, American actress
- September 1 ?
Lily Tomlin
, American actress; comedian; producer
- September 5
- September 8 -
DeVeren Bookwalter
, American actor and director (died
1987
)
- September 11 ?
Tom Dreesen
, American actor and stand-up comedian
- September 13 ?
Richard Kiel
, American actor and voice artist (died
2014
)
- September 23 ?
Janusz Gajos
, Polish actor
- September 27 ?
Garrick Hagon
, Canadian film, stage, television and radio actor
- September 28 -
Sandra Dorsey
, American actress (died
2023
)
- September 30 ?
Len Cariou
, Canadian actor and director
- October 5 ?
Carmen Salinas
, Mexican actress and comedian (died
2021
)
- October 6 ?
Ellen Travolta
, American actress
- October 8 ?
Paul Hogan
, Australian comedian and actor
- October 13 ?
Melinda Dillon
, American actress (died
2023
)
- October 18 ?
Salme Poopuu
, Estonian actress and filmmaker (died
2017
)
- October 21 -
Peter Vere-Jones
, English-born New Zealand actor (died
2021
)
- October 22 ?
Tony Roberts
, American actor
- October 23 ?
Stanley Anderson
, American character actor (died
2018
)
- October 24 ?
F. Murray Abraham
, American actor
- October 25 ?
Nikos Nikolaidis
, Greek film director (died
2007
)
- October 27 ?
John Cleese
, English actor, comedian and producer
- October 28 ?
Jane Alexander
, American actress
- October 29 ?
Elizabeth Moody
, English-born New Zealand actress and director (died
2010
)
- October 31 ?
Ron Rifkin
, American actor
- November 1 -
Barbara Bosson
, American actress (died
2023
)
- November 8 ?
Meg Wynn Owen
, Welsh actress (died
2022
)
- November 10
- November 13 ?
G. R. Perera
, Sri Lankan actor (died
2023
)
- November 15 ?
Yaphet Kotto
, American actor (died
2021
)
- November 18
- November 22 ?
Allen Garfield
, American actor (died
2020
)
- November 23
- November 26
- November 27 ?
Ulla Stromstedt
, Swedish actress (died
1986
)
- December 13
- December 27 ?
John Amos
, American actor
- December 28 ?
Gloria Manon
, American actress (died
2018
)
Deaths
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- January 19 ?
Tom Ricketts
, 86, English actor, director,
Love Bound
,
Thrill of Youth
- January 25 ?
Helen Ware
, 61, American actress,
Morning Glory
,
Abraham Lincoln
- February 22 ?
Joe Brandt
, 56, American film producer and co-founder of C.B.C. which became
Columbia Pictures
- April 22 ?
Ann Murdock
, 48, American actress,
Outcast
,
Please Help Emily
- May 5 ?
Clara Schønfeld
, 82, Danish actress,
Master of the House
,
Praesten i Vejlby
- June 9 ?
Owen Moore
, 54, Irish actor,
A Star is Born
,
She Done Him Wrong
,
The Red Mill
,
Cinderella
- August 23 ?
Sidney Howard
, 48, American writer,
Gone with the Wind
,
Dodsworth
,
Arrowsmith
,
A Lady to Love
- September 24 ?
Carl Laemmle
, 72, German producer,
Frankenstein
,
Dracula
,
Bride of Frankenstein
,
The Phantom of the Opera
- October 13 ?
Ford Sterling
, 55, American actor,
Tango Tangles
,
The Show-Off
,
Between Showers
- October 23 ?
Zane Grey
, 67, American writer,
Fighting Caravans
,
Riders of the Purple Sage
,
Western Union
,
Born to the West
- October 28 ?
Alice Brady
, 46, American actress,
My Man Godfrey
,
Young Mr. Lincoln
,
The Gay Divorcee
,
In Old Chicago
- November 7 ?
Kirsti Suonio
, 67, Finnish stage and film actress,
Substitute Wife
- November 13 ?
George Nicholls, Jr.
, 42, American director,
Anne of Green Gables
,
Man of Conquest
- December 12 ?
Douglas Fairbanks
, 56, American actor,
The Thief of Bagdad
,
The Black Pirate
,
Robin Hood
,
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
, and the father of
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
.
Debuts
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References
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Giltz, Michael (February 15, 2008).
"Michael Giltz: DVDs: 1939 ? The Best Year For Movies...Ever!"
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The Huffington Post
. Retrieved
January 10,
2012
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"York's 4,000,000"
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Variety
. December 31, 1941. p. 20
. Retrieved
June 14,
2020
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Eyman, Scott (1993).
Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise
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ISBN
0-8018-6558-1
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Ninotchka's
financial returns were less than those of the year's biggest hit,
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
, which made $3.5 million, but considerably more than other hits like
The Old Maid
($1.4 million),
Only Angels Have Wings
($1.1 million), or
The Rains Came
($1.65 million).
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b
c
"All-time Film Rental Champs".
Variety
. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
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b
c
d
The Eddie Mannix Ledger
, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
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Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 20 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
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Fristoe, Roger.
"Introduction to 1939, Hollywood's Greatest Year"
. Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
August 6,
2011
.
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Schwarzbaum, Lisa (October 2, 2009).
"1939: Film's finest year"
.
Entertainment Weekly
. Retrieved
August 6,
2011
.
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"Ian McKellen"
.
BFI
. Archived from
the original
on March 29, 2016
. Retrieved
January 8,
2022
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