1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

TV Movie
2009
TV-G
1h 9m

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A look at the movies in the year 1939, considered by many to be one of the greatest years in film history.A look at the movies in the year 1939, considered by many to be one of the greatest years in film history.A look at the movies in the year 1939, considered by many to be one of the greatest years in film history.

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Kenneth Branagh

Narrator
(voice)

Leonard Maltin

Self - Film Critic and Historian

Thomas G. Schatz

Self - Author, 'The Genius of the System'
(as Thomas Schatz)

F.X. Feeney

Self - Film Critic and Historian

Scott Eyman

Self - Author of 'Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer'

Jeanine Basinger

Self - Author of 'The Star Machine'

Aubrey Solomon

Self - Author of 'The Films of Twentieth Century-Fox'

Molly Haskell

Self - Author of 'Frankly, My Dear'

George Cukor

Self
(archive footage)

Rudy Behlmer

Self - Author of 'Inside Warner Bros.'

Francis Lederer

Self
(archive footage)

A.C. Lyles

Self

Joseph McBride

Self - Author of 'Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success'

Frank Capra

Self
(archive footage)

Howard Hawks

Self
(archive footage)

Richard B. Jewell

Self - Author of 'The RKO Story'
(as Dr. Richard Jewell)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self
(archive footage)

Maureen O'Hara

Self
(archive footage)

Director
- Constantine Nasr
Writers
- Gary Leva
- Constantine Nasr
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Trivia
Available on the Gone with the Wind (1939) Ultimate Collector's Edition and Scarlet Edition Blu-Ray releases, as well as the Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD.

Connections
Features Jesse James (1939)

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6/10

Nothing new

If you're a seasoned classic film fan or film history buff, then this documentary of Hollywood in 1939 will offer no new insights or information.

I was surprised at how many films were glossed over or only briefly examined: Wuthering Heights, Intermezzo: A Love Story, Son of Frankenstein, and The Rains Came are all worthy of attention, yet all are barely given a paragraph. It's sad. As important as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind are, can't other films from that year get some love for once? There's nothing overtly awful or revisionist about this documentary, but it's nothing special. Only newcomers to classic film will find anything of interest here.