Wikipedia: 1939 in film

1939 in film
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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 memorable classics when multitudes of other films of the era have been largely forgotten.

Top Grossing Films 1939

Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Ninotchka
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Gone With the Wind - Selznick, MGM
Best Actor: Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Best Actress: Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind

Movies Released

Movies released in 1939 include:

Destry Rides Again
Dodge City
Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, starring Robert Donat
Gunga Din, starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Sam Jaffe
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles Laughton
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington starring James Stewart
Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire and Bela Lugosi
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Berton Churchill
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver and Walter Brennan
The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr
The Women, starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell
Wuthering Heights, starring Laurence Olivier, David Niven and Flora Robson

Births

January 10 - Sal Mineo, actor (+ 1976)
February 3 - Michael Cimino, director
February 9 - Janet Suzman, actress
February 23 - Peter Fonda, actor
March 5 - Samanth Eggar, actress
March 26 - James Caan, actor
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 22 - Terence Stamp, 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
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

Deaths

August 23 - Sidney Howard, writer
September 24 - Carl Laemmle, producer
October 23 - Zane Grey, writer
December 12 - Douglas Fairbanks, actor