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Subgenre Sampler
Midnight (1939)
- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore… - Vintage romantic comedy, with a glamorous Claudette Colbert stranded in Paris and chased by two potential suitors: a modest taxi driver who's really…
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. James Stewart, Jean Arthur - Another brilliant comic parable from Frank Capra, in the wake of MR. DEEDS. The endearing Jimmy Stewart plays a young idealist who discovers the…
Nancy Drew...Reporter (1939)- Dir. William Clemens
Feat. Bonita Granville - One of the very first screen adaptations of Edward Stratemeyer’s series of "Nancy Drew" mystery stories, Bonita Granville stars as the youthful…
Ninotchka (1939)- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire… - “Garbo laughs!” proclaimed the ads for this sparkling romantic comedy, a first for its legendary star, Greta Garbo. She plays a Soviet agent who…
Of Mice and Men (1939)- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Burgess Meredith, Betty Field… - A mentally–challenged giant and his level–headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in this adaptation of John Steinbeck's…
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth - Quintessential Hawks fare in which men are men and women have to be equally tough. At a South American outpost, mail pilot Cary Grant becomes…
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Bette Davis, Errol Flynn - Bette Davis is perfectly cast as Queen Liz, opposite Errol Flynn. An enjoyable romp.
Q Planes (Clouds Over Europe) (1939)- Dir. Tim Whelan
Feat. Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson - Delightfully preposterous comedy–thriller about superspys attempting to steal British aircraft secrets. Amid the secret rays and droll…
Roaring Twenties, The (1939)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane… - Seminal gangster drama, paired screen–tough Cagney with a then lesser–known Bogart. Becoming buddies during WWI, they later enter and…
Second Fiddle (1939)- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Tyrone Power, Edna May Oliver, Sonja Henie… - A musical romance with a score composed by Irving Berlin and a screenplay based on George Bradshaw's story "Heart Interest". A studio publicist…
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