Subgenre Sampler
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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…
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1939)
- Disney's first animated feature is a milestone in cinema history, with the artistic heights matched by characters, songs and storytelling. As fresh…
Son of Frankenstein / Ghost of Frankenstein (1939)
- Dir. Rowland V Lee, Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi…
- A double feature of horrors from Universal Studios, the third and fourth films respectively in the FRANKENSTEIN series.
Son of Frankenstein (1939)…
Spy In Black, The (U-Boat 29) (1939)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, June Duprez
- The brilliant debut collaboration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (COLONEL BLIMP, THE RED SHOES), twists an already exciting spy yarn…
Stagecoach (1939)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, John Carradine
- As the first fully realised Western, this blazed the trail for all subsequent efforts, as well as carrying John Wayne to stardom. Panoramic…
Stars Look Down, The (1939)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Emlyn Williams
- Gritty account of life in a Northumberland coal mining village was dir. Reed's first notable film and still one of his most successful.
Centred…
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The (1939)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Shôtarô Hanayagi
- The story of an aspiring kabuki actor in late 19th–century Japan, and the woman who loves and supports him at a great cost to herself. A…
Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939)
- Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver…
- Fred & Ginger star in the story of the dancing team who taught the world to two–step, based on the stories "My Husband and My Memories of…
Tarzan Finds a Son (1939)
- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield…
- Tarzan and Jane raise a boy – the only survivor of a jungle plane crash – in their vine–swinging style. Later, his relatives search…