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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…
Three Musketeers, The (1939)- Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. Don Ameche, The Ritz Brothers - Early musical rendering with a dashing Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers.
War Years (1939-1945)- An excellent representative selection of wartime footage shot by the National Film Unit during WW2. Originally distributed as newsreels, this…
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)- Dir. John M. Stahl
Feat. Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil - Overly sentimental romantic melodrama about an unhappily married concert pianist who casually falls for a restaurant waitress whom he takes back to…
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
- Dir. Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Feat. Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr… - The world's best loved film down through and across the generations, and a key cultural icon. MGM pulled out all the stops to realise L. Frank…
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