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The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which honored the best in film for 1939)—Dark Victory, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Wuthering Heights—range in genre and are ...
American films by year; 1890s; 1890–1899: 1900s; ... A list of American films released in 1939. Gone with the Wind won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Title ...
This year was the first in which multiple films received ten or more nominations (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington received eleven). This was the first year in which Best Visual Effects was a competitive category; previously, "special achievement" awards for effects had occasionally been conferred.
The decade of the 1930s in film involved many significant films. The year 1939, in particular, was one of the biggest years (and is still considered one of the greatest years) in Hollywood with MGM's release of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
Films set in 1939 (115 P) ' Film characters introduced in 1939 (10 P) A. 1939 in American cinema (4 P) 1939 film awards (3 P) F. 1939 film festivals (1 C, 1 P) I.
‘Stagecoach’ (1939) Critic Quote: “Action-packed and jaw-droppingly epic (it was the first time director John Ford ever shot in Monument Valley), ‘Stagecoach’ is the perfect Western to ...
The sixth-anniversary issue of Daily Variety, on Oct. 20, 1939, contained something that was unprecedented for the newspaper and for the author: A guest column by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ...
For convenience, all 1939 films should be included in this category. This includes all 1939 films that can also be found in the subcategories. ... 20,000 Men a Year ...