The Movie of the Year...
and the Year of the Movie.

Years come and go and some years have terrific movies that will surely reside in history whereas other years have the hit movies fade into obscurity. Considered the greatest year in movie history, here are some of the movies released in 1939.

The following all received an Academy Award nomination (the Oscar) in this year.

• Babes in Arms
• Beau Geste
• Dark Victory
• Drums along the Mohawk
• Gone With the Wind
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Gulliver’s Travels
• Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Love Affair
• Man in the Iron Mask
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Ninotchka
• Of Mice and Men
• Stagecoach
• Wizard of Oz
• Wuthering Heights
• Young Mr. Lincoln

Films that year that didn’t receive nominations but are remembered today inlcude: Destry Rides Again, and Jezebel.

That is indeed quite an impressive list with many of the films considered all time classics.

For your information, the winners of the key awards in 1939 are as follows:

Best Movie..... Gone With the Wind
Best Actor .... Robert Donat (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)
Best Actress....Vivian Leigh (Gone with the Wind)
Best Director....Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind)
Best Supporting Actor....Thomas Mitchell (Stagecoach)
Best Supporting Actress....Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind)
Best Adaptation....Sidney Howard (Gone with the Wind)
Best Original Story....Lewis R. Foster (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
Best Score....Stagecoach
Best original Score....Wizard of OZ
Best Song....Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)