Greatest film of 1939

[WI_DEM]

Movie historians often say that 1939 was "the greatest" year in the history of the movies with many different and diverse classics. Which of the following is your favorite?

[NightWatcher]

1. two words: flying monkeys

[Nica-Libre]

15. What does the Bush Administration have to do with this poll?

:shrug:

[Beartracks]

19. Flying monkeys? (nt)

[laylah]

23. Nothing...

that is the beauty of it! WELCOME! :toast:
Jenn

[Nica-Libre]

27. Damn. Apparently, I'm the only one who pictures

George Bush as one of Baum's flying monkeys. Sometimes, I'm the only one who gets me. That's okay. I'm used to it.

And thanks for the welcome :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

30. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Nica-Libre]

32. thank you

wow - everyone here is so nice so far. I can't wait to meet the other 50,000+ posters :hi:

[wicket]

41. Well that's certainly a horse of a different color!

;)

[Buzz Clik]

2. Of Mice and Men, Gunga Din...

[Arkham House]

3. The Roaring Twenties

...sue me--it's what I think...

[IChing]

4. lounge talk......n/t

[LVdem]

5. BRINGING UP BABY...NT

[WI_DEM]

6. Great film, but it was released in 1938.

[AlCzervik]

7. "Scarlett honey, you know the Wilkes always marry their cousins"

[WI_DEM]

8. Scarlet: "Just like the Bush's"

[bikebloke]

9. I've never seen The Wizard of Oz in colour

As a kid, every year I'd watch it on teevee with Danny Kaye telling everyone before the film about the black & white bits. For me, it was black & white in its entirely. By the time we went to a colour telly, I was no longer interested.

That is my shame.

[WI_DEM]

10. Never too late, check it out again in color

[tblue]

14. I only found out when my sister babysat at a Dr's house, and they had color TV! LOL!

This is how I thought Oz looked until I was around 11:

[zulchzulu]

11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame!

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Maureen O'Hara, Charles Laughton



OK.. Oz...

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

12. Bette Davis in Dark Victory

is missing from your list.

But I'd have to give my vote to 'Oz' just because...

And 'Gone With the Wind" is overrated, overblown, melodramatic racist drivel

[WI_DEM]

33. Actually "Dark Victory" is near the top of the list.

[brentspeak]

13. A far cry from the garbage that Hollywood makes today

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

16. late 30s/early 40 turned out some great stuff

some favs of mine:
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Citizen Kane
Casablanca

[bbinacan]

24. I love Casablanca. n/t

[hlthe2b]

17. Well my sentimental fav is Oz... but I disagree with some

who wish to judge Gone With the Wind so harshly... The film was a product of its time...and, earned the wonderful Hattie McDaniel her Oscar.

[Forkboy]

18. The Hound Of The Baskervilles n/t

[WI_DEM]

34. That is a very good film

[libnnc]

20. I love, love, love, LOVE "Goodbye Mr. Chips"

Makes me cry every time.

[Kelly Rupert]

25. It's an utterly brilliant movie, yes.

Still gotta give it to GWTW, but props to Goodbye Mr. Chips all the way.

[bbinacan]

21. I have to go with Gone With the Wind

Great actors and great story. It was an epic for it's time.

[Kelly Rupert]

22. Gone with the Wind, certainly n/t

[dsc]

26. I would give it a tie for Wizard of Oz and Dark Victory

Gone With the Wind would be third. It is hard to believe that year was so good for movies. Wuthering Heights was no slouch either.

[teenagebambam]

28. Have you asked a gay man yet?

"The Women", hands down.

[cordelia]

55. "The Women"

Agreed, 100%

[Dinger]

29. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, No Competition

Gone With The Wind?

Wizard Of Oz?

WTF?????

[madrchsod]

31. four feathers

drums along the mohawk

[aikoaiko]

35. Personal favorite? I'd say Gone With The Wind, but stage coach has some awesome directing.

[Hidden Stillness]

36. "Wizard of Oz"

1939 was one of the greatest movie years, and there were many greats that year, but I love "The Wizard of Oz" the most. By the way, another fabulous, brilliant movie was King Vidor's 1928 silent masterpiece "The Crowd."

[Swamp Rat]

37. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

Charles Laughton is the best!

"Gunga Din," and "The Wizard of Oz" are also great movies.

[stirlingsliver]

38. Rosalind Russell. Joan Crawford. Norma Shearer.

"The Women" is by far the best movie of 1939.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

39. Rules Of The Game, directed by Jean Renoir

[Gabi Hayes]

40. DAMN YOU!

you're right, of course....none of the others mentioned come close

those damn frogs!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

42. One of the greatest films ever made

Or so I believe.

[kenny blankenship]

43. Renoir's "La Regle du Jeu"--would probably be at the top most film critics lists

[LeftishBrit]

44. Of those listed here, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"...

but of all films from that year, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". One of my favourite films ever!

[2bfree]

45. Rebecca

That was from '39, right? That movie just blows me away! What a great year for movies.

[dae]

46. I knew '39 was a good year for films but didn't realize how

good till this thread.
Love so many of them, GWTW, Wizard of OZ, and Gunga Din as someone else mentioned are just a few; but I have to go with the Wizard from childhood memories. I still crack up when the Tin Man tells the Cowardly Lion, "I hope your tail holds out!", while the lion is worried about his courage.
:dem::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Sapere aude]

47. The moral to the Wizzard if Oz is, There ain't no wizzard!

I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too!

[RandomKoolzip]

48. This is GD material?!

Wow. GDers must be starved for entertainment.

[WI_DEM]

51. why not were having a "general discussion" about films which represent popular culture and doing it

without all the griping and insults you see in many other threads.

[RandomKoolzip]

52. Except for the vague notion that "Wizard of Oz" contains subtle rightist

propaganda, and of course, the explicitly political "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," I guess I'm just not seeing the political content of this thread. :shrug:

And I also never understand the defensiveness of GDers whenever this sort of thing gets pointed out to them. Then again, I never really understand the kind of hysterical defensiveness of GDers in general, so that's really neither here nor there.

[WI_DEM]

54. I'm not sure what you mean by "defensiveness" I certainly don't feel that way

I was just responding to you with my opinion. But feel welcome to send an alert and see if the mods will move it. Doesn't much matter to me.

[bigwillq]

49. Wizard of Oz

:bounce:

[foreigncorrespondent]

50. Without question...

...The Wizard of Oz!

[edhopper]

53. GWTW was a well made film but,

it's premise was that things were so much better when the south had slaves.
The title refers to that wonderful bygone time when life was so much better. Sure, unless you were black.