Category Archives: 1939

The film, “Over the Moon,” came out in 1939 with an interesting cast that includes Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison and Robert Douglas.  Oberon plays Jane Benson, a poor but generally happy woman that receives an inheritance of 18 million pounds. … Continue reading →

Glorious 1939 featured so many good Hollywood movies that I always pay attention when a film from that year shows up on the Turner Classic Movies channel.  In that year, United Artists came out with “Stagecoach,” “Of Mice and Men,” … Continue reading →

1939, which is generally considered one of the greatest years for Hollywood films, produced such classics as “The Wizard of Oz,” “Gone With the Wind,” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”  It also gave us a wonderful film called “The … Continue reading →