1939 was a big year for movies
Sep. 6th, 2014 12:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
archersangelyou may know that it's the 75th anniversary of the movies gone with the wind & the wizard of oz, but it's also the anniversary of a bunch of other movies considered classics. for reference, see the list of movies the academy of motion picture arts and Sciences nominated for best picture
for more on the year 1939 in film, look here
and the story on the making of GWTW is nearly as interesting as the movie (and book) itself. & the university of texas is having a display on the 3 years it took just to get the movie made.
BTW if you've never read the GWTW novel i recommend it. if you do, just keep in mind that it was written in the 1930s about the civil war as well as the restoration. so language & characterizations are somewhat uncomfortable.
- dark victory
- gone with the wind (which won)
- goodbye, mr. chips
- love affair (remade in 1957 as an affair to remember)
- mr. smith goes to washington
- ninotchka
- of mice and men
- stagecoach (which launched john wayne's
- the wizard of oz
- wuthering heights
for more on the year 1939 in film, look here
and the story on the making of GWTW is nearly as interesting as the movie (and book) itself. & the university of texas is having a display on the 3 years it took just to get the movie made.
BTW if you've never read the GWTW novel i recommend it. if you do, just keep in mind that it was written in the 1930s about the civil war as well as the restoration. so language & characterizations are somewhat uncomfortable.
