1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009•1h 9m•7.5/10
DocumentaryTV Movie
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.5/10(12)
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
Production
New Wave Entertainment
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
Narrator (voice)
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh
Self (archive footage)
Olivia de Havilland
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland
Self (archive footage)
Leonard Maltin
Self
Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Schatz
Self
F. X. Feeney
Self
Scott Eyman
Self
Jeanine Basinger
Self
Aubrey Solomon
Self
Molly Haskell
Self
George Cukor
Self (archive footage)
Rudy Behlmer
Self
Francis Lederer
Self (archive footage)
Joseph McBride
Self
Frank Capra
Self (archive footage)
Howard Hawks
Self (archive footage)
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