The Wizard of Oz. Gone With the Wind. Beau Geste. Destry Rides Again. Stagecoach. Intermezzo. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The Rules of the Game.

2009 Marks the 70^th birthday of what is generally acknowledged to be the greatest year in motion picture history: 1939. And so, in commemoration of this momentous period in film history, The Kitty Packard Pictorial will be remembering each and every film released that year with reviews and reminiscences on the date of their initial release. Below is a list of the films that we will be remembering throughout the year—to the best of our knowledge, it is a complete listing of films released in that magical year. Granted, films weren’t exactly released as they are now, so some films may not have been shown in the States for several years after they premiered in 1939.

If you find a particular film missing, please let us know so we can add it to the project!

Support Project 39 with your own personal thoughts and criticisms!

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – September 1, 1939
• Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever– July 21, 1939
• Another Thin Man,– November 17, 1939
• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery – November 17, 1939
• Ask a Policeman – Jan 6, 1939
• At the Circus – October 20
• Babes in Arms October 31
• Bachelor Mother august 4
• Barricade – December 8
• Beau Geste– September 15
• Boys’ Reformatory – may 1
• Dark Victory — april 22
• Daughter of The Tong – august 28
• Destry Rides Again– December 29
• Dodge City– april 8
• Drums Along the Mohawk– November 10
• Each Dawn I Die – aug 19
• Everything Happens At Night – dec 22
• The Four Feathers– aug 3
• Five Came Back – june 23
• Frontier Marshal – july 28
• Gone with the Wind – dec 15
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips – july 28
• Gulliver’s Travels – dec 22
• The Hardys Ride High – april 21
• Hollywood Cavalcade – oct 13
• The Hound of the Baskervilles – march 31
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame – dec 31
• In Name Only – august 18
• Intermezzo – sept 22
• Jamaica Inn – oct 13
• Jesse James – jan 27
• Judge Hardy and Son – dec 22
• King Of The Underworld – jan 14
• Le Jour se lève (Daybreak) – june 9 (France)
• Let Us Live – jul 31
• The Light that Failed – dec 24
• Love Affair – april 25
• Midnight – march 15
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – oct. 19
• Of Mice and Men – dec 30
• On Dress Parade – nov 18
• Only Angels Have Wings – may 15
• On Your Toes – oct 14
• Ninotchka –march 11
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – nov 11
• Q Planes – june 20
• Range War – sept 8
• The Roaring Twenties – oct 23
• The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu) – july 8 (France)
• Son of Frankenstein – jan 13
• The Spy in Black – oct 7
• They Shall have Music – aug 18
• Stagecoach – march 2
• Stanley and Livingstone – aug 18
• The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (oct 13 – Japan)
• The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle – march 29
• Three Texas Steers – may 12
• Tower of London – nov 17
• The Wizard of Oz – aug 25
• The Women – sept 1
• Wuthering Heights – april 13
• Wyoming Outlaw – june 27
• Young Mr. Lincoln – june 9