1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

7.5/10 69 min Documentary TV Movie

Overview

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

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)

F. X. Feeney

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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