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| … 1929 . This list of years in film indexes the individual year The table of years in film is a tabular display of all years in Film, for overview and quick navigation to any year Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on 1930 . Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check 1931 . Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert 1932 . Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers 1933 . Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. 1934 . Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1935 … 1936 1937 1938 -1939- 1940 1941 1942 … 1943 . Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U 1944 . The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released 1945 . The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon 1946 . The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U 1947 . The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York 1948 . The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the 1949 … In television: 1936 1937 1938 -1939- 1940 1941 1942 In radio : 1936 1937 1938 -1939- 1940 1941 1942 |
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| … 1936 . The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1936 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1936. The year 1937 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1937. The year 1938 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1938 The year 1939 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1939. The year 1940 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events The year 1941 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1941. The year 1942 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1942. The year 1936 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1937 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1938 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1939 saw a number of significant events in Radio broadcasting. The year 1940 in radio involved some significant events Events January 5 – FM radio is demonstrated for the The year 1941 in radio involved some significant events Events May 27 - Fireside chat: Announcing Unlimited The year 1942 in radio involved some significant events Events January 9 - Blue Network Company Inc This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1937 . Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1938 - 1939 - 1940 . Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1941 . Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1942 … … 1900s . Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them 1910s . The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 1920s -1930s- 1940s . The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be 1950s . The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive 1960s … … 19th century . The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar 20th century . The twentieth century of the Common Era began on 21st century … |
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The year 1939 in film involved some significant events. The year 1939 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below This list of years in film indexes the individual year Events 1870s - French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud improved on the Zoetrope idea by placing mirrors at the center of the Events 1880 - American George Eastman begins to commercially manufacture dry plates for Photography. Events 1891 - Designed around the work of Muybridge Marey and Eastman Thomas Edison 's employee William K Events William Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889 Events WK Laurie Dickson supervises the construction of the first movie studio called the " Black Maria " in West Orange New Jersey which produces Events The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made including a vertical transport and wider film Events Thomas Edison builds "America's First Movie Studio" the Black Maria Blacksmith Scene is made Events January 7 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a Patent for motion picture film. Events March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known Events 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the Events May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York Birt Acres invents the first amateur format Birtac, by splitting 35 mm The year 1899 in film involved some significant events Events T Events Several full-length films were produced during the first decade of the 1900s The year 1900 in film involved some significant events Events Reulos Goudeau & Co The year 1901 in film involved some significant events Events Edwin S The year 1902 in film involved some significant events Events March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly The year 1903 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio" the Black The year 1904 in film involved some significant events Events As shown in the film Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move The year 1905 in film involved some significant events Events Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine The year 1906 in film involved some significant events Events 26 December - The world's first feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang The year 1907 in film involved some significant events Events January 19 - Variety publishes its first film review The year 1908 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling The year 1909 in film involved some significant events Events Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema Events Several full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1910s The year 1910 in film involved some significant events Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot The year 1911 in film involved some significant events Events October 27: David Horsley 's Nestor Motion The year 1912 in film involved some significant events Events Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D The year 1913 in film involved some significant events Events The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film is made The year 1914 in film involved some significant events Events The 3300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. The year 1915 in film involved some significant events Events June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA was formed by The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1920s The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film Don Juan. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1930s Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Events Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety As a result of Television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the 1960s The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support World cinema In cinema all over the world the seventies brought about vigor in adventurous cool and realistic complex narratives with rich cinematography and elaborate scores The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The year 1972 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Events Thousands of full-length Films were produced during the 1990s The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Events Thousands of full-length Films have been produced during the first decade of the 21st Century The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, 2009 in film has numerous films in production to be released in 2009 as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming
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Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the greatest year in film history". Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hollywood was at the height of its Golden Age, and this particular year saw the release of an unusually large number of exceptional movies, many of which have been honored as all-time classics, when multitudes of other films of the era have been largely forgotten.
August 15 - The Wizard of Oz premieres in the US. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s
December 15 - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with a 3-day festival. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Top grossing films
- North America
- Gone with the Wind
- The Wizard of Oz
- Jesse James
- Mr Smith Goes to Washington
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Old Maid
- The Rains Came
- Ninotchka
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Another Thin Man
Academy Awards
- Best Picture: Gone with the Wind - David O. Selznick, MGM
- Best Actor: Robert Donat - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind
- Best Supporting Actress: Hattie McDaniel - Gone with the Wind
Films released in 1939
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Another Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
- The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
- At the Circus
- Babes in Arms
- Bachelor Mother
- Barricade
- Beau Geste, starring Gary Cooper and Ray Milland
- Boys' Reformatory
- Dark Victory, starring Bette Davis (favorite role)
- Daughter of The Tong
- Destry Rides Again, starring James Stewart
- Dodge City, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
- Drums Along the Mohawk, directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert
- Each Dawn I Die
- Everything Happens At Night
- The Four Feathers starring John Clements and Ralph Richardson
- Frontier Marshal
- Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips, starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson
- The Gorilla (1939)
- Gunga Din, featuring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sam Jaffe
- Gulliver's Travels
- The Hardys Ride High, starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- Hollywood Cavalcade, starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg, Alan Curtis
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara
- In Name Only, starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard and Kay Francis
- Intermezzo, starring Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard
- Jamaica Inn, by Alfred Hitchcock
- Jesse James, starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, and Randolph Scott
- Judge Hardy and Son Starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, and Fay Holden
- King Of The Underworld
- Le Jour se lève (Daybreak)
- The Light That Failed, starring Ronald Colman
- Love Affair
- Mexicali Rose, starring Gene Autry
- Midnight
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, and Claude Rains
- Of Mice and Men, starring Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney Jr.
- On Dress Parade, starring The Dead End Kids
- Only Angels Have Wings, with Cary Grant and Jean Arthur
- On Your Toes, screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley et al. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Jesse James ( 1939) is a Western movie directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Mr Smith Goes to Washington is a Drama film directed by Frank Capra about one man's effect on American politics. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 American Monochrome Motion picture. The Old Maid is a 1939 romantic drama film produced by Warner Brothers. The Rains Came is the title of novel by Louis Bromfield, published in 1937, as well as the 1939 20th Century Fox Film version Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is an American biographical Musical comedy, released in 1939 and directed by H Goodbye Mr Chips (originally Good-bye Mr Chips) is a novel by James Hilton, first published in 1934 Another Thin Man is the third film in the six volume series the Thin Man. The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 David O Selznick, born David Selznick ( May 10, 1902 &ndash June 22, 1965) was one of the iconic Hollywood producers Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Friedrich Robert Donat ( March 18, 1905 &ndash June 9, 1958) was an English Academy Award -winning Film and Goodbye Mr Chips ( 1939) is a British film based on the novel of the same name by James Hilton. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Vivien Leigh Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 &ndash 8 July 1967 was an English actress. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Hattie McDaniel ( June 10, 1895 – October 26, 1952) was an American Actress and the first black performer to win an Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ( 1939) is a film featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books as created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Lewis Shepard Stone ( November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr; September 23, 1920) is an American Film Actor and Entertainer whose Cecilia Parker ( April 26, 1914 &ndash July 25, 1993) was a film actress Another Thin Man is the third film in the six volume series the Thin Man. William Horatio Powell ( July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award -nominated American actor noted Myrna Loy ( August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American Motion picture Actress. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery is a 1939 British At the Circus is a 1939 Marx Brothers Comedy Film in which they save a circus from Bankruptcy. Babes in Arms is a 1937 Musical theater production which tells the story of a boy who puts on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm Bachelor Mother ( 1939) is a American Comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers (in a non-dancing Beau Geste is a 1939 film made by Paramount Pictures based on the novel of the same name by P Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star Ray Milland ( January 3, 1907 - March 10, 1986) was a Welsh Actor and director who worked primarily in the Boys' Reformatory is a 1939 Black and white film starring Frankie Darro as Tommy Ryan a good natured street kid who takes the rap for a Dark Victory is a 1939 American Drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western directed by George Marshall starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Dodge City is a Western movie starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn ( June 20, 1909 &ndash October 14, 1959) was an Australian Film Actor, most Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award -winning actress. Drums Along the Mohawk is a 1939 John Ford Film starring Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda and Edna May Oliver Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Claudette Colbert ( IPA: /koʊlˈbɛɹ/ ( September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was a French -born American stage Each Dawn I Die is a 1939 gangster film featuring James Cagney and George Raft in their only movie together as leads although Raft The Four Feathers is a 1939 Adventure film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson, Sir John Selby Clements, CBE (25 April 1910 &ndash 6 April 1988 was an English actor and producer who worked in theatre television and film Sir Ralph David Richardson ( 19 December 1902 &ndash 10 October 1983) was an English Actor, one of a group of theatrical Frontier Marshal is a 1939 western film starring Randolph Scott as legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 Clark Gable (February 1 &ndashNovember 16) was an iconic American Actor nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday Vivien Leigh Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 &ndash 8 July 1967 was an English actress. Goodbye Mr Chips ( 1939) is a British film based on the novel of the same name by James Hilton. Friedrich Robert Donat ( March 18, 1905 &ndash June 9, 1958) was an English Academy Award -winning Film and Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE ( September 29, 1904 - April 6, 1996) was an English-American actress who was The Gorilla is a 1939 thriller / Comedy film starring The Ritz Brothers, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, and Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO Adventure film loosely based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, combined with elements of his novel Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen ( December 10, 1886 - November 7, 1959) was an Academy Award winning English Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr, KBE, DSC ( December 9, 1909 &ndash May 7, 2000) was an American Actor Sam Jaffe ( March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor teacher and engineer Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 Academy Award nominated cel-animated Technicolor Feature film, directed by Dave Fleischer Lewis Shepard Stone ( November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr; September 23, 1920) is an American Film Actor and Entertainer whose Cecilia Parker ( April 26, 1914 &ndash July 25, 1993) was a film actress Alice Faye (born Alice Jeane Leppert on May 5, 1915 - May 9, 1998) was an American actress and Singer Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31 1908 – December 6 1993) was an American actor Joseph Edward Bromberg ( December 25, 1903 &ndash December 6, 1951) was a Hungarian -born Character actor in motion picture Alan Curtis may refer to Alan Curtis (American actor (1909-1953 Alan Curtis (British actor (born 1930 English actor and announcer The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 American Monochrome Motion picture. Charles Laughton ( 1 July, 1899 &ndash 15 December, 1962) was an English Academy Award -winning stage and Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress In Name Only is a 1939 Romantic film starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard and Kay Francis. Carole Lombard ( October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne Indiana, was an Oscar-nominated Kay Francis (January 13 &ndashAugust 26) was an American stage and film actress Intermezzo (also called Intermezzo A Love Story) ( 1939) is a Romantic film made in the USA by Selznick International (ˈbærjman in Swedish but usually ˈbɝgmən in English (August 29 1915 &ndash August 29 1982 was a Swedish three-time Academy Award -winning and two-time Emmy Leslie Howard may refer to Leslie Howard (actor (1893&ndash1943 British actor Leslie Howard (musician (born 1948 Australian-born Jamaica Inn is a 1939 Film made by Alfred Hitchcock adapted from Daphne du Maurier 's novel of the same name, the first Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Jesse James ( 1939) is a Western movie directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Nancy Kelly ( March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress born in Lowell Massachusetts. Randolph Scott ( January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 Lewis Shepard Stone ( November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr; September 23, 1920) is an American Film Actor and Entertainer whose Cecilia Parker ( April 26, 1914 &ndash July 25, 1993) was a film actress Le Jour se lève (or Daybreak) is a 1939 French film directed by Marcel Carné and written by Jacques Prévert The Light That Failed is a Novel by Rudyard Kipling that was first published in 1890 Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor Love Affair is a 1939 Romantic film starring Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer and Maria Ouspenskaya, and directed by Leo Orvon Gene Autry ( September 29 1907 &ndash October 2 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy Midnight is a 1939 romantic comedy (with some elements of screwball comedy directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder Mr Smith Goes to Washington is a Drama film directed by Frank Capra about one man's effect on American politics. James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Jean Arthur ( 17 October &ndash 19 June) was an Oscar -nominated American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s William Claude Rains (10 November &ndash30 May) was an English award-winning Actor and Film star whose career spanned 47 years Of Mice and Men is a 1939 film based on the novel of the same title by American author John Steinbeck. Oliver Burgess Meredith ( November 16, 1908 He graduated from Hoosac School in 1926 Betty Field ( February 8, 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts - September 13, 1973 in Hyannis Massachusetts) was an Lon Chaney Jr ( February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973) was an American Character actor, known mainly for his roles On Dress Parade is a 1939 Warner Bros film that marked the first time The Dead End Kids headlined a film without any other well-known actors The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsley 's Broadway play Dead End in 1935 Only Angels Have Wings ( 1939) is a movie directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. Jean Arthur ( 17 October &ndash 19 June) was an Oscar -nominated American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s On Your Toes (1936 is a musical with a book by Richard Rodgers, George Abbott, and Lorenz Hart, music by Rodgers and lyrics Lawrence Riley (1896-1974 was a successful American Playwright and Screenwriter. (film mentioned in article)
- Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- Q Planes, starring Ralph Richardson and Sir Laurence Olivier
- Range War, a Hopalong Cassidy western starring William Boyd
- The Roaring Twenties
- The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir
- The Son of Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff
- The Spy in Black
- Stagecoach, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Berton Churchill
- Stanley and Livingstone, starring Spencer Tracy and Sir Cedric Hardwicke
- The Stars Look Down, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
- Three Texas Steers, starring John Wayne, directed by George Sherman
- The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland and Ray Bolger
- The Women, with Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell
- Wuthering Heights, starring Merle Oberon, Sir Laurence Olivier, David Niven and Flora Robson
- Wyoming Outlaw, starring John Wayne, directed by George Sherman
- Young Mr. Lincoln, directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda
Serials
- Buck Rogers, starrng Buster Crabbe
- Dick Tracy's G-Men, starring Ralph Byrd
- Daredevils of the Red Circle, starring Herman Brix and Charles Middleton
- Flying G-Men
- The Lone Ranger Rides Again
- Mandrake the Magician, starring Warren Hull
- The Oregon Trail
- Overland With Kit Carson
- The Phantom Creeps, starring Bela Lugosi
- Scouts to the Rescue
- Zorro's Fighting Legion, starring Reed Hadley
Short film series
- Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
- Charley Chase (1924-1940)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
Animated short film series
- Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
- Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Scrappy (1931-1941)
- Betty Boop (1932-1939)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
- Donald Duck (1937-1956)
- Walter Lantz Cartunes (also known as New Universal Cartoons or Cartune Comedies) (1938-1942)
- The Captain and the Kids (1938-1939)
- Goofy (1939-1955)
- Andy Panda (1939-1949)
- Nertsery Rhyme Cartoons (1939)
- Crackpot Cruise Cartoons (1939)
- Lil' Eightball (1939)
- Count Screwloose and J. Ninotchka is a 1939 American film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ( 1939) is a romantic Drama film based on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I, portrayed Q Planes is a 1939 spy film directed by Tim Whelan, starring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson. Sir Ralph David Richardson ( 19 December 1902 &ndash 10 October 1983) was an English Actor, one of a group of theatrical Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron A range war (taken from the term " open range " is a type of (typically undeclared conflict that occurs in agrarian or stockrearing societies Hopalong Cassidy is a Cowboy -hero created in 1904 by Clarence E William Boyd ( June 5, 1895 - September 12, 1972) was an American Actor. For the time period see Roaring Twenties and 1920s. Also there was a 1960s television series and 2008 Irish sitcom of the same name The Rules of the Game (original French title La Règle du jeu) is a 1939 Film directed by Jean Renoir about Jean Renoir (French ʁəˈnwaʁ ( September 15, 1894 – February 12, 1979) born in the Montmartre district of Paris Son of Frankenstein is the third film in Universal Studios ' Frankenstein series and the last to feature Boris Karloff as Boris Karloff ( 23 November, &ndash 2 February,) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s Stagecoach is a Western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Claire Trevor ( March 8, 1910 - April 8, 2000) was an Academy Award -winning American actress Berton Churchill ( December 9, 1876 &ndash October 10, 1940) was a Canadian actor Stanley and Livingstone is a 1939 movie about reporter Sir Henry M Spencer Tracy ( April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award -winning Actor of stage and Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke KBE (19 February 1893 - 6 August 1964 was a notable English actor The Stars Look Down is a 1935 novel by A J Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English Coal mining community Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE ( 20 March, 1908 — 21 March, 1985) was an English actor author director and Margaret Lockwood, CBE ( 15 September, 1916 - 15 July, 1990) was a British Actress, notable for her performance 1939) is a Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The film is regarded as one of Mizoguchi's greatest pre-war achievements The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is an American biographical Musical comedy, released in 1939 and directed by H Three Texas Steers ( UK title Danger Rides the Range) is a 1939 " Three Mesquiteers " Western John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American George Sherman ( July 14, 1908 - March 15, 1991) was a prolific film director of action movies beginning in the 1930s The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Ray Bolger ( January 10 1904 – January 15 1987) was an American entertainer of stage and screen best known for his portrayal of Edith Norma Shearer (August 10 1900 - June 12 1983 was an Academy Award&ndashwinning Canadian-American actress. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Rosalind Russell ( June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an award-winning American Actress of stage and Wuthering Heights is a 1939 film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Merle Oberon ( 19 February 1911 &ndash 23 November 1979) born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was an Academy Award Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed Dame Flora McKenzie Robson DBE ( 28 March 1902 – 7 July 1984) was an Oscar -nominated English actress Wyoming Outlaw is a 1939 Three Mesquiteers film starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American George Sherman ( July 14, 1908 - March 15, 1991) was a prolific film director of action movies beginning in the 1930s Young Mr Lincoln is a 1939 fictionalized biography/ Drama film about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Buck Rogers ( 1939) is a Universal serial film based on the Buck Rogers Comic strip. Buster Crabbe ( February 7, 1908 &ndash April 23, 1983) Dick Tracy's G-Men ( 1939) is a 15-Chapter Republic Movie Serial based on the Dick Tracy Comic strip by Chester Ralph Byrd ( 22 April 1909 - 18 August 1952) was an American Actor. Daredevils of the Red Circle ( 1939) is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Charles Quigley, David Sharpe, Bruce Bennett ( May 19 1906 &ndash February 24 2007) was an American Actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter Charles Middleton may refer to Charles Middleton 2nd Earl of Middleton (1649/50–1719 Charles Middleton 1st Baron Barham (1726–1813 Flying G-Men ( 1939) is a Columbia Film serial. It was the sixth of the fifty seven serials released by Columbia The Lone Ranger Rides Again ( 1939) is a Republic serial. It was a sequel to Republic's earlier 1937 serial The Lone Mandrake the Magician ( 1939) was the seventh serial released by Columbia Pictures. John Warren Hull ( January 7 1903 &ndash September 14 1974) was an actor and TV personality active from the 1930s through the 1960s The Oregon Trail ( 1939) is a Universal movie serial. Plot Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with Wagon trains The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 serial about a Mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions Béla Lugosi (October 20 1882 &ndash August 16 1956 was an iconic Hungarian stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Scouts to the Rescue ( 1939) is a Universal movie serial. Chapter titles Death Rides the Air Avalanche of Doom Zorro's Fighting Legion was a 1939 Republic Pictures serial consisting of 12 chapters Reed Hadley ( June 25, 1911 &ndash December 11, 1974) was an American Movie, Television and Radio Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957 The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Charley Chase ( October 20, 1893 - June 20, 1940) was an American Comedian, Screenwriter and Film director Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released Krazy Kat is a Comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as Silly Symphonies is a series of Animated Short subjects 75 in total produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939 Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros Animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969 Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support Terrytoons was an Animation studio founded by Paul Terry. The studio located in New Rochelle New York, United Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animated cartoons distributed by Warner Bros Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support Scrappy is a Cartoon character created by Dick Huemer for Charles Mintz 's Krazy Kat Studio. Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time Betty Boop is an animated Cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous TV shows Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock Color Rhapsodies was a series of usually one-shot Animated cartoon shorts produced by Charles B Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company. The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland Goofy is an Animated cartoon character from Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse universe. The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls Andy Panda is a cartoon character who starred in his own series of Animated cartoon Short subjects produced by Walter Lantz. The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U R. (1939)
Births
- January 10 - Sal Mineo, actor (+ 1976)
- February 3 - Michael Cimino, director
- February 6 - Mike Farrell, American actor
- February 9 - Janet Suzman, actress
- February 23 - Peter Fonda, actor
- March 5 - Samantha Eggar, actress
- March 26 - James Caan, actor
- April 7 - Wayne Rogers, American actor
- April 7 - Francis Ford Coppola, director, producer, writer
- April 12 - Alan Ayckbourn, writer
- April 13 - Paul Sorvino, actor
- May 13 - Harvey Keitel, actor
- May 19 - Nancy Kwan, actress
- May 25 - Ian McKellen, actor
- May 30 - Michael J. Pollard, actor
- July 22 - Terence Stamp, actor
- July 30 - Peter Bogdanovich, director
- July 31 - France Nuyen, actress
- August 2 - Wes Craven, director, producer, writer
- August 12 - George Hamilton, actor
- August 25 - John Badham, director
- August 29 - Joel Schumacher, director
- August 30 - Elizabeth Ashley, actress
- September 1 - Lily Tomlin, actress
- September 18 - Frankie Avalon, actor, singer
- September 29 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Salvatore "Sal" Mineo Jr ( January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was a Golden Globe -winning American The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Michael Cimino (ˈtʃamɪnəʊ born February 3, 1939, New York City) is an American, Academy Award-winning film director Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio } Mike Farrell (born February 6 1939 is an American actor best known for his role as Captain B Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Janet Suzman (born 9 February 1939) is a South African actress and director Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23[[ 940]] is an American actor Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (born 5 March 1939 in Hampstead, London) is an Academy Award -nominated Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. James Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award - Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Wayne M Rogers (born April 7 1933, Birmingham Alabama) is an American Film and Television Actor, best Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born 12 April 1939 is a popular and prolific English playwright Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Paul Anthony Sorvino (born April 13 1939 is an American actor whose solid career has largely been the portrayal of authority figures both as a legal enforcer and criminal in television Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Harvey Keitel (born 13 May 1939 is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Nancy Kwan (born May 19 1939) ( Cantonese: Kwan Ka Shin is an American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939 is an English stage and screen actor the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Michael J Pollard (born May 30, 1939) is an American Actor. Pollard was born Michael John Pollack Jr Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Terence Henry Stamp (born July 22, 1939) is an Academy Award -nominated English Actor. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Peter Bogdanovich ( Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Богдановић Latin: Petar Bogdanović (born July 30, 1939, is an American Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently France Nuyen (born 31 July 1939) is a French actress. Biography Nguyen was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American Film director and writer, perhaps best known as the creator of many Horror Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid George Hamilton (born in Memphis Tennessee on August 12, 1939) is an American Film and Television Actor and occasional Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the John MacDonald Badham Badham was raised in the state of Alabama in the U Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Joel Schumacher (born August 29, 1939 in New York City) is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Elizabeth Ashley (born August 30 1939 in Ocala Florida) is an American Actress who first came to prominence in the Broadway Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin (born September 1 1939 is an American Actress, Comedian, Writer and producer who has won several Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Frankie Avalon (born Francis Thomas Avallone September 18 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American Actor Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Lawrence Lavonne "Larry" Linville ( September 29, 1939 – April 10, 2000) was an American actor April 10, 2000)
- October 8 - Paul Hogan, actor
- October 22 - Tony Roberts, actor
- October 24 - F. Murray Abraham, actor
- October 27 - John Cleese, actor
- October 28 - Jane Alexander, actress
- November 22 - Allen Garfield, actor
Film Debuts
Deaths
- June 9 - Owen Moore, actor
- August 23 - Sidney Howard, writer
- September 24 - Carl Laemmle, producer
- October 23 - Zane Grey, writer
- December 12 - Douglas Fairbanks, actor
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