1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

by Thomas S. Hischak

What do Babes in Arms, Beau Geste, Gunga Din, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Only Angels Have Wings, and Young Mr. Lincoln all have in common? They are all classic films released in the same year, but none of them received Academy Award nominations for best picture. Why? In that same year, Hollywood produced Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Ninotchka, as well as two of the most beloved films of all time, Gone with the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442278048
• ISBN13: 9781442278042
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"