TCM in July: 1939: Hollywood's Golden Year

This month Turner Classic Movies will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of Hollywood's "Golden Year," 1939.

Every Friday in July TCM will show an all-day marathon of films from 1939. The titles range from run-of-the-mill yet entertaining "B" films to some of the greatest classics of Hollywood's golden age; having seen a great many of the films myself, I suspect all are worth watching.

The "1939" lineup is below. Click any hyperlinked title for my past review.

July 5th

THE FOUR FEATHERS (1939)
DODGE CITY (1939)
ON BORROWED TIME (1939)
YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)
THE OLD MAID (1939)
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939)
NINOTCHKA (1939)
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
1939: HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST YEAR (2009)
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939)
GUNGA DIN (1939)




July 12th

THE LITTLE PRINCESS (1939)
ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER (1939)
IDIOT'S DELIGHT (1939)
IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD (1939)
FAST AND LOOSE (1939)
LUCKY NIGHT (1939)
NAUGHTY BUT NICE (1939)
ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)
DARK VICTORY (1939)
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)




July 19th

THE GIRL FROM MEXICO (1939)
LADY OF THE TROPICS (1939)
HONOLULU (1939)
JUAREZ (1939)
THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939)
CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY (1939)
FIVE CAME BACK (1939)
1939: HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST YEAR (2009)
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939)
BACHELOR MOTHER (1939)



July 26th

PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1399)
TELL NO TALES (1939)
JAMAICA INN (1939)
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH MURDER (1939)
THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL (1939)
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1939)
IN NAME ONLY (1939)
THE ICE FOLLIES OF 1939 (1939)
AT THE CIRCUS (1939)
THE WOMEN (1939)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
LOVE AFFAIR (1939)


There are so many good movies here that it's hard to narrow down a recommendation or two! That said, I just saw LOVE AFFAIR (1939) for the very first time at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival and thought it was wonderful. If, like me, you've not caught it yet, this is a great opportunity.

For more on TCM in July 2019, please visit TCM in July: Highlights, TCM Star of the Month: Glenn Ford, Quick Preview of TCM in July, and TCM's online schedule.

Related book review: MAJESTIC HOLLYWOOD: THE GREATEST FILMS OF 1939.