MAJESTIC HOLLYWOOD: The Greatest Films of 1939

No year in Hollywood history before or since produced a cavalcade of cinematic masterpieces as unforgettable as 1939. This photo-filled book celebrates the best from January to December complete with rare film stills and designed for all vintage film fans. We counted 50 in total ending in December with Of Mice and Men, Destry Rides Again, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Gone With the Wind. Add to that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Gunga Din, Wuthering Heights, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Babes in Arms, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Cat and the Canary among them. The insightful text on the cultural significance of each movie and entertaining plot descriptions are included with stories from legendary artists who made the films and directors William Wellman and John Ford and cinematographers Arthur Miller and Lee Garmes, actors Judy Garland, Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Sir Laurence Olivier and Olivia de Havilland. You really want to touch the silken skin of Myrna Loy and Marlene Dietrich, oh and the clothes! Packed with rarely seen images, behind-the-scenes candid portraits, poster art and distinctive and evocative photographs many very large and full page. 224pp, 23.2 x 28cm.
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