1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

July 2, 2009
Directed by
Constantine Nasr

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

1930s

Last Updated: March 26, 2026

Cast

Kenneth Branagh as Narrator (voice)

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator (voice)

Clark Gable as Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh as Self (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh

Self (archive footage)

Olivia de Havilland as Self (archive footage)

Olivia de Havilland

Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland as Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Maltin as Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

Errol Flynn as Self (archive footage)

Errol Flynn

Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis as Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

Thomas Schatz

Self

F. X. Feeney as Self

F. X. Feeney

Self

Scott Eyman

Self

Jeanine Basinger as Self

Jeanine Basinger

Self

Aubrey Solomon

Self

Molly Haskell as Self

Molly Haskell

Self

George Cukor as Self (archive footage)

George Cukor

Self (archive footage)

Image Gallery

Gallery image from 1rK5HsI3WW7gT1dzT9IF008BoNP.jpg

Recommended

And the Oscar Goes To... movie poster - Rated 6.9/10

And the Oscar Goes To...

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home movie poster - Rated 6.8/10

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound movie poster - Rated 6.8/10

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

The Last Waltz movie poster - Rated 7.6/10

The Last Waltz

I Am Heath Ledger movie poster - Rated 7.4/10

I Am Heath Ledger

The Girl movie poster - Rated 6.1/10

The Girl

That's Entertainment! movie poster - Rated 7.4/10

That's Entertainment!

Wormwood movie poster - Rated 6.9/10

Wormwood

For the Love of Spock movie poster - Rated 7.4/10

For the Love of Spock

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine movie poster - Rated 7/10

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

A Plastic Ocean movie poster - Rated 7.6/10

A Plastic Ocean

Elstree 1976 movie poster - Rated 6.1/10

Elstree 1976

My Mom Jayne movie poster - Rated 8/10

My Mom Jayne

American Pie: Revealed movie poster - Rated 6/10

American Pie: Revealed

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park movie poster - Rated 7.6/10

6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park

Created by Chaitanya Vootla

Github Repo ChaitanyaVootla/movie-browser

Powered by

Powered by TMDB

Built with Build with Nuxt

Install App