1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

July. 02,2009      NR
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Kenneth Branagh as  Narrator (voice)
Clark Gable as  Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh as  Self (archive footage)
Olivia de Havilland as  Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland as  Self (archive footage)
Leonard Maltin as  Self
Errol Flynn as  Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis as  Self (archive footage)
F. X. Feeney as  Self
Molly Haskell as  Self

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