1939 in film
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- 3.1 January to March
- 3.2 from April to June
- 3.3 July to September
- 3.4 October to December
- 4.1 January to June
- 4.2 July to December
Events
- MARCH 29: Clark Gable married Carole Lombard. The couple is so that the new dream of Hollywood.
- April 5: The propaganda of the Nazis director, Veit Harlan, marries the heroine of his films Kristina Söderbaum.
- MAY 13: Another dream pair closes the knot: Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor.
- July 1: After the divorce of his Jewish wife marries Heinz Hertha Feiler Riihmann.
- August 12: First performance of The Wizard of Oz. Also known as The Wizard of Oz movie become known in the ensuing period, an icon of American cultural history. In 2007 he was admitted into the list of world cultural heritage list of UNESCO.
- December 15: Premiere of the "Century film " Gone with the Wind. After inflation-adjusted grossing this production is still the most commercially successful work of film history.
Film Awards
Academy Awards
This year's Oscar ceremony will take place on February 23 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The moderator had Frank Capra.
- Best Film: Life Artists of Frank Capra
- Best Actor: Spencer Tracy in Boys Town
- Best Actress: Bette Davis in Jezebel
- Best Director: Frank Capra for the art of living
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan in The golden whip
- Best Supporting Actress: Fay Bainter in Jezebel
- Best Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold for Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds
- Juvenile Award: Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Film Festival of Venice will be held until September 1, dated 8 August. The jury selected this year from more than one prize for the best film.
- Best Film: Abuna Messias by Goffredo Alessandrini
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Wuthering Heights by William Wyler
- Best Director: John Ford for Ringo
- Best Actor: James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
- Best Foreign Film: Harvest of Géza von Bolváry
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: Mabel Willebrandt
- Louis- Delluc Price: harbor in the fog by Marcel Carné
- National Board of Review: I was a spy for the Nazis by Anatole Litvak ( Best Film ), harbor in the fog of Marcel Carné ( Best Foreign Film )
- Photoplay Award: Gone with the Wind by Victor Fleming
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 01 January: Michèle Mercier, French actress
- January 08: John LaMotta, American actor
- January 10: Sal Mineo, American actor († 1976)
- JANUARY 14: Peter Baumgartner, Swiss cameraman
- JANUARY 23: Arlene Golonka, American actress
- January 24: Joseph Vilsmaier, German director
February
- February 03: Michael Cimino, American film director
- February 05: Paul L. Smith, American actor
- February 06: Mike Farrell, American actor
- February 09: Janet Suzman, South African actress
- FEBRUARY 18: Ray Lovejoy, a British cutter († 2001)
- FEBRUARY 21: Jörg Schmidt- riding wine, German cameraman
- FEBRUARY 23: Peter Fonda, American actor
- FEBRUARY 24: Marisa Mell, Austrian actress
March
- March 03: Ariane Mnouchkine, French director
- March 03: Robert Shaye, American producer
- March 04: Paula Prentiss, American actress
- March 05: Samantha Eggar, British actress
- March 14: Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
- March 14: Raymond J. Barry, American actor
- March 14: Bertrand Blier, French film director
- March 14th: Volker Bogdan, German actor and voice actor
- March 14: Yves Boisset, French film director
- MARCH 18: Corrado Farina, Italian director and screenwriter
- MARCH 18: Peter Kraus, German singer and actor
- MARCH 29: Terence Hill, Italian actor
- MARCH 31: Volker Schlöndorff, German director
April-June
April
- April 06: Krystyna Mikołajewska, Polish actress
- April 07: Francis Ford Coppola, American film director and producer
- April 09: Michael Learned, American actress
- April 09: Gernot Roll, German cameraman
- April 13: Paul Sorvino, American actor
- APRIL 20: Joe Camp, American film director, screenwriter and film producer
- APRIL 23: Jorge Fons, Mexican director
- APRIL 23: Lee Majors, American actor
- APRIL 28: Burkhard Driest, German actor and screenwriter
May
- May 04: Paul Gleason, American actor († 2006)
- May 07: Marco St. John, American actor
- MAY 12: Uta Hallant, German actress and voice actress
- MAY 13: Harvey Keitel, American actor
- MAY 14: Veruschka von Lehndorff, German actress
- MAY 19: James Fox, British actor
- MAY 19: Nancy Kwan, American actress
- MAY 22: Paul Winfield, American actor († 2004)
- MAY 23: Reinhard Hauff, German director
- MAY 25: Ian McKellen, British actor
- May 30: Michael J. Pollard, American actor
- May 30: Marisa Solinas, Italian actress and singer
June
- June 05: Bruno Gaburro, Italian director and screenwriter
- June 08: Bernie Casey, American actor
- JUNE 10: Alexandra Stewart, Canadian actress
- JUNE 11: Christina Crawford, American actress and author
- June 12: Tak Fujimoto, American Cinematographer
July to September
July
August
- August 04: Frank Vincent, American actor
- 07 August: Sue Lloyd, British actress († 2011)
- August 09: Bulle Ogier, French actress
- August 10: Kate O'Mara, British actress († 2014)
- August 11: Uta Sax, German actress
- August 12: George Hamilton, American actor
- August 25: John Badham, director of British
- AUGUST 26: Todor Kolev, Bulgarian actor († 2013)
- AUGUST 29: Joel Schumacher, American film director
September
- September 01: Lily Tomlin, American actress
- September 04: Bob May, American actor and stuntman († 2009)
- September 12: Joachim Kemmer, German actor
- September 13: Richard Kiel, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 17: Vladimir Menshov, Russian actor and director
- SEPTEMBER 18: Fred Willard, American actor
- September 23: Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
October to December
October
- 05 October: Marie Laforet, French actress
- October 08: Paul Hogan, Australian actor
- OCTOBER 13: Melinda Dillon, American actress
- OCTOBER 19: Wu Tianming, Chinese film director and producer ( † 2014)
- October 22: Tony Roberts, American actor
- October 24: F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- October 27: John Cleese, British actor
- October 28: Jane Alexander, American actress
- OCTOBER 31: Ron Rifkin, American actor
November
- November 01: Jo Morrow, American actress
- November 03: Matthias Fuchs, German actor († 2001)
- 05 November: Jan Nowicki, Polish actor
- November 09: Marco Bellocchio, Italian director
- 09 November: Ulrich Schamoni, German director († 1998)
- November 11: Denise Alexander, American actress
- November 14: Rudolf Thome, German director
- November 18: Luigi Faccini, Italian director and screenwriter
- November 18: Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
- November 21: Jeannot Szwarc, French film director
- November 22: Allen Garfield, American actor
- November 23: Susan Anspach, American actress
- NOVEMBER 25: Shelagh Delaney, British screenwriter († 2011)
December
Deceased
January to June
- March 5: Herbert Mundin, British actor (* 1897)
- 20 March: Lotte Lorring, German actress (* 1893)
- May 01: Hertistrasse Kirchner, German actress (* 1913)
- MAY 11: Stacia Napierkowska, French actress and dancer (* 1896)
- June 06: George Fawcett, American actor (* 1860)
- June 09: Owen Moore, American actor (* 1886)
July to December
- AUGUST 23: Sidney Howard, American playwright and screenwriter (* 1891)
- 07 December: Emilia Unda, German actress (* 1879)
- DECEMBER 12: Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (* 1883)
- December 27: Hermann Häfker, German film theorist (* 1873)