The Year - 1939
The Family News..:

James E. was born to Marie (Nolan) & James Canty in Chicago on Mar. 20th.
Francis was born to Geraldine (Farenga) & Alaxender Cascio in Chicago on Dec. 3rd.

The #1 Songs Were .....
Address UnknownThe Ink Spots
And the Angels SingBenny Goodman
Beer Barrel PolkaWill Glahe
Blue OrchidsGlenn Miller
Day In, Day OutBob Crosby
Deep PurpleLarry Clinton
Heart And SoulLarry Clinton
Heaven Can WaitGlen Gray
Jeepers CreepersAl Donohue
The Man With the MandolinGlenn Miller
Moon Love Glenn Miller
Our LoveTommy Dorsey
Over the Rainbow Glenn Miller
Penny SerenadeGuy Lombardo
ScatterbrainFrankie Masters
South Of the BorderShep Fields
Stairway To the StarsGlenn Miller
Sunrise SerenadeGlen Gray
Thanks For EverythingArtie Shaw
They SayArtie Shaw
Three Little FishiesKay Kyser
The Umbrella ManKay Kyser
Wishing (Will Make It So)Glenn Miller


AT THE MOVIES....
  The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Director: Victor Fleming
  Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton and Billie Burke

Acacamy Awards..:
  Gone With the Wind (Selznick International Pictures; MGM) - *****Outstanding Production
  Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM)
  Love Affair (RKO Radio)
  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Columbia)
  Ninotchka (MGM)
  Of Mice and Men (Hal Roach; United Artists)
  Stagecoach (Walter Wanger; United Artists)
  The Wizard of Oz (MGM)
  Wuthering Heights (Goldwyn; United Artists)

  Robert Donat, Goodbye, Mr. Chips *****Best Actor
  Clark Gable, Gone With the Wind
  Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights
  Mickey Rooney, Babes in Arms
  James Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  Vivien Leigh, Gone With the Wind - *****Best Actress
  Bette Davis, Dark Victory
  Irene Dunne, Love Affair
  Greta Garbo, Ninotchka
  Greer Garson, Goodbye, Mr. Chips

  Thomas Mitchell, Stagecoach - *****Supporting Actor
  Brian Aherne, Juarez
  Harry Carey, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  Brian Donlevy, Beau Geste
  Claude Rains, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  Hattie McDaniel, Gone With the Wind - *****Supporting Actress
  Olivia de Havilland, Gone With the Wind
  Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wuthering Heights
  Edna May Oliver, Drums Along the Mohawk
  Maria Ouspenskaya, Love Affair

  Victor Fleming, Gone With the Wind - *****Directing
  Frank Capra, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  John Ford, Stagecoach
  Sam Wood, Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  William Wyler, Wuthering Heights

  Lewis R. Foster, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - *****Writing Original Story
  Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey, Love Affair
  Felix Jackson, Bachelor Mother
  Melchior Lengyel, Ninotchka
  Lamar Trotti, Young Mr. Lincoln

  Sidney Howard, Gone With the Wind - *****Screenplay
  Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Billy Wilder, Ninotchka
  Sidney Buchman, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, Wuthering Heights
  Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff and Claudine West, Goodbye, Mr. Chips

  Gregg Toland, Wuthering Heights - *****Cinematography Black-and-White
  Joseph H. August, Gunga Din
  Norbert Brodine, Of Mice and Men
  George Folsey, Lady of the Tropics
  Tony Gaudio, Juarez

Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan, Gone With the Wind - *****Cinematography Color

Music Song..: �Over the Rainbow,� The Wizard of Oz, Harold Arlen, music; E. Y. Harburg, lyrics

Score.......: Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken, Stagecoach

Original Score....: Herbert Stothart, The Wizard of Oz

Film Editing...: E. H. Hansen and Fred Sersen, The Rains Came

Short Subjects.....:
Cartoon - The Ugly Duckling (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
One-Reel - Busy Little Bears (Paragraphics Series) (Paramount)
Two-Reel - Sons of Liberty (Historical Featurette Series) (Warner Bros.)


IN THE NEWS . . . . .
Germany invades Poland; occupies Bohemia and Moravia; renounces pact with England and concludes 10-year non-aggression pact with U.S.S.R.
Russo-Finnish War begins; Finns to lose one-tenth of territory in 1940 peace treaty.
World War II begins.
In U.S., Roosevelt submits $1,319-million defense budget, proclaims US neutrality, and declares limited emergency.
Einstein writes FDR about feasibility of atomic bomb.
New York World's Fair opens.
DAR refuses to allow Marian Anderson to perform.
Gone with the Wind premieres.

Last updated on February 17, 2000