Hello, my name's Justin the Klu, and I'm here today with Will Slown, and you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

And today, we're going to be talking about 1939. No, that's not a prequel to Steven Spielberg's 1941.

We're actually going to be talking about the year itself,

most specifically two films, Gone with the Wind, and Wizard of Oz.

But why this year? I think it's because it's Hollywood's greatest year. I mean, just look at the

films that were nominated for the Oscars in outstanding production. Gone with the

win, Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr. Chips, love affair, Mr. Smith

goes to Washington, Ninochka of Mice and Men, stagecoach, the Wizard of Oz, Wuthering Heights.

There's no the artist to be seen in there.

My God, there are more movies that year, though, too. Only Angels have wings, the Roaring

20s, Gunga Den, drums along the Mohawk, the hunchback of Notre Dame.

I don't know, the Marks Brothers at the circus. I'm starting to run out now.

And this is the year that people always bring up. There's been multiple books written about this year.

It was a time of great creation. The studio system was at its peak, was its seven-year contracts,

and locking people down and having things moving like a factory line. But 1939, even though

it's often considered Hollywood's greatest year, it really comes down to the two movies,

Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz. And let's face it, the whole idea that 1939 is the greatest year.

Not true. Can I just point out what came out in 1940? Fantasia, Pinocchio, the Great Dictator,

Rebecca, His Girl Friday, The Grapes of Wrath, Foreign Correspondent, the Bank Dick.

You know, that's... It sounds like we should be doing 1940 instead of 39.

Frankly, there are more movies I love there. But we're here, we're trapped, we're locked in our chairs, and we're going to talk about Gone with the Wicked. Oh, man, sorry, I'm looking at 1941 now. Citizen Kane. How green was my valley. The Maltese Falcon, Dumbo, Sullivan's Travels. All right, so this episode is going to be about 1941. The Wolfman, the Lady Eve. Eh, the wolfman's not so hot. It's all right.

Yeah, I've only seen it. Sullivan's Travels. All right. So this episode is going to be about 1941. The Wolfman, the Lady Eve.

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