Best Drama Films of 1939
Intermezzo
Gregory Ratoff directed David ... Holger keeps looking at other people's children and begins to wonder whether he should go back to his family. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Each Dawn I Die
Otis Ferguson has said ... more hardened and embittered. By this point, Stacey has befriended him and agrees to help Frank prove his innocence. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
The Rains Came
Myrna Loy stars in ... When a terrible earthquake decimates Ranchipur, Edwina joins with Rama to help tend to the victims of this tragedy. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Susannah of the Mounties
The sole survivor of ... in the process). Based on a novel by Muriel Denison, Susannah of the Mounties was originally released in sepiatone. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
The Little Princess
Shirley Temple's first Technicolor ... in harness in The Little Princess, while adult leading lady Anita Louise figures prominently in a sugary dream sequence. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
They Made Me a Criminal
They Made Me a ... way it is already, even though it means the detective going back to his job as a laughing stock. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Of Mice and Men
This 1939 film version ... than its predecessors, but only time will tell if it attains the classic status of the Lewis Milestone version. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
In this third installment ... suffering from psychosomatic blindness. But what's the "secret" of Dr. Kildare? Well...that's a secret (until you see the film). [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Back Door to Heaven
William K. Howard, a ... Door to Heaven. However, what may once have been social realism, now seems more like a sentimental, mawkish melodrama. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Hitler -- Beast of Berlin
Also known as Beasts ... Ladd, who was advertised as the film's star when it was reissued in the early 1940s as Hell's Devils. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Way Down South
Way Down South ranks ... and African American poet Langston Hughes! The screenwriters were also responsible for the songs, including "Louisiana" and "Good Ground." [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Meet Dr. Christian
As a direct result ... overwhelmingly positive response to Meet Dr. Christian encouraged RKO to continue the series, ultimate toting up six profitable entries. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Streets of New York
The cumbersome title refers ... wherein the straight-arrow Jackie Cooper lets fly with a stream of unlawyer-like epithets after burning himself with an iron. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Daughter of the Tong
The FBI goes up ... also the final production of Lester F. Scott Jr., a purveyor of cheap Westerns in the late silent era. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Mutiny in the Big House
A frequent visitor to ... D. Andrews, best known for dreaming up the premise for the 1932 all-star anthology If I Had a Million. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Panama Patrol
This sequel to Grand ... of a turncoat bureau agent. The very brief "Cipher Bureau" series was created by Arthur Hoerl and Monroe Sheff. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Nancy Drew, Reporter
The second entry in ... film has the four youngsters performing swing versions of nursery rhymes in order to pay for their Chinese dinner. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Fisherman's Wharf
In this musical drama, ... finally brings him back home. Songs include: "Fisherman's Chantey," "Sell Your Cares for a Song," and "Blue Italian Waters." [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Buried Alive
A man is wrongfully ... him, makes sure that parole is denied. The innocent inmate has only one consolation-- the prison nurse believes him. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
Crimes at the Dark House
So since when have ... the same 1860 novel by Wilkie Collins -- and both are good gory fun in their own separate ways. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
The Face at the Window
As with any film ... apparently escapes the clutches of the law. One of Slaughter's better efforts, made bearable by a brief running time. [ best drama films - 1939 ]
La China Hilaria
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El Cementario de las Aguilas
The war drama El ... courses of action during the Mexican-American war, they attempt to win the hearts of a pair of wealthy women. [ best drama films - 1939 ]Supplemental Navigation
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