Film year 1939
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In 1939, Bette Davis was awarded the Oscar for the second time for best leading role. | |
Events
- March 29th: Clark Gable marries Carole Lombard . The couple is Hollywood's new dream couple .
- April 5: The Nazi propaganda director Veit Harlan marries the protagonist of his films Kristina Söderbaum .
- May 13th: Another dream couple tied the knot: Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor .
- July 1st: After divorce from his Jewish wife, Heinz Rühmann marries Hertha Feiler .
- August 12: World premiere of The Magic Land . The film, also known as The Wizard of Oz , subsequently became an icon of US American cultural history. In 2007, he is on the list of world cultural heritage of UNESCO added.
- December 15th: Premiere of the "film of the century" Gone with the Wind . According to inflation-adjusted box-office figures, this production is still the most commercially successful work in film history.
Film awards
Academy Awards
This year's Academy Awards will take place on February 23 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles . Frank Capra will moderate .
- Best film: Life artist by Frank Capra
- Best Actor: Spencer Tracy in The Devil's Guys
- Best Actress: Bette Davis in Jezebel
- Best director: Frank Capra for bon vivants
- 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
Complete list of award winners
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival takes place from August 8th to September 1st. This year, the jury selected only one prize for the best film.
- Best film: Abuna Messias by Goffredo Alessandrini
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: Sturmhöhe 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 from Bolváry
Further film prizes and awards
- Directors Guild of America Award : Mabel Willebrandt
- Louis Delluc Prize : Port in the Fog by Marcel Carné
- National Board of Review : I was a Nazi spy by Anatole Litvak (Best Film), Hafen im Nebel by Marcel Carné (Best Foreign Language Film)
- Photoplay Award : Gone with the Wind by Victor Fleming
Birthdays
January to March
January
- Michèle Mercier , French actress January 1st:
- John LaMotta , American actor January 8:
- Susannah York , British actress († 2011) January 9:
- January 10: Sal Mineo , American actor († 1976)
- January 11: Peter Uray , Austrian actor
- January 14th: Peter Baumgartner , Swiss cameraman
- January 23: Arlene Golonka , American actress
- January 24th: Joseph Vilsmaier , German director († 2020)
February
- Michael Cimino , American director († 2016) February 3:
- Paul L. Smith , American actor February 5:
- Mike Farrell , American actor February 6:
- Hermann Lause , German actor February 7th:
- Janet Suzman , South African actress February 9:
- February 16: Volker Spengler , German actor († 2020)
- February 18: Ray Lovejoy , British film editor († 2001)
- February 21: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein , German cameraman
- February 23: Peter Fonda , American actor
- February 24th: Marisa Mell , Austrian actress
March
- Ariane Mnouchkine , French director March 3:
- Robert Shaye , American producer March 3:
- Paula Prentiss , American actress March 4th:
- Samantha Eggar , British actress March 5th:
- March 14th: Pilar Bardem , Spanish actress
- March 14: Raymond J. Barry , American actor
- March 14th: Bertrand Blier , French director
- March 14th: Volker Bogdan , German actor and voice actor
- March 14th: Yves Boisset , French director
- March 17th: Klaus Ofczarek , Austrian actor and opera singer
- March 18: Corrado Farina , Italian director and screenwriter
- March 18: Peter Kraus , Austrian singer and actor
- March 29: Terence Hill , Italian actor
- March 30: Ernst-Georg Schwill , German actor († 2020)
- March 31: Volker Schlöndorff , German director
April to June
April
- Ali MacGraw , American actress April 1:
- Krystyna Mikołajewska , Polish actress April 6:
- Francis Ford Coppola , American director and producer April 7:
- Michael Learned , American actress April 9:
- Gernot Roll , German cameraman April 9th:
- April 13: Paul Sorvino , American actor
- April 16: Iwan Bortnik , Russian actor († 2019)
- April 20: Joe Camp , American 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 († 2020)
May
- Paul Gleason , American actor († 2006) May 4:
- Marco St. John , American actor May 7:
- May 12: Uta Hallant , German actress and voice actress
- May 13: Harvey Keitel , American actor
- May 14: Veruschka von Lehndorff , German actress
- May 15: Barbara Hammer , American film producer and director († 2019)
- May 18: Hark Bohm , German director and actor
- 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 30th: Marisa Solinas , Italian actress and singer († 2019)
June
- Bruno Gaburro , Italian director and screenwriter June 5th:
- Bernie Casey , American actor († 2017) June 8:
- June 10: Alexandra Stewart , Canadian actress
- June 11: Christina Crawford , American actress and writer
- June 12: Tak Fujimoto , American cameraman
July to September
July
- Branko Samarovski , Austrian actor July 9:
- July 14: Sid Haig , American actor
- July 15: Patrick Wayne , American actor
- July 17th: Krzysztof Zanussi , Polish director
- July 22nd: Terence Stamp , British actor
- July 28: Gösta Ekman the Younger , Swedish actor, screenwriter and director († 2017)
- July 30th: Elizabeth Ashley , American actress
- July 30: Peter Bogdanovich , American director
- July 31: France Nuyen , French actress
August
- Wes Craven , American director, screenwriter, producer and actor († 2015) August 2:
- Ursula Karusseit , German actress († 2019) August 2:
- Frank Vincent , American actor († 2017) August 4:
- Sue Lloyd , British actress († 2011) August 7:
- Bulle Ogier , French actress August 9:
- August 10: Kate O'Mara , British actress († 2014)
- August 11: Uta Sax , German actress
- August 12: George Hamilton , American actor
- August 22: Valerie Harper , American actress († 2019)
- August 25: John Badham , British director
- August 26: Todor Kolew , Bulgarian actor († 2013)
- August 26th: Dagmar Koller , Austrian singer and actress
- August 28: Vladimir Ivashov , Russian actor († 1995)
- August 29: Joel Schumacher , American director († 2020)
September
- Lily Tomlin , American actress September 1:
- Bob May , American actor and stuntman († 2009) September 4:
- September 12: Joachim Kemmer , German actor
- September 13: Richard Kiel , American actor († 2014)
- September 17: Vladimir Menshov , Russian actor and director
- September 19: Joachim Ansorge , German actor and voice actor († 1980)
- September 23: Janusz Gajos , Polish actor
- September 27: Renate Schroeter , German actress († 2017)
- September 29: Werner Pochath , Austrian actor († 1993)
October to December
- October
- Marie Laforêt , French actress October 5th:
- Paul Hogan , Australian actor October 8:
- October 13: Melinda Dillon , American actress
- October 15: Heide Keller , German actress
- October 19: Wu Tianming , Chinese director and producer († 2014)
- October 22: Tony Roberts , American actor
- October 22: Joe Berger , Austrian actor († 1991)
- 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
- Jo Morrow , American actress November 1:
- Matthias Fuchs , German actor († 2002) November 3:
- Jan Nowicki , Polish actor November 5th:
- Marco Bellocchio , Italian director November 9th:
- Ulrich Schamoni , German director († 1998) November 9:
- November 11th: Denise Alexander , American actress
- November 12th: Wolfgang Huebsch , Austrian actor
- November 14th: Rudolf Thome , German director
- November 18: Luigi Faccini , Italian director and screenwriter
- November 18: Brenda Vaccaro , American actress
- November 19: Nikolaus Paryla , Austrian actor
- November 21: Jeannot Szwarc , French director
- November 22: Allen Garfield , American actor
- November 25: Shelagh Delaney , British screenwriter († 2011)
- November 26: Yılmaz Köksal , Turkish actor and screenwriter († 2015)
- November 26: Tina Turner , American singer and actress
- December
- Herwig Seeböck , Austrian actor († 2011) December 7th:
- December 14: Josef Abrhám , Czech actor
- December 14: Alessandra Panaro , Italian actress († 2019)
- December 20: Kathryn Joosten , American actress († 2012)
- December 21: Henri Guybet , French actor
- December 21: Franco Micalizzi , Italian composer
- December 25: Royce D. Applegate , American actor († 2003)
- December 26th: Fred Schepisi , Australian director and screenwriter
- December 27: John Amos , American actor
deceased
January to June
- January 10: Jameson Thomas , British actor (* 1888)
- January 18: Ivan Ilyich Mosschuchin , Russian actor (* 1889)
- January 25: Helen Ware , American actress (* 1877)
- January 27: Anna von Palen , German actress (* 1875)
- Eugen Kürschner , Hungarian production and location manager (* 1890) March 2nd:
- Herbert Mundin , British actor (* 1897) March 5:
- March 20: Lotte Lorring , German actress (* 1893)
- April 11: SS Van Dine , American writer (* 1888)
- Herti Kirchner , German actress (* 1913) May 1:
- May 11: Stacia Napierkowska , French actress and dancer (* 1896)
- May 19: Louis Douglas , American dancer and actor (* 1889)
- George Fawcett , American actor (* 1860) June 6:
- Owen Moore , American actor (* 1886) June 9:
July to December
- August 23: Sidney Howard , American playwright and screenwriter (* 1891)
- September 10: Hugo Riesenfeld , Austrian-American composer (* 1879)
- September 17th: Georges Pitoëff , French actor, director and theater director of Russian-Armenian origin (* 1884)
- September 24th: Carl Laemmle , producer and founder of Universal (* 1867)
- October 13: Ford Sterling , American actor and director (* 1883)
- October 28: Alice Brady , American actress (* 1892)
- November 13: Lois Weber , American director (* 1879)
- November 30th: Max Skladanowsky , film pioneer (* 1863)
- Emilia Unda , German actress (* 1879) December 7th:
- December 12: Douglas Fairbanks , American actor (* 1883)
- December 27th: Hermann Häfker , German film theorist (* 1873)
See also
Web links
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