hlywdkjk Posted July 24, 2009 Author Share Posted July 24, 2009 Friday, July 24^th^ h3. 31 Days of 1939 From A-List to B-Pictures and a bit of everything in-between Release Date: 10 June, 1939 Release Date: 15 December, 1939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Interesting Juarez poster. It almost makes it seem like the movie is all about Juarez and Empress Carlotta - who needed that silly Emperor Maximilian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Saturday, July 25^th^ h3. 31 Days of 1939 From A-List to B-Pictures and a bit of everything in-between *_A 1939 Saturday Matinee Program_* *Two Cartoons* Release Date: 29 December, 1939 Release Date: 19 May, 1939 *Short Subject* Release Date: 1 July, 1939 *Serial* Release Date: 5 November, 1939 *Second Feature* Release Date: 11 December, 1939 *Feature Film* Release Date: 22 December, 1939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Chief, As this month winds down, I just wanted to say thank you for this wonderful 1939 gallery. Undertaking endeavors like this is never easy and you always do such a great job. The imagery has been outstanding. You never go for the easy and have brought us some wonderful gems and some slightly kooky ones. You've made this trip down memory lane very memorable for all of us. You deserve heaps and heaps of praise! I look forward to your next specialized gallery after you've taken a break and gotten some rest. You've got one of the best threads on the entire message board and you deserve all the kudos that come your way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 >You've got one of the best threads on the entire message board and you deserve all the kudos that come your way! Hear, hear! Huzzah! Three cheers for Kyle.... you went above and beyond the call of duty, I say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 Aww Shucks. T'wasn't nuttin'. I'm pleased you both enjoyed this expanded series. There are already two other month-long "special" galleries planned which I'll use the next time there is a month of TCM without many appropriate images to post. And I have a few smaller collections of interesting images (Looking at Minya) which should be fun. But there is no time for rest. Gotta solve the problem of "SUTS - James Mason" and "SOTM - Claude Rains". Rains wasn't just the Invisible Man in the movies. He was also "invisible" on most of the posters for the films in which he co-starred. He's no where to be seen in the poster images for his most popular films. And I'll admit, with each passing month it is getting more and more difficult to find nice images that I haven't used before. Thank you both for the praise and encouragement. I truly appreciate it. (and that also goes for 'marcco44' who chimed in earlier in the month) Kyle In Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 Sunday, July 26^th^ h3. 31 Days of 1939 From A-List to B-Pictures and a bit of everything in-between *_A Weekend Evening's Program_* *Two Cartoons* *Walter Lantz Cartune Stock Poster* used for such titles as - *Life Begins For Andy Panda* Release Date: 24 August 1939 Walter Finchell, the tattletale gossip of the jungle, broadcasts from the treetop that Mr. and Mrs. Panda were presented with a bay boy, whom Mrs. Panda names Andy. All the birds and animals go to the Panda's home to welcome the new arrival. As Andy grows, Mr. Panda takes Andy for a walk in the jungle to get him acquainted with Mother Nature and point out some of the perils. Release Date: 24 February, 1939 *Short Subject* *John Nesbitt's Passing Parade Stock Poster ca. 1939* used for such titles as - *The Story That Couldn't Be Printed* Release Date: 22 July, 1939 The story of John Peter Zengler, who was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper. His subsequent acquittal established the concept of freedom of the press. *Second Short Subject* *Popular Science Stock Poster ca. 1939* for the series and such programs as - *Popular Science #2* Release Date: January, 1939 Behind the scenes at Fleischer Studios, Miami, the making of a Popeye cartoon. Also, the School for the Aged in Elgin, Illinois; an electric scroll work saw; the RAF's 'Queen Bee' radio-controlled target plane. *Variety Short Subject* *Broadway Brevities Stock Poster ca. 1939* used for such titles as - *Slapsie Maxie's* Release Date: 16 September, 1939 When a waiter accidentally KOs boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's nightclub, Rosenbloom arranges a boxing match between the reluctant waiter and the champ. *Second Feature* Release Date: 20 May, 1939 *Feature Film* *Love Affair* France Release Date: 7 April, 1939 Message was edited by: hlywdkjk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 If you are a fan of this thread, PLEASE check out TCM's 2009 microsite for "Summer Under The Stars". http://www.tcm.com/2009/summer/index.jsp It should bring a smile to every lover of film posters. (And those "film previews" on the TCM homepage of late suddenly become all the more amusing.) And the images can be downloaded! At 11" x 17" so one can print them out! Kyle In Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Kyle - thanks for posting this link... I never really look around the site unless someone reminds me to... and this one was fun to try and figure out..... I clicked on the first poster to attract me and it turned out to be John Ford's Grapes of Wrath! How appropriate for this Ford fan.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 The stuff you find, amazing. That link has some interesting posters on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Monday, July 27^th^ h3. 31 Days of 1939 From A-List to B-Pictures and a bit of everything in-between Release Date: 11 November, 1939 Release Date: 17 November, 1939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minya Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 You can never go wrong with Errol Flynn. Well, not as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Tuesday, July 28^th^ h3. 31 Days of 1939 From A-List to B-Pictures and a bit of everything in-between MGM first released *Gone With The Wind* in a road show format in 1939, playing the film in just a few theaters across the country. Among the promotional material used at the theaters during this early release were these wonderful "oilettes." Each "oilette" resembles an oil painting of the various stars, done by famed artist Armando Seguso, complete with a simulated frame. *Gone With The Wind* France Premiere Date: December 15^th^, 1939 (Click Through For A Larger Version) Message was edited by: hlywdkjk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 1939 *Gone With The Wind* Roadshow Presentation Program Selected Images *Back Cover* - Northern Edition *Back Cover* - Southern Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Wow. Those are some beautiful images, and scrolling down, I was very excited seeing the program...... till I got to the bottom and realized that there was a northern edition and a southern edition.... it really has brought prejudice forcibly home to me.... how awful. I feel kind of sick thinking of Hattie McDaniel being left off of the program right now. It never occurred to me that they would have to do that. But you see, this is why we need to keep these reminders... not ban them or burn them, or pretend they didn't happen or not show them... these programs are a part of history that makes the social problems of 1939 VERY clear to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 *Wow.* - JackFavell Kinda the reaction I had too. I knew it wouldn't be "proper" to put up a double bill with *Gone With The Wind*. It just wouldn't have happened in 1939. Or 1940. Or probably ever in the history of GWTW exhibitions. But I wanted to include something to go with the French poster image (which I really like, BTW) and knew about the original portraits. So I thought I'd post some of the additional Roadshow materials. And that included images from the program. I hadn't looked at the program(s) material until recently so I was taken by surprise that there were two versions too. I try to remain true to the idea of this being a _poster_ gallery so I was hesitant to post something so far removed from that idea but I thought those differing "back covers" were important to add to the day's images for the film. Actually, "too important" _not_ to post them. I'm glad you approved my including them. (I wonder if 'MissG' has both of these?) ========================= For those interested, click on the thumbnails to access large, readable versions of the interior pages. ========================== Kyle In Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Kyle, Those are really beautiful, at least the art in them, of course. That they had separate Northern and Southern editions, and what was different about them, makes me very very sad, but at least we've come a long way since those days. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Thanks for understanding my post. Thanks too, for including them in their entirety...... they are absolutely beautiful...... And I can't wait till MissG gets back and sees them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Wednesday, July 29^th^ h3. 31 Days of 1939 From A-List to B-Pictures and a bit of everything in-between *The Rains Came* Belgium Release Date" 15 September, 1939 Release Date: 29 September, 1939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minya Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I particularly like the poster for The Rains Came, but mostly because it's about ninety kabillion degrees (this is an actual temperature reading, you just don't hear it very often) here in Seattle AGAIN, and I would really love some rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Thursday, July 30^th^ h3. 31 Days of 1939 From A-List to B-Pictures and a bit of everything in-between *Wuthering Heights* Italy Release Date: 7 April, 1939 Release Date: 31 March, 1939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 Just want to give another "shout out" to TCM's 2009 SUTS early website with the teaser posters. I've read that the early site will be available only 'til Saturday. So, there's just two days left to download these wonderful images before the site transitions to the full SUTS schedule and the stars in this year's festival. (reduced image) http://www.tcm.com/2009/summer/index.jsp And if you look closely, you will find an alternate teaser image for *High Society* with a crowded wedding cake. Kyle In Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Really like the ones for Wuthering Heights and The Rains Came. Was The Hound of the Baskervilles really considered a B-picture? Pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 *"...it's about ninety kabillion degrees (this is an actual temperature reading, you just don't hear it very often) here in Seattle AGAIN, and I would really love some rain."* - Mlle. Minya Uh-oh! You stay cool. "Heat" can cause even good girls to get into trouble. Kyle In Hollywood Message was edited by: hlywdkjk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minya Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 *Uh-oh! You stay cool. "Heat" can cause even good girls to get into trouble.* Don't I know it. Love the poster!!! Although, it does crack me up that Leslie Nielsen is in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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