Jamaica Inn (1939)
Synopsis: In Cornwall, England, during the first half of the 19th century, a young Irish woman, Mary (Maureen O’Hara, The Black Swan), slowly realizes that her aunt’s husband (Leslie Banks, The […]
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Synopsis: This historical drama revolves around the tempestuous relationship between British monarch Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and her lover Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn, Captain Blood). Reaction […]
The Old Maid (1939)
Synopsis: Set at the height of the American Civil War, The Old Maid tells the story of two cousins — Charlotte (Bette Davis) and Delia (Miriam Hopkins, These Three) — and their […]
Juárez (1939)
Synopsis: In 1864, Napoleon III (Claude Rains, Casablanca) of France seizes control of Mexico and establishes a monarchy with the help of puppet leader Archduke Maximilian of Austria (Brian Aherne, […]
Dark Victory (1939)
Synopsis: Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) is the prototypical trust-fund-baby who parties hard and loves to do reckless things. When Judith is told that she has a brain tumor, her doctor, Frederick […]
Love Affair (1939)
Synopsis: A French playboy, Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer, All This, and Heaven Too), falls for an American ex-singer, Terry McKay (Irene Dunne, The Awful Truth), during a transatlantic cruise. There […]
Jesse James (1939)
Synopsis: Jesse (Tyron Power, The Mark of Zorro) and Frank James (Henry Fonda, Once Upon a Time in the West) are poor Missourian siblings who become bank robbers after greedy […]
