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Daughters Courageous
Daughters Courageous (1939) on 22 july 1939
, 1h47
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, John Garfield, Jeffrey Lynn, Claude Rains, Rosemary Lane
Rating65% 3.294163.294163.294163.294163.29416
Freewheeling Jim Masters returns home after a 20-year absence, during which he was declared dead, to find that his wife, Nancy, is about to marry Sam Sloane, a stable local man in Carmel, California. She must now choose between her ex-husband and her new fiancé. The Masters daughters are also upset that their irresponsible father has re-entered their lives after so long an absence. Meanwhile, the youngest daughter, Buff, is drawn to tough-guy Gabriel Lopez, a man that reminds Jim Masters of himself.
Way Down South
Way Down South (1939) on 21 july 1939

Directed by Leslie Goodwins, Bernard Vorhaus, John Sherwood
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bobby Breen, Ralph Morgan, Alan Mowbray, Steffi Duna, Clarence Muse, Sally Blane
Rating55% 2.764342.764342.764342.764342.76434
In pre-Civil War Louisiana in 1854, young Timothy Reid Jr. (Breen) is orphaned. He inherits a plantation and its well-cared-for slaves. However, lawyer Martin Dill (Maxwell) is made the executor for the minor. Dill plots to sell off the slaves and flee to Paris with the proceeds. Timothy is befriended by Jacques Bouton (Mowbray), who persuades Judge Louis Ravenal (Greig) to look into the matter and save the day.
Five Times Five
Five Times Five (1939) on 19 july 1939
, 20minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating27% 1.3786351.3786351.3786351.3786351.378635
Overland with Kit Carson
Overland with Kit Carson (1939) on 21 july 1939

Directed by Sam Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Trevor Bardette, LeRoy Mason, Francis Sayles
Rating68% 3.4366653.4366653.4366653.4366653.436665
Overland with Kit Carson is constructed upon a seemingly simple premise. Old Western settlers are being driven off their homesteads and ranches by a combination of Indian assaults and harassing attacks by bands of mysterious outlaws. Then, the US government sends out famed Indian scout Kit Carson and army officer David Brent to investigate the facts, and Carson discovers that a mysterious villain known only as Pegleg, who enjoys planning his misdeeds as much as carrying them out, controls an outlaw gang called the Black Raiders and is using them and the Indians to drive out the settlers so he can establish his own empire. By 1939, film-goers knew exactly what to expect from a western serial: a clean-cut, self-assured hero facing down a good-for-nothing villain in a tireless pursuit, the menacing Indians and gun-toting bad guys, the moral soldier and the pretty girl, a reckless boy, lots of action, the climactic final gunfight, and not much in the way of thematic depth.
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939) on 21 july 1939
, 1h25
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden
Rating64% 3.2411153.2411153.2411153.2411153.241115
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is upset that his girlfriend, Polly Benedict (Ann Rutherford), had fallen for Ensign Charles Copley (Robert Kent). Soon, Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. After Andy's play is chosen for the school's annual production, he seizes the opportunity to spend time with his spring time crush. Andy's dad, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), knows that his son is destined for heartache, but he decides to let Andy find out for himself how young love can be.
Auto Antics
Auto Antics (1939) on 22 july 1939

Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Themes Children's films
Actors Carl Switzer, George McFarland, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Blake, Darla Hood
Rating66% 3.3175753.3175753.3175753.3175753.317575
Sniffles enlists the gang to help him with his hopes to win the upcoming Kidmobile Race Classic are nearly dashed when town bully Butch (Tommy Bond) arranges for the gang's pet pooch Whiskers to be picked up by the dog pound. But instead of demoralizing the gang, the impoundment of Whiskers merely gives them a stronger reason to win the race and claim the prize, with which they will pay the dog's license fee. Only temporarily foiled, Butch and his pal Woim try every dirty trick in the book to sabotage the gang's homemade "auto."
The Pointer
The Pointer (1939) on 21 july 1939
, 9minutes
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Rating66% 3.3253753.3253753.3253753.3253753.325375
Mickey Mouse and Pluto are camping in the woods about to set out hunting. Mickey reads to Pluto from an instructional book how to point at game and not move. Mickey promises that if they are successful they will have "quail on toast, and maybe a nice big juicy bear steak" that night. They then set out into the forest, Mickey carrying a shotgun.