The best movies 1939 Pagina 5

Oliver Quade is a pitchman who follows state fairs that feature dog shows---which limits his territory more than a little---at which he sells...

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

1939 German film.

An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.

A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved...

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing...

Olga, a woman of the demimonde, is shot in her apartment. The bullet was deflected by something, otherwise it would have killed Olga. Witnesses heard...

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a...

Follows a young writer, James Selworthy, who is trying to establish himself as a writer. Supported by his wife Molly, he sends off manuscripts to...

Based upon true events and the novel by Gabriel Scott about terrible conditions in a foster family.

French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's...

Air-race champions "Speed" Leslie and Branda Fowler combine to open a very profitable airplane service that flies patients to other cities for...

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.

A painter who has led a free and independent life meets true love. A jealous former lover intervenes to prevent her from being happy and succeeds in...

Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.

A woman doctor is divided between the dedication to her profession and the much needed attention to her husband and daughter. This will cause a...

A sweeping, cinematic pseudo-documentary history of human flight, starting with the failed attempt of Icarus, and ending with the aviation triumphs...

Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is...

A capricious rich woman has fun while humiliating a poor musician, who becomes famous thanks to his compositions, and in an accusation of plagiarism...

Three Spaniards emigrate to Mexico and become prosperous landowners.

All through the school-year with a teacher and his fifth-grade boys.

A white man seduces a local girl in an isolated Mayan village, which makes gods unhappy.

Alberto is born in wartime, where his father dies a hero. He grows up effeminate. His mother sends him to military college where Fernando bullies...

Mariquilla lives with his uncle in the village of Las Canteras, where she is beloved for his grace and cheerful nature. Her uncle wants her to debut...

A man and his family get rich thanks to mysterious promissory notes.

A racehorse keeper, a trainer and a young man who gets over his wife's infidelity wins with his horse and becomes a singer.

Alma falls in love with Julio, a famous singer, but her parents oppose the idea thinking that it's just one more of her rich girl whims.

The love triangle of a journalist, a political leader and his wife.

A bohemian protects several people in his house, which is why he gets involved with some swindlers to keep them.

Spanish war propaganda documentary.

The film follows a group of young girls in a boarding school.

Three orphaned brothers and an elderly inventor, who live in the countryside, become acquainted with a young governess and her uncle, who live in a...

Giácomo is an Italian man in his forties who is single, dedicated to earning money in his business. He strikes up a relationship with a...